Probably do not have the technology anymore to build this type of warship. The big gun shop at the Washington Navy Yard closed decades ago. They built the 16 inch 45 and 50 caliber guns for the Maryland class, North Carolina Class, Massachusetts class and the Iowa class battleships. All the machinery has been scrapped, and the skilled labor has for the most part gone to their final rewards by now. Doubt any steel mill in this country has the capability, equipment or skill level to Krupp harden 18 inch thick steel, let alone weld it. I could be wrong, but I don’t think so.
Free trade is destroying out ability to make war.