I ended up going with the Oklahoma. No, I obviously didn’t mess with the casemates in the hull.
Nevada and Pennsy got the 5”/38 treatment, without blisters- so I ran with that. Since the whole superstructure was removed during salvage, she did get rebuilt.
The Tennessee, California, West Virginia 114’ width did cross my mind, but again, too much work for this fellow. I figured the New Mexico class never were completely overhauled as BuShips planned, nor were the Colorado/Maryland.
In my world she was rebuilt at minimal cost- only the hull repairs, new superstructure and fire control/AA armament were completed.
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