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Originally Posted by Kazuaki Shimazaki II
To be fair, pretty much everyone failed to make the change. Japanese, British, and Americans - note the American South Dakota, Iowa, Montana and Alaska projects and the British KGV and planned ships. The Americans only look good because they have sheer industrial capacity, so when the writing went on the wall, everyone tried to make the turn, but America had the turning power to make a fast turn.
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This is also true. I would add that the USN had the 'advantage', if you could call it one, of not having a viable option outside of carrier operations for a good portion of the war. America was forced to adopt the carrier-based strategy, as they were, for a time, just about the only major combat platforms remaining.