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My (humble) opinion of the arsenal ship.
A good idea, just not really practical.
As far as it being much less expensive to man than a battleship: Absolutely, obviously.
On the other hand, an arsenal ship is pretty much single-capabilty. A battleship has many different capabilities and therefore requires a larger crew. (Not to mention it's size and age). Most of the battleship's other capabilities have been covered in previous posts so I won't go into them again.
The bottom line is, neither the battleship nor the arsenal ship, nor the Zumwalt DD-21 destroyers will be sailing the seven seas again. A damn shame as far as the battleships are concerned.
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