Originally Posted by perfectgeneral

Going beyond the 155mm guns would probably be done better from the air (ground support bombing), but there may be a percentage in a coastal barrage ship. Losing the sixteen inchers and the smaller guns (than 6.1" ) would offer greater capacity for ammunition. If you are going to really pound a beachead all day you need plenty of ammunition and the ability to reload from alongside. Twelve to eighteen 155mm guns in triple turrets would be plenty. ESSM and TLAM mounted in a mk41 VLS (for air defence and deep strike respectively) should be all the extra firepower this ship needs. I did give serious thought to MLRS from containers, but this is a capability that can be established on the beachead.