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Redirecting Alaska-class resources to USS Kentucky

Alaska-type ships would have been valuable earlier, but late-war resources may have produced more value by completing USS Kentucky.

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Question

Should the United States have used Alaska-class resources to finish USS Kentucky?

Short answer

Probably later in the war; Alaska would have been useful earlier, but Kentucky may have been the better late allocation.

Notes

Alaska-class large cruisers could have been useful in an earlier Guadalcanal setting. By the time the ships actually arrived, the opportunity had passed and completing the Iowa-class Kentucky may have offered a better return.