Design
The requirements for this class arose from the very general requirements of the 1908 Newport Conference. This design marked the end of the Board on Construction and the rise of the General Board in U.S. ship design. The class marked a significant growth over its predecessor—the Florida class—of some 20% in size.
The Wyoming class was the fourth class of 11 separate designs begun from 1906 to 1919; some 29 battleships and 6 battlecruisers would be laid down during this period, though seven of the battleships and all six of the battlecruisers would be cancelled. All except the Lexington class battlecruiser would be 21-knot (39 km/h) designs and would range in weight from 16,000 to 42,000 tons. At this time, no U.S. dreadnought class battleship had yet hit the water as all were either at some stage of building or in design. Virtually the entire U.S. Navy battle line was being designed by drawing on experience from pre-dreadnought designs, or from observation of foreign battleship design.
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