And here we sit with 4 Iowa hulls ready and willing to go to alteration. All we need is somebody to overlook the fact that they are battleships and can be far more then just retired big guns platforms. With the right designers and a broad vision towards the future of Naval might they could be reconfigured to serve well to our Marines and our Navy possibly a joint force platform offering the Marines the firepower they require to protect them and a place for them to launch or base close shore ops if need be as well as a strike platform for the Navy. But they would have to learn how to play and pay together (budget and manpower) to get what they need until the newer age ships come about. Its a shame those awesome hulls are there for the taking and the first thing that comes to their mind is theyre battleships and obsolete. IMO I think theyre kind of thinking is obsolete. Those hulls are probably the strongest hulls in the Navy to date and can take more of a beating then anything they already have. They're a floating fortress for god sake and what should be more important then protecting our sailors and soldiers lives until they get ashore to do their jobs and afterwards. To write them off because they are battleships is foolish and selfish when they could become so much more and at a far cheaper price then what they propose will do the same job but not for years to come.
*Heres an idea take one of them (preferably Iowa) since she sits idle and start designing a new platform on the current hull. If it fails ok we lost one and still have three for posterity and to please all the BB haters then you can have her for a Sinkex exercise to play with. But if it doesnt fail then you have what you need for the time that you need it. They were the right tool for the right time there is no reason why they cannot be again with moderization.
* Every idea can be extrapolated upon if you have the right people and a positive attitude. And god forbid save taxpayers some money put yards back to work and the military their budgets for future soldierless armament purposes where there lives will be in even less danger as the future unfolds.
*Heres an idea take one of them (preferably Iowa) since she sits idle and start designing a new platform on the current hull. If it fails ok we lost one and still have three for posterity and to please all the BB haters then you can have her for a Sinkex exercise to play with. But if it doesnt fail then you have what you need for the time that you need it. They were the right tool for the right time there is no reason why they cannot be again with moderization.
* Every idea can be extrapolated upon if you have the right people and a positive attitude. And god forbid save taxpayers some money put yards back to work and the military their budgets for future soldierless armament purposes where there lives will be in even less danger as the future unfolds.
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