Oh I don't know, Japan did it a few times with the Fuso and her sisters. Even the Italians did it with a line of battleships. The debate back in the 30s was if

Oh I don't know, Japan did it a few times with the Fuso and her sisters. Even the Italians did it with a line of battleships. The debate back in the 30s was if diesel could take the place of steam turbines but they ended up weight prohibitive and some maintenance would be similar to the work required to just swap engine types