Mothballed Big Guns

If you think HMS Agincourt and HMS Erin getting decommissioned after less than ten years was disappointing, then you have obviously not heard about the short careers of the Alaska-class battlecruisers, the North Carolina-class battleships and the (1939) South Dakota-class battleships. In fact, none of these three ship classes will see any further action after Japan signed the surrender papers that officially ended World War 2, and the North Carolina-class battleships had shorter service lengths than HMS Agincourt. Talk about a short career...