Comments by "Steve Valley" (@stevevalley7835) on "USS Delaware - Guide 387" video.

North Dakota's turbines were the source of considerable consternation. She was equipped with Curtis turbines, which broke down, often. Newspapers of 1916-1917 reported North Dakota being laid up, and ongoing discussions whether to scrap her, or replace the turbines. The US' entry into the war motivated the decision to replace the turbines. iirc, when North Dakota was scrapped, the relatively modern turbines were recovered and installed in Nevada, when that ship was modernized.
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@genericpersonx333 indeed. After North Dakota, the Floridas and Wyomings went to Parsons. The New Yorks reverted to VTE, due to US turbine manufacturers inability to meet Navy specifications. Nevada reverted to Curtis, while Okie continued with VTE. In her modernization, Nevada's original Curtis turbines were swapped out for the newer models salvaged from North Dakota. According to Wiki, Pennsylvania had Curtis turbines, while Arizona had Parsons. Both received new turbines in their late 20s modernizations. (after the cancellations for treaty compliance, the USN had a lot of new boilers and turbines laying around) The New Mexicos apparently had Curtis initially, which were switched out for Westinghouse in their early 30s modernizations.
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@reginaldpasao8390 I think the Navy recognized that, should war break out, the ships in the Philippines were goners as many of the ships and subs assigned to the Asiatic Fleet were obsolete. It would have been about impossible for the USN to reinforce a squadron in the PI, as they would need to run a gauntlet of Japanese held islands between Hawaii and the PI. So, if the Pennsylvanias, or Tennessees, were in the PI, and tried to make a stand, they would have ended up like Prince of Wales and Repulse: beat on until they sank.
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