Dat's a BIG boat!! :rotfl:
Yes, sadly, the BB was actually obsolete by the time WWII started. It just took the navies of the world (except Japan of course) a while to realize it. With the advent and improvement of missiles, they became even more obsolete, gun wise.
I've seen some artists impression of a Guided Missile BB. Impressive!
My DDG's I was on could take aircraft out while, er, well, while sitting in Savannah, Georgia, we could shoot aircraft down flying over Charleston, South Carolina, no problem (having been out of the Navy for 13 years now I hate not knowing what's still classified, and what's NOT classified any more! sheesh!
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Anyways, we carried 38 SM2-ER Terrier missiles. Now imagine having a BB that could carry up to 4 times that amount or more! Not to mention having Harpoon anti-ship missles and Tomahawk land missiles!
