The #1 reason one of the big BBs, say the USS Missouri, should have remained on active duty.
What was that movie where they got in touch with a handful of WW2 Navy vets and brought one of the old battleships on display back to service to take out the invaders from outer space?
Funniest thing was that they were able to fire up the boiler and get it under way without a hitch. And it still had live ammo on board. Quite the museum piece, I'd say.