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Originally Posted by Trex
Standard naval gunnery has generally been more direct fire in nature, with the gunners (or at least somebody in fire control) being able to see the fall of shot. As with tank guns, a high velocity is most useful for this. The main reason for separate ammo would be simple weight (the big boys are heavy enough without having to try to load everything at once) and size (imagine having to design a battleship ammo handling system for 16" fixed rounds, with the projectile permanently fastened into the casing!).
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There is probably also a definite safety risk in keeping your high-explosive rounds in the same room as your powder. Even after the rounds and powder were aboard they were typically kept in seperate magazines.