Anon

In WWII we all know of the famous incident where halsey abandoned the carriers and went in pursuit of the Japanese Battleships.

In so doing, he left our jeep carrier task force naked, and they had to withdrawal, leaving our marines ashore unsupplied and unsupported.

If carriers are so much better....why did an entire task force of jeep carriers run for their lives from the Japanese BB TF bearing down on them?

And why were US BBs assigned to protect them to begin with?

What WWII did was remove the BB from the centerpiece of the fleet, but even in late 44 as events clearly showed the BBs big guns were still a lethally dangerous weapons system, able to overmatch even carrier TFs under the proper circumstances.

Is the carrier the rightful centerpiece of the fleet? Yes(though a submariner would no doubt disagree).

Does that make battleships and their big guns useless and obsolete? Not IMO it doesn't.

Sure, judged with circa 1940's munitions and barrels they're of limited utility. But with modern munitions and guns....they'd be anything but.(and you have rightfully and honestly conceded that point in the past on the other thread where we first tasted each others blood, lol)

Just using straight up AGS/ERGM developed technologies the BB with modern 16" barrels would be the second most dominant surface combatant afloat, behind only the mighty US Supercarriers.

It's an issue of money and politics. Just like everything else in Washington.