Colorado-class battleships
... that the Colorado-class battleships did not undergo a significant modernization prior to the Second World War despite various proposals that had been circulating since 1933?
... that the <b id="mwCQI"><a about="#mwt37" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"Sclass","href":"./Template:Sclass"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"Colorado"},"2":{"wt":"battleship"},"3":{"wt":"1"}},"i":0}},"s"]}' href="./Colorado-class_battleship" id="mwCQM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Colorado-class battleship" typeof="mw:Transclusion"><i>Colorado</i>-class battleships</a></b> <i id="mwCQQ">(</i><a href="./USS_Maryland_(BB-46)" id="mwCQU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="USS Maryland (BB-46)"><i id="mwCQY">USS</i> Maryland</a> <i id="mwCQc">pictured)</i> did not undergo a significant modernization prior to the <a href="./World_War_II" id="mwCQg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War II">Second World War</a> despite various proposals that had been circulating since 1933?