Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Jumping from Gangut to Sovetsky Soyuz

The Soviet programme had to learn through the new project because the intervening generation of construction experience was absent.

Gangut Class BattleshipsShipbuildingSovetsky Soyuz Class BattleshipsSoviet Navy
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Question

Were Soviet designers trying to jump from Gangut to Sovetsky Soyuz without the intermediate steps?

Short answer

Yes, but the missing construction history could not be recreated simply by building every intermediate design first.

Notes

The jump between Gangut and Sovetsky Soyuz left the Soviet programme without the intervening steps in battleship construction. Building a whole sequence of outdated designs simply to reproduce those steps was not treated as a practical option. The programme instead had to learn as much as it could and work through the difficulties of the new ships.