From FM 30-50: Recognition Pictorial Manual of Naval Vessels, U.S. Navy Department, September 1943:
King George V Class (4 units)
- BB13 – King George V
- BB15 – Duke of York
- BB16 – Anson
- BB17 – Howe
- BB14 – Prince of Wales (Lost 1941)
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES:
- Two widely spaced tall, flat-sided stacks; athwartships catapult set in well deck between stacks.
- Massive tower bridge with tripod foremast stepped close abaft bridge; light tripod mainmast.
- Main battery mounted in one quadruple and one high twin turret forward, and one quadruple turret aft.
- Relatively low flush-deck hull; wide quarterdeck.
- Secondary battery is disposed in two pairs of super-firing twin mounts; each pair is abreast of a stack.
STRONG SIMILARITY TO: RENOWN (Brit. — CC), LONDON (Brit. — CA), FIJI Class (Brit. — CL), ARETHUSA Class (Brit. — CL), LITTORIO Class (Ital. — BB) from the air.
RESEMBLANCE TO: ALMIRANTE LATORRE (Chile — BB), LA ARGENTINA (Argentina — CL), CAVOUR Class (Ital. — BB) from the air.
King George V Class (4 units): Duke of York, July 1942; King George V, 1941; Duke of York, 1942.
Exceptional post.