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The first ''South Dakota'' class was authorized Battlecruiser s; the ''Lexington''s made better conversion hulls because they were further along in their construction and were designed for a far higher speed. Two ''Lexington'' hulls were converted to ''Lexington''-class Aircraft Carrier s, the remaining ten ships of the 1917 shipbuilding program - four battlecruisers and six battleships - were scrapped.


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