@TheMouse damn

@Graingy
Idk.

@TheMouse Did they?

@Graingy
Good question.

Did you do it?

USNS Rappahannock

Andrei Pervozvanny

hms dreadnought

that's good I'll be glad to see you do your magic once again :)

I’m doing good I just got my casts off recently so I will be able to start up again😉@Blackburn

hey how ya doin

@Jerushah ok I will have some soon

Thank you and it you would like to find some good pictures that would be helpful @Blackburn

@Jerushah ok and since have made 3 very detailed ship, I believe this ship will give you a run for your money in size, detail and time on this masive project you have taken and you will be the first in all of SimplePlanes the make the montana (bb-67). also if you need some pics on what it would have look like let me know and I hope all the weapons will be able to fire. other than that I think this will be a good challenge for you and good luck because it will be hard to make it look accurate and detailed and humanly possible. so good luck and be the first to make this legendary ship a reality.

I have read and contemplated your suggestion and I think it is a really good idea so you can expect it from me in less than a year but do not expect it within the month🤔😀👍 @Blackburn

I know the ship I'm about to mention will never be mobile friendly but I think it would be a good challenge to make it as detailed as possible and the ship I'm talking about is the USS Montana (bb-67). here some history, details and a few facts the you might not have known for the montana class battleship. I doubt you will read any of this but here it is.

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Photo # NH 61246: Artwork of a Montana class battleship
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-- U.S. NAVY SHIP TYPES -- BATTLESHIPS --
Montana Class (BB-67 through BB-71)
1941 Building Program. Construction cancelled 1943.
The five battleships of the Montana class, authorized under the 1940 "Two Ocean Navy" building program and funded in Fiscal Year 1941, were the last of their kind ordered by the U.S. Navy. With an intended standard displacement of 60,500 tons, they were nearly a third larger than the preceding Iowa class, four of which were the final battleships actually completed by the United States. The Montanas were intended to carry twelve 16"/50 guns, three more than the earlier class. Protection against underwater weapons and shellfire was also greatly enhanced. They would have been the only new World War II era U.S. battleships to be adequately armored against guns of the same power as their own. To achieve these advances, the Montana class was designed for a slower maximum speed than the very fast Iowas and had a beam too wide to pass through the existing Panama Canal locks.

Completion of the Montana class would have given the late 1940s U.S. Navy a total of seventeen new battleships, a considerable advantage over any other nation, or probable combination of nations. The Montanas also would have been the only American ships to come close to equalling the massive Japanese Yamato. However, World War II's urgent requirements for more aircraft carriers, amphibious and anti-submarine vessels resulted in suspension of the Montanas in May 1942, before any of their keels had been laid. In July 1943, when it was clear that the battleship was no longer the dominant element of sea power, their construction was cancelled.

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The Montana class would have consisted of five ships, to be constructed at three Navy Yards:
Montana (BB-67), to be built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania;
Ohio (BB-68), to be built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard;
Maine (BB-69), to be built at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York;
New Hampshire (BB-70), to be built at the New York Navy Yard; and
Louisiana (BB-71), to be built at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia.
Montana class design characteristics:
Displacement: 60,500 tons (standard); 70,965 tons (full load)
Dimensions: 921' 3" (length overall); 121' 2" (maximum beam)
Powerplant: 172,000 horsepower steam turbines, producing a 28 knot maximum speed
Armament (Main Battery): Twelve 16"/50 guns in four triple turrets
Armament (Secondary Battery): Twenty 5"/54 guns in ten twin mountings (ten guns on each side of the ship)
This page features all the images we have concerning the Montana class battleship design.

For coverage of other classes of U.S. Navy battleships, see: Battleships -- Overview and Special Image Selection.

If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."
Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

Photo #: NH 61246

Montana class (BB-67--71) battleship

Artist's conception of this abortive class, whose construction was cancelled on 21 July 1943.
This artwork depicts the ship fitted with a heavy battery of anti-aircraft guns, as would have been the case had she been completed.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 64KB; 740 x 300 pixels

Photo #: NH 44529

Montana class (BB-67--71) battleship

Model representing the preliminary design, circa 1940-41. Photographed circa 1943.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 61KB; 740 x 550 pixels

Photo #: NH 93912

Montana class (BB-67--71) battleship

Model photographed at the New York Navy Yard, 26 November 1941. It represents the ship with details somewhat changed from the preliminary design seen in Photo # NH 44529.

Copied from the Bureau of Ships monograph "United States Battleship Designs for World War II", dated 1 June 1946.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 55KB; 740 x 350 pixels

Photo #: NH 93913

Montana class (BB-67--71) battleship

Model photographed at the New York Navy Yard, 26 November 1941. It represents the ship with details somewhat changed from the preliminary design seen in Photo # NH 44529.
Note rough finish of this model.

