A few minor corrections. The 16-23 rounds/minute is for the secondary battery of 5" guns, not the primary battery of 16" guns. If you watch a video of the loadi

A few minor corrections. The 16-23 rounds/minute is for the secondary battery of 5" guns, not the primary battery of 16" guns. If you watch a video of the loading/firing process of a 16" inch gun you'll quickly see why a firing rate of 1 round per 3-5 seconds is physically impossible. So 2/min * 9 guns * [900kg;1225kg]/gun = 16,200kg/min high explosive broadside or 22,050kg/min armor piercing broadside Your concluding sentence is 100% correct: best to be somewhere else.