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How many Soviet battleships could exist by 1943?

Stalin's battleship ambitions depended on industrial planning, with only a few ships plausibly entering service by 1942-43.

Question

How many of the Soviet plan's fifteen battleships could have been built by 1942-43 without a German invasion?

Short answer

Probably two or three in service, largely in the Baltic, if the industrial plans worked as intended.

Notes

Even without a German invasion, Soviet output depended on the second and third Five-Year Plans delivering the required industrial capacity. Perhaps two or three ships, mostly Baltic units, could enter service, although an earlier Project 21 start might change that path.