The Iowas' wartime role was a concentrated fast battle wing. British task-force concepts such as Force H combined carriers and fast capital ships as equally valuable partners. Britain needed flexible groups for a worldwide war that included dispersed surface raiders. American planning focused more heavily on a conventional war across the Pacific against Japan. Those different operational settings shaped how carriers and battleships were expected to work together.
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Iowa's fast battle wing and Britain's mixed task forces
Different British and American operational settings shaped the use of carriers alongside fast capital ships.