Michael Cash wrote:


> 
> It got sort of hard to justify the expense of keeping battleships in
> the fleet when Spruance class destroyers carried more destructive
> firepower (thanks to larger missile loadouts), had far smaller crews
> and operating expenses, were better able to protect themselves from
> threats from the air, and had anti-submarine capabilities. Not nearly
> as impressive to look at, though.
> 


The interesting thing about Iowa Class BBs is that no modern weapons can 
take them out. You need a good old fashion iron bomb and a very big one 
at that, which means an aircraft overflying. Missiles would do nothing 
more than piss off the Captian for scratching the paintwork. Don't know 
how many torpedeos it would require to take one out.