What was the best battleship in World War 2?

Answer 1

USS Missouri or USS South Dakota

This is debated, the best U.S. Battleships were the USS Missouri or USS South Dakota, however the German ships Bismark and Tirpitz were very advanced technologically. Compared to American and British ships, politics aside, ship for ship the Tirpitz was the best battleship in WW2, it never even finished its preliminary trials and held the entire Allied Navy out of the North Sea from 1939 until 1944, when it was finally sank. The technology develloped from the Tirpitz and its innovative features make it the arguably the best Battleship of WW2.