Plus a bunch of 5 inch guns and can also carry Tomahawk amd Harpoon missles as we see here with the Missouri firing a Tomahawk, the first shot of the Gulf War 1.
and can also carry Tomahawk and Harpoon missiles as we see here with the Missouri firing a Tomahawk, the first shot of the Gulf War 1.
If the battleships were not retrofitted to fight more like destroyers and cruisers their survivability in a modern sea engagement would be zero, even if they had 1000 sixteen inch guns. Which was your original post I commented on.
Destroyers have 16 inch guns?
You'd never get into gun range of Burke class destroyer. While I appreciate all the support and love you ex gunnersmates have for your big guns I will just remind that at one time the Trebuchet could knock down fortified walls at thousands of yards range and were greatly feared siege instruments. So much so that great cavalry charges were mounted specifically to take them out at the beginning of medieval engagements.