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Originally Posted by Ithekro
With the inferior quality of Soviet armor technology at that time, they would likely have been more or less equal to say an American North Carolina-class battleship. Nagato could probably take her on effectly if speed wasn't an issue in their dueling.
Their battlecruiser would be halfway between a modernized Repulse and Hood.
And Royal Soverign is a known. Older battleship though powerful guns. Any British Queen Elizabeth-class battleship would stand up to her and most of the older American battleships would be a rough equal since the American "All or Nothing" armor style and larger number of guns would counter the 15 inch guns. The Fusos might also be a rough equal, though not as well protected.
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I wouldn't discount Yamashiro's protection that quickly....She took a veritable firestorm of accurately placed BB and cruiser shots at Surigao Strait for nearly a quarter hour or so if memory serves me rightly and while it wreaked considerable damage on her exposed surfaces, none of it was fatal or even critical. She was sank only by destroyer torpedoes.
Now her sister Fuso capsized rapidly after being torpedoed only thrice but her watertight integrity might have been already compromised by earlier air attack