North Carolina-class battleships
USS Wichita
An item referred to the Proceedings dated September 1938 reporting that on 1 July 1938 for account of the US Navy were under construction 2 battleships (1), 1 aircraft carrier(2), 1 heavy cruiser (3), 4 light cruisers, 10 submarines, 3-1.850 destroyers, 31-1.500 ton destroyers, 1 seaplane tender and 1 mother ship for destroyers.
Note
1. The North Carolina 35.000 ton fast battleships class consisting of the USS North Carolina, (laid down on 27 October 1937 and the Washington, laid down on 14 June 1938, preceded by the planned South Dakota and realized Colorado-classed and succeeded by the South Dakota-class.
2. That must be the Yorktown-class 20.100 ton aircraft carriers consisting of the USS Yorktown (CV-5) and Enterprise (CV-6), laid down on 16 July 1934, preceded by the USS Ranger and succeeded by the USS Ranger and Essex-class.
3. The USS Wichita (CA-45), laid down on 28 October 1935, launched on 16 November 1937 and commissioned on 16 February 1939?
