Bremerton would probably have had the better facilities to refit her on the West Coast. She was still in pretty good shape when she was put in mothballs in 1979 as compared to many other ships that went into storage - they were about to do a full ten year extension on her and propulsion upgrades as well as weapon upgrades when they decided to mothball her due to congress cutting back on the military. Bringing her back as a gun cruiser and flagship with no missile systems wouldn't have been that hard.
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