One project that was developed in the late 1930s in response to intel about the German Navys development plans included the armament of three quadruple-gun turrets with 380 mm guns. Two battleships of that project were to be ordered and laid down in 1941. The program accommodated a total of four battleships. If the ship had been completed after the war, the battleships would have been equipped with the most modern AA guns of the time: American long-barreled 127 mm guns and new 57 mm ACAD mounts.