I have tried to avoid politics. But the Navy I know a bit. First my father served in the Pacific and particularly in the Battle of Surigao Strait. Second, I got a Naval Officer's Appointment be declined on advice of my father. Third, in writing the book of my father's ship, I learned a bit about Naval warfare and why my father had me decline.
The Navy always has battle plans, such as War Plan Orange. But once the war starts the battle plans go out the window. We saw the last of the Battle ships in Korea, just big dumb platforms with guns. The Japanese did us a favor of getting rid of most of them on December 7th. We fought in the Pacific with carriers and destroyers. Carriers helped land forces and destroyers became the first meshed warfare systems using communications and intelligence with limited but deadly weapons.
So when someone wants to renew the battleship I wonder what war they are fighting. The Germans lost the Bismark, it was a floating steel mess that was vulnerable. The call of "Sink the Bismark" was well heard across the Royal Navy. The US got Yamamoto. I would be wary to name a battleship after let us say me! That would be the prime target to get sunk.
It is clear that any war in the Pacific would be littoral. A coastal way involving highly interconnected small craft integrated into some command structure. The chance we would ever use a battleship is zero. It could be destroyed by low cost drones carrying low yield nukes! One would never see them coming and no direct his would be necessary. Swarming is quite effective and proven at Surigao.
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