Another note is that with the 1980’s modernization the ships of the class saw major reconfiguration as they had the armament radically changed with the dual purpose battery being reduced to 12 5 inch guns with 6 turrets remaining, the AA battery being completely removed and in their place the ships had 4 20mm CWIS mounts added as well as they gained missile systems with launchers for both tomahawks cruise missiles and harpoon anti ship missiles being installed. As was with all of the Iowa class they came with 9 16 inch 50 caliber Mark 7 guns in 3 turrets for their primary armament, the secondary armament consisted of 20 5 inch 38 cal Mark 12 guns in 10 twin Mark 28 Mod 2 turrets with 5 on each side as the ship to serve as both secondary weaponry as well as dual purpose weaponry, finally the ships came with a variety of 40mm and 20mm AA guns to complete there armament though the number varied on the ship in question and the time, especially due to the level of additions made on deployment.
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