[yuleeyahoo]

There is no need for a Battleship. The Zumwalt class destroyers are larger and heavier than the Ticonderoga class cruisers.

When the Zumwalts main weapon system becomes available, the magnetic rail gun; everything within 250 miles of its position will be in range.

[SLB]

What say you to this?

[BroJoeK]

"There is no need for a Battleship. "

"Need" is the key word here.
With our huge aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships, need is obvious -- to store, maintain and launch large aircraft & other equipment. But with destroyers, cruisers & battleships, the question becomes:

Wouldn't two or more smaller ships prove more effective and less vulnerable than a single Most Valuable Target?

I don't know the answer, which is why I asked.