Can a budget design defeat several US Standard battleships?

How would you build a price-limited battleship to take on multiple US Standard-type ships?

The budget and opposing Standard type must be specified. A 24-knot approach is sketched, though no viable 35-million design is finished during the stream.

The audience proposes a price-limited battleship challenge, later clarified as a budget in millions rather than thousands and ultimately as 35 million. The opponent matters because late US Standard-type battleships are capable ships, while an artificially tiny budget would make the problem meaningless. Since the Standards make about 21 knots, a 24-knot design becomes one possible way to create a tactical advantage without paying for extreme speed. The 35-million ceiling proves much harder than the earlier figure, and the full challenge is deferred to Discord rather than presented as a finished, viable design. A procurement cost ceiling must be tied to a defined mission, enemy, and standard of success.