[yarddog]

I wonder what it would cost to build a new Yamato. They could keep the 18 inch guns but replace a lot of the other ordnance with more modern stuff.

I bet a cruise missile would do little damage if it hit below the deck.

[rmlew]

A few torpedoes could do a lot of damage. And yes, a cruise missile with a 1 ton warhead would do significant damage.

[Mariner]

“I bet a cruise missile would do little damage if it hit below the deck.”

While I find Battleships fascinating and awesome, there is a very simple way to kill them in the modern era. Simple and cheap with no risk whatsoever.

Simply blow the antennas off the ship to completely negate its warfighting capability and bomb it from above...or send a sub by the next time it is crossing the area to torpedo it.

Battleships are over.

[hinckley buzzard]

Silly. We sank the Yamato with WWII era weapons. A modern cruise missile would be precisely targeted and do fatal harm.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

We sank the yamato with 500lb bombs and topedoes in 44.It could be done again and with alot less than last time.