NoCal had the first honor to be the first fast capital ship of the US (Lexington y u go full carrier? Never go full carrier) Navy despite being shorter than Iowa... but never fear, South Dakota was shorter but she was kinda protected so I won't be surprised of oppai loli levels of art.
I don't think actual ship size matches with the girl's height in KanColle.
Quite obviously, yes. Even among the main characters in the anime. ( Yuudachi, Mutsuki and Fubuki ) it doesn't match up. ( Since Yuudachi in reality was quite a bit shorter than Fubuki and the difference in between Mutsuki and Yuudachi is very small in comparison. )
NoCal had the first honor to be the first fast capital ship of the US (Lexington y u go full carrier? Never go full carrier) Navy despite being shorter than Iowa... but never fear, South Dakota was shorter but she was kinda protected so I won't be surprised of oppai loli levels of art.
Remember that Lexington, while rated as a battlecruiser, was designed as a Battle Scout. Super high speed, huge guns....armor? Not so much when planned. She was not designed for the battleline. She was designed as an anti-cruiser scout ship. Much like the later Alaska-class large cruisers. The Americans wanted a high speed scout-hunter group in the 36 knot range with the Omaha cruisers, a new destroyer class, and the Lexingtons.