What You Need to Know: The USS Wasp (CV-7), shaped by the limitations of the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty, is often cited as ...

a South Dakota-class battleship that was laid down after World War I but canceled due to the Washington Naval Treaty, signed in 1922. "The Virginia-class submarine represents a Navy and industry ...

The UK, France, Japan, Italy and the U.S. penned the Washington Naval Treaty in 1922 to prevent the race to secure bigger and better warships from leading into another full-fledged war.