Caught this on the drive home tonight - some alternative history. At Samar St, the Japanese Center Force meets not Taffy 3 but the old battleships of 7th Fleet. The
Yamato was built to shred the US “standard” class of battleships with its 3200 lb, 18.1” shells - but some standards are more standard than others. While the
Mississippi,
Tennessee,
Pennsylvania and
California mounted older 14” rifles with 1500 lb shells, the
West Virginia and
Maryland are mounting 16” rifles throwing 2200 lb shells with accurate radar ranging. Throw in 25+ Fletchers and 100’s of Long Lances, it would have been quite the melee.