If it doesn’t have a 16 inch battery, it’s not a BB:)
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Brits had 18” in WWI
and then there is the Yamato had 9 of them bad boys ....greatest Kamikaze of all time.
Gave it enough fuel to get to Okinawa...
12 Kampon boilers, driving four steam turbines[4]
Four three-bladed propellers[4]
Speed: 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)[4]
Range: 7,200 nmi (13,334 km; 8,286 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)[4]
Complement: 2,5002,800[4][5]
Armament:
(1941) 9 × 46 cm (18.1 in) (3×3)[4]
12 × 155 mm (6.1 in) (4×3)[4]
12 × 127 mm (5.0 in) (6x2)[4]
24 × 25 mm (0.98 in) (8×3)[4]
4 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) AA (2×2)[4]
Armament:
(1945) 9 × 46 cm (18.1 in) (3×3)[6]
6 × 155 mm (6.1 in) (2×3)[6]
24 × 127 mm (5.0 in) (12x2)[6]
162 × 25 mm (0.98 in) Anti-Aircraft (52×3, 6×1)[6]
4 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) AA (2×2)[6]
Armor: 650 mm (26 in) on face of main turrets[7]
410 mm (16 in) side armor[7]
200 mm (7.9 in) central(75%) armored deck[7]
226.5 mm (8.92 in) outer(25%) armored deck[7]
Aircraft carried: 7[7]
Aviation facilities: 2 aircraft catapults[7]
I recently toured the USS Wisconsin at Norfolk. She has 9 16” guns and is touted to be able to hit a tank from 20 miles with a shell as heavy as a Volkswagen. We need one modern version of this ship for each state.