The next US battleship design was a completely different approach returning to the displacement of the Connecticut class and using the all - big - gun format similar in concept to the HMS Dreadnought .
The next US battleship design is the South Carolina class .
The next US battleship design , the South Carolina class , was a completely different approach returning to the displacement of the Connecticut class and using the all - big - gun format similar in concept to the HMS Dreadnought .