Would the US Navy fund fast battleships sooner?

Would an early Dante Alighieri and the British response push the US Navy toward fast battleships and secure funding for them?

Possibly, but the required leap could be so large that the United States might struggle to join the competition on equal terms.

An early American shift to fast battleships is possible but far from automatic. The scale of the Italian and British leap could make the required ships so demanding that the United States might struggle to enter the competition on the same terms. Matching triple 14-inch turrets and high speed would force earlier weapons development and larger hulls. This turns a tactical speed requirement into a political and industrial question: whether Congress would fund the new type.