During the late 1950s and early 1960s many old heavy and light cruisers were converted into guided missile cruisers. The Navy did this for a reason.
One light cruiser was sunk by a nuclear powered attack submarine in 1982 with two World War II torpedoes, its 15 6-inch guns never fired a shot.
Many of our heavy and light cruisers were sunk in the Solomon Islands during World War II, before the bulk of the aircraft carrier task groups were built.
Take a look at most defense budgets. Around one third of the budget is for payroll, one third for operations, and another third is for new procurement.
If battleships weren't considered obsolete, surely we would have built new ones during the 1960s when the old ones were decommissioned.
The Navy has a program currently involving increasing the range of 5-inch and 6-inch gun mounts, these ranges being above the range of a 16-inch shell.
Manpower assets are a problem with battleships. Way too many!
Yes, the Blue Ridge and Mount Whitney have large crew requirements too. But they aren't really warships, as much as they are floating GHQs, floating office buildings.
The heavy cruisers which were acting as fleet flagships were replaced with old amphibious ships. Well, the Blue Ridge adn Mount Whitney can be too.
One light cruiser was sunk by a nuclear powered attack submarine in 1982 with two World War II torpedoes, its 15 6-inch guns never fired a shot.
Many of our heavy and light cruisers were sunk in the Solomon Islands during World War II, before the bulk of the aircraft carrier task groups were built.
Take a look at most defense budgets. Around one third of the budget is for payroll, one third for operations, and another third is for new procurement.
If battleships weren't considered obsolete, surely we would have built new ones during the 1960s when the old ones were decommissioned.
The Navy has a program currently involving increasing the range of 5-inch and 6-inch gun mounts, these ranges being above the range of a 16-inch shell.
Manpower assets are a problem with battleships. Way too many!
Yes, the Blue Ridge and Mount Whitney have large crew requirements too. But they aren't really warships, as much as they are floating GHQs, floating office buildings.
The heavy cruisers which were acting as fleet flagships were replaced with old amphibious ships. Well, the Blue Ridge adn Mount Whitney can be too.
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