I suggest that the Alaska be redesignated as a "Large Cruiser" and scaled down as
either a PCA (smaller size same guns) and then be replaced with the USS Lexington
class battle cruiser...which would be far moe appropriate as a BB1 than the Alaska
class is. In it's initial form, it would be armed with the 14" guns that it was intended
to be armed with in initial designs. It's remodel would receive the 16" duals that
was included in the final design. This remodel would be lvl 61...so as to not
be "permitted" in Blitz rooms...(a better suggestion would be to ban BB1's from blitz).

This would eliminate a whole host of complaints about being forced to use what
is...essentially...a cruiser as a BB1.

UPDATE: In answer to comments
No...a battle cruiser was never really intended to fight on the main battle line...large
cruisers (in US naval doctrine) were intended to counter the cuisers being built in
Japan in the late 1930's. Try reading the Wiki entry on the Alaska class...they were
never, ever intended for use on the battle line.

A battle cruiser's original intent (when built by the British and then other nations)
was as a long range, fast battle ship to be deployed to protect it's overseas
possessions, while cruisers were always intended to patrol sealanes, and work the
flanks of the battle line. Thus, classing the AK's as BC's, and then only providing
them with the support slots of a CA is placing them at a huge disadvantage at the
start. Furthermore, in the US ship type designation systems the Alaska's were
never classed as CC (battle cruiser), but rather as CB's (large cruisers), while CA is
used to designate heavy cruisers, and CL for light.

While's it's guns were near the range and hitting power of the earliest US BB
guns...the Lexington class CC's were to have the 16"/50cal guns now often found
on the Colorado class in the game and would thus be a better ship/choice for a
BB1, but in NF standards, arm the BB/BC version with the 14" guns it was originally
intended to have, and use the 16" guns for a remodel @ lvl 61. While it would be
hard hitting ship, the Lexingtons mounted much less armour (though more than the
AK's) is found on a BB.

By reducing the Alaska in size to PCA status, and replacing it with a real BC (or CC
in the US designation system) NF would return them to their traditional role. That of
a CB (or panzerschiff equivalent).