Considering the money needed to keep such vessels battleworthy, it seems likely that they rot at a pier for twenty years before being scrapped.
Even if they get it for free, they'd be paying for it in terms of crewing, resources ,training etc for a very long time.Isn't much about Brazil purchasing surplus warships, its more about receiving war spoils from a defeated Italy. The US and UK received italian battleships, despite having a massive navy, and scrapped them. If Brazil had a chance to receive spoils, it would probably accept due prestige and because it's a spoil.
But what Brazil had to do to be elegible for such spoils?
Brazil did not scrap their two Minas Geraes-class battleships until the 1950s. During World War 2 Brazil used the battleships as coastal defence ships because they were unmodernized and in poor repair, but they were commissioned. So Brazil did have a tradition of a dreadnought navy.Plus they'll have to adapt their navy to one which has a battleship in it including having plans for it because it's too much of a resource sink to have an not have plans for. Plus battleships now have well established counters that they will need to address is the battleship is going to bee part of the plan.
And a US Escort Carrier as well.Brazil could get Littorio, Argentina could get Vittorio Veneto, and Chile could get Nagato.
Right but this after WW2 right? I don't think they'll be looking for more (but fair play even if they did use them as coastal defense gun platforms they did have them!)Brazil did not scrap their two Minas Geraes-class battleships until the 1950s. During World War 2 Brazil used the battleships as coastal defence ships because they were unmodernized and in poor repair, but they were commissioned. So Brazil did have a tradition of a dreadnought navy.
Pfft. No way the USA would give 16-inchers to South American navies. Not even the Soviet Union got that. More likely, but still quite unlikely, would be the US Navy commissioning 3 Alaskas during WWII and passing them on to Brazil, Argentina and Chile in the 1950s.Brazil could get Littorio, Argentina could get Vittorio Veneto, and Chile could get Nagato.
They weren't unmodernized, but they were dated, yes(IIRC, São Paulo got a modernization in the 1920s, and Minas Gerais got one in the 1930s). Minas Gerais was in much better condition than São Paulo in 1940(again, IIRC).Brazil did not scrap their two Minas Geraes-class battleships until the 1950s. During World War 2 Brazil used the battleships as coastal defence ships because they were unmodernized and in poor repair, but they were commissioned. So Brazil did have a tradition of a dreadnought navy.
maybe they'd be able to wrangle one of the poms' surplus BBs (one of the QEs?) or an Italian cruiser?