The construction list contains 24 battleships among 26 ships. It includes an experimental 60,000-ton design capable of 34 knots with 9.5-inch guns, along with a much larger 90,000-ton class. Sixteen of the 90,000-ton ships are due in roughly two years, and their completion should free about 480,000 tons of construction capacity. The same programme is the immediate bottleneck because it strains the current construction base. Procurement ambition has run directly into industrial capacity.
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Shipyard capacity under a 90,000-ton battleship program
A massive capital-ship program illustrates how building sixteen 90,000-ton battleships can consume a nation's construction base even as it promises overwhelming future strength.