US Navy priorities without the Washington Naval Treaty

What would the US Navy order if it could escape the compromises of the Washington Naval Treaty?

It would press to complete the Colorados, the 1920 South Dakotas, and the Lexington battlecruisers already central to its program.

The US Navy's immediate demand would be completion of its Colorado-class battleships, the 1920 South Dakota class, and the Lexington-class battlecruisers. These programmes were already the intended foundations of the fleet. Existing commitments limited how easily the navy could abandon them or substantially change their designs. In hindsight, a fast battleship is preferred to the combination of slow battleships and lightly protected battlecruisers. The counterfactual political demand remains completion of both types, rather than a fresh start based on that later preference.