In 1939 the General Council of the U.S. Navy approved the project for a new battleship
that was able to reach a speed of 33 knots.
The main ship of a new class named USS Iowa was laid down in June 1940.
A powerful ship with powerful armament, which had quite a high maximum speed.
It would reach 33 knots according to the project.
Some destroyers are this quick, too.
USS New Jersey became the second ship of its class.
Her construction started at a Philadelphia shipyard
and progressed at an unprecedented rate,
but after the attack on Pearl Harbor it was accelerated tenfold.
The battleship was launched on December 7, 1942
— the first anniversary of this tragic event.