Fitting the 16 inch guns of the Iowa class to a modern ship is one idea, but it takes about 200 odd crew men to man one gun turret plus the magazine and aiming etc etc.
Why not develop a nice big modern gun with mechanical ammo handling and loading with a new range of ammo from laser guided munitions through to standard shells.
Maybe they could remove a existing gun barrel and fit it into a new turret with auto loading equipment etc.
I still think it would be cheaper just to fit a whole turret as it is, into a new low cost hull. After all, there will only be a occasional need for shore bombardment operations, so its not worth spending alot of time and money on the capability.
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