Copied from the Bureau of Ships monograph "United States Battleship Designs for World War II", dated 1 June 1946.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 73KB; 415 x 765 pixels

Photo #: NH 93914

Montana class (BB-67--71) battleship

Model photographed at the New York Navy Yard, 26 November 1941. It represents the ship with details somewhat changed from the preliminary design seen in Photo # NH 44529.
Note rough finish of this model.

Copied from the Bureau of Ships monograph "United States Battleship Designs for World War II", dated 1 June 1946.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 77KB; 410 x 765 pixels

Photo #: USN 1144964

Montana class (BB-67--71) model

Large official model of this abortive class of battleship, photographed at the New York Navy Yard, 7 October 1944. Construction of the five ships of the class had been cancelled in July 1943.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

Online Image: 60KB; 740 x 405 pixels

Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-N-1144964.

The following images represent preliminary design plans prepared in early 1940 as part of the Montana class design development process. At that time, it was intended that the first ship of this class would have hull number BB-65. None of these plans represent the design finally adopted for the Montana class.

Photo #: S-511-11

"Battleship Study - BB65 - Scheme 3 - (1940 Studies)"

Preliminary design plan prepared for the General Board as part of the process leading to the Montana class (BB-67--71) battleship design.
This plan, dated 6 February 1940, is for a ship of 52,500 tons standard displacement and 64,500 ton trial displacement, with a main battery of twelve 16"/50 guns, a secondary battery of twenty 5"/38 guns and a 130,000 horsepower powerplant for a speed of 28 knots. Ship's dimensions are: waterline length 860'; waterline beam 114'; draft 36'. Scale of the original drawing is 1/32" = 1'.
Port side 5" gun arrangement is labeled "previous secondary battery arrangement". Starboard side has a "proposed secondary battery arrangement."

The original plan is in the 1939-1944 "Spring Styles Book" held by the Naval Historical Center.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 763KB; 3000 x 1570 pixels

Photo #: S-511-12

"Battleship Study - BB65 - Scheme 4 - (1940 Studies)"

Preliminary design plan prepared for the General Board as part of the process leading to the Montana class (BB-67--71) battleship design.
This plan, dated 14 February 1940, is for a ship of 54,500 tons standard displacement and 64,500 tons trial displacement, with a main battery of twelve 16"/50 guns, a secondary battery of twenty 5"/54 guns and a 150,000 horsepower powerplant for a speed of 28 knots. Ship's dimensions are: waterline length 870'; waterline beam 114'; draft 36'. Scale of the original drawing is 1/32" = 1'.
Port side 5" gun arrangement is labeled "previous secondary battery arrangement". Starboard side has a "proposed secondary battery arrangement."

The original plan is in the 1939-1944 "Spring Styles Book" held by the Naval Historical Center.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 657KB; 3000 x 1575 pixels

Photo #: S-511-13

"Battleship Study - BB65 - Scheme 8 - (1940 Studies)"

Preliminary design plan prepared for the General Board as part of the process leading to the Montana class (BB-67--71) battleship design.
This plan, dated 15 March 1940, is for a ship of 70,000 tons standard displacement and 82,000 ton trial displacement, with a main battery of twelve 16"/50 guns, a secondary battery of twenty 5"/54 guns and a 320,000 horsepower powerplant for a speed of 33 knots. Ship's dimensions are: waterline length 1050'; waterline beam 120'; draft 35'. Scale of the original drawing is 1/32" = 1'.
Port side 5" gun arrangement is labeled "previous secondary battery arrangement". Starboard side has a "proposed secondary battery arrangement."

The original plan is in the 1939-1944 "Spring Styles Book" held by the Naval Historical Center.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 451KB; 3000 x 1425 pixels

The following image represents a preliminary design plan prepared in mid 1940, comparing the Montana class hull profile with that of the Iowa (BB-61) class.

Photo #: S-511-21

"Battleship Study, BB 65 - Scheme 1 and BB 61-64 (Incl{usive})"

Preliminary design plan prepared for the General Board comparing the outboard profile (including superstructure) of the Iowa (BB-61) class battleships with the hull profile of the Montana class.
This plan is dated 9 July 1940 and shows the Iowa class outboard profile in solid lines and the hull of the Montana class in dashed lines.
At the time, the Montana class was planned to begin with hull number BB-65, rather than BB-67 as it became after two more Iowas were ordered as BB-65 and BB-66.
Scale of the original drawings is 1/32" = 1'.

The original plan is in the 1939-1944 "Spring Styles Book" held by the Naval Historical Center.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 128KB; 2000 x 1005 pixels

For coverage of other classes of U.S. Navy battleships, see: Battleships -- Overview and Special Image Selection.

@Jerushah like a 4 seater fishing motorboat but with a larger motor. Kinda small.

@DemonSniper8 do have any ideas on what you want it to look like i will make it

I want a little speedboat tbh lol

@Awsomur good words

@ColonelStriker i will look into those

USS Iowa or Montana

Some Russian ships

Or even some Filipino ships

“If you do not try something out of your comfort zone then you will never learn”
@Jerushah

I don't know if a can do that or maybe I could do it but it might not fly @Awsomur

Space Battleship Yamato!