US Navy light battleships projects

They are already posted around the forum but there were the 1919-1920 series, the 1942 one by two university students, and the 1980's mini battleship / Monitor Project to use the Iowa's turrets
 
Thank you both very much. BTW I came across this image of the "Ackworth" light battleship from the mid-thirties - 13.5" guns salvaged from (I assume) Iron Duke class BBs.
 

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Yes but Ackworth is British not American :) Hence I've not mentioned it
 
Here is the drawing from Wolfshipyard of the early design.

Friedman's book on US Small Combatants had a 1917 design for a monitor with four 16" turrets. Not really small or a battleship but still interesting.

Dave G
 

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