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The Japanese were planning to fight America for a while, depending on US policy toward Japan it would probably still happen In this era the Japanese still wanted their decisive battleship battle and everything was subordinate to that. Theory was Japan would attack the Phillipines which would...

I'd agree with Buba and say they were at the upper end of a heavy cruiser. They compare quite well with the American Baltimore and are a little below the Des Moines which I'd say were the best of the best :) I'd guess Scharnhorst might be the closest thing to a German Battlecruiser, it is...

I'd say the Alaska was more of a Battlecruiser than actual battlecruisers :P Originally the concept was for the ships to be evolved armoured cruisers with 9.2 inch guns which would have been perfectly good. They outgunned the best of the armoured cruisers and would have enjoyed superior speed...

possible but perhaps not useful, at that point something like an Atlanta or Dido light cruiser would be a better investment. Big problem with destroyers is they are pretty unstable gun platforms and too small to mount good gun directors (or radar later) This makes it difficult for destroyers to...

could be, if I recall Britain was looking at 9.2 inch guns on projected cruisers, Germany had 11inch guns on their cruiser killers (like the planned P-class) Japan had a 12 inch design, yeah, I guess battlecruisers were about to make a return :p

I'd guess a G3 and whatever gets built instead of a KGV. Improved Lion class maybe? There was a version planned with 12x16 inch guns like the Montana. Maybe one of those paper ships from world of warships :p Interesting to speculate what the 1930s would bring in the wake of an arms escalation...

G3 class were good fast battleships, but I think the monster ships are too slow for real fights. Great for convoy escorts and shore bombardment, but I suspect most of their targets would just run away :p Maybe youd have 18 inch guns replace 16 inch on whatever exists instead of the Iowa or Lion...

Yeah that's the one I think, must have been quite a clenching moment launching something from there :p I'd have liked to see this one built, one of the original designs for Yamato https://warshipprojects.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/ezaki-design-1934-a.png would have used diesel engines too...

I'd say it varies, the biggest yards on the Clyde could handle ships up to 900-1000 feet long and in the 80k ton range during that era, and both the UK and Japan had the machinery to manufacture 20 inch guns (as did the US of course) So I'd say that in terms of just building the things it would...

Everyone would build bigger. The G3/N3 were the response to the Lexington class (which became carriers instead) and the South Dakota (Which would have had better armament than the Montana) The Tillman would push it to another level up so the British response would likely need to be the...