re: #88 Brian J.

I guess that is my point. Small guns are easier, you can carry more rounds on the ship, you can have more redundancies.

16” guns are impressive, but not the best. And they used mechanical calculators that are impressive to see but really seem like an aeon ago.

re: #90 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Sure, if a shell lands on you you’re toast.

But in the history of the Iowa class, when did the 16” guns really make a difference in achieving the ultimate goal?

And were the Congressional debates done by big-gun fetishists?