Had the USS Montana been constructed, it would have resulted in America's largest and most lethal battleship ever made, but its fate was sealed by the Japanese before it could get off the ground.

The artwork shows the ship fitted with anti-aircraft guns, as the vessel would have been completed.An October 1944 photo shows the large, official model for the Montana Class mega-battleship.

The Montana-class battleship plans differed from the Iowa-class in several notable ways, largely around the areas of offense and defense. While the Iowa class boasted nine 16-inch 50 cal. guns on ...