recomissioning Iowa class BB's

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My problem with those "Remove Turret 3" proposals is that the 16-inch gun is a battleship's reason for being. If you're going to be a battleship, then BE a g-d---n battleship.

If anything, remove all of the remaining 5"/38's and replace them with the best of whatever will fit.

Had the Iowas been converted to "Commando Ships" (as suggested by RADM John S. McCain in the early 1960s), I'd be tempted to speculate that they might have had a busier career.

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In the same vein :