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Originally Posted by Olefin
The real thing to look at would be barrel life - you can only shoot so many shells thru the gun barrels before they need to be replaced - and even if there are replacements available (there were as far as I know but not sure where they were) you need an active Navy Yard that can take battlehships to do the replacement
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I'm not 100% sure on barrels, but most of the other turret machinery was handled by Naval Ordnance Station Louisville in the 1990s.
- C.