Japan 20000t SPY-7 guided missile destroyer/cruiser

[Josh_TN]

Well more generally, if you take out the shore bombardment role, there really is no use for a larger caliber. If it was not for the heavy Congressional support of the USMC, 5" probably would have gone out of style and the failed Zumwalts would never have existed (rightly so).

 

[raptor82]

Via Lockheed Martin @JA2024 ：