American battleships reinforce the Mediterranean

What if Britain asked for American capital ships for the Mediterranean because Churchill had stopped British construction?

Potentially; older American battleships could cover Mediterranean or Atlantic duties and free faster British units for the Far East.

American battleships could potentially reinforce the Mediterranean, although the more general ABC-1 planning involved releasing modern British ships for the Far East. Older, slower American ships would cover gaps while King George V-class battleships and armored carriers moved toward Singapore and Ceylon. Some reinforcements would also help contain German ships attempting to leave Norway. For Mediterranean service, the Tennessee class is suggested because its twelve 14-inch guns could fight Italian capital ships such as Littorio. Its speed would limit pursuit, so the proposed exchange assigns ships to duties that suit their different capabilities.