The NY Times published this
fascinating article back in 2006, written in late 1942 and killed by wartime censorship. As I was cleaning up and reorganizing my disk space, I came across the original set of 6 pdfs that accompanied the article, and decided to look the article up again. I was surprised at how well hidden it is, in the Times archive but hard to find. I'm putting this blog posting together to provide a place for the links. I'm also feeling perhaps inspired to write a brief technical summary of how the WWI vintage US battleships evolved between the wars and then during WWII.
The pdfs are the original 6 part series, the Times article is a summary of their content.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
