a ship only goes so far. the crew is the heart and soul of a ship. i am sure a good, well trained crew can face these numbers and if not kill, cripple all their enemies. she might be sunk, or crippled, but The Abyssals will remember Missouri and her guns that spoke with Deaths Voice.
So correct me if I'm wrong, but the battle lineup is five H-class battleships and two Bismarck class battleships verses one Iowa class battleship?
so two Bismarks, three H-39's and two H-41's
Mo is also worn out, both from being afloat for 70+ years, but also running constant patrols. Even if bote magic rejuvenated her, the constant sailing would wear a ship down. Not to mention UNREP.
Arizona's guns were used as shore batteries but were scrapped at some point.
One of the other battleships got some too. I forget which. One sec.
Yes. Also, the majority of what's left of Ari is on Waipio Peninsula, about a mile south of Ford Island. It's where the Navy took what was still above water when they were designing the memorial.
What is left of Arizona, besides the main wreck? What happened to her masts and smokestack?
Or Dess-level plot armor...
You're not aware of how stupidly good an Iowa's GFCS is, are you? The odds are actually in her favor right now.
Yeah, with her FC advantage, she can just rain down 16" shells on them until she runs out, and trying to soak up 16" shells is not a good strategy. However, that's assuming she can keep them at range... when she has to defend a fixed target.
It's just rusted on that peninsula for the last few decades. Although, you can put in for a piece.
Mo also has to protect the harbour, dry-docks and such. If the abyssals split up, with one group holding down Mo and the other wrecking pearl, than things could go very poorly.