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Kansas is a real ship design and is laid down in 1917. The design was later improved from the South Dakota 1920 Super Dreadnoughts; they were paused due to the Battle of Jutland and cancelled few years later.

And yes, this is the Successor of the Colorado-Class Battleships, Kansas is planned to be a Heavier, Bulkier and a bit slower than Colorado but thanks to its Vermont type Acceleration engine (Max 23 knots), she can quite take a punch.

The South Dakota Class Battleship

USS Kansas in World of Warships (South Dakota-class 1944 version)

BIGCOREMK-I said:

2nd PRY of the Research VIII Series, Third Ship Reveal and also Happy 4th of JULY RAAHHHH WTF IS KILOMETEEERRR 🦅🦅🦅🦅 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

Kansas is a real ship design and is laid down in the 1917. The design was later improved from the South Dakota 1920 Super Dreadnoughts; they were paused due to the Battle of Jutland and cancelled few years later.

And yes, this is the Successor of the Colorado-Class Battleships, Kansas is planned to be a Heavier, Bulkier and a bit slower than Colorado but thanks to its Vermont type Acceleration engine, she can quite take a punch.

The South Dakota class was laid down in 1920/21, but none of the 6 ships were named Kansas. They were also designed to be faster than the Colorados, not slower - 23 knots to the Colorados' 21.

6point72 said:

The South Dakota class was laid down in 1920/21, but none of the 6 ships were named Kansas. They were also designed to be faster than the Colorados, not slower - 23 knots to the Colorados' 21.

It's really a South Dakota class (1920) and the reason why she is called Kansas is because...all ships of this cancelled class share the name with a way more popular historical ship and WG doesn't want to give the same name to two different ship.
The only one not taken was Montana, but again the canceled Montana-class is way more popular than a bit faster colorado with triple turrets.