Bismarck. Technologically she is superior in all aspects to the IJN Yamato and USN Arizona. One exception: Her RADAR equipment is inferior to the Arizona's (assuming Arizona would have been refit with updated technology). Bismarck's armour plate is superior to American Class "A" plate by a rather significant amount and her gunnery is superlative. As a battleship, the KM Bismarck is the terror of the seas.
By the by... why no Royal Navy option? RN had some pretty fierce battlewagons armoured with some very good ("CA," cemented armour) plate, even superior to what Bismarck was protected by.
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Winter Garden on the North Atlantic
Currently: U128 (Type IXC), U180 (Type IXD2), U198 (Type IXD2) operating in the I.O.
Previously: U48 (Type VIIB), U568 (Type VIIC) [Completed 1940-1945 career in Type VIIs, in the Atlantic]
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