最初的计划

• Uss massachusetts bb - 59 length : 207 . 3m bean : 33 . 0m displacement : 37970t the south dakota class was originally planned that only two ships of this design would be built , and that the iowa design would start with bb - 59 . in the event was decided to build bb - 59 and bb - 60 as repeats of this design , to expedite production
  美国海军马萨渚塞号战列舰bb - 59全长： 207 . 3米全宽： 33 . 0米排水量： 37970吨南达科他级战列舰按照最初的计划将只建造两艘，更新型的衣阿华级战列舰将从编号bb - 59开始建造。