Well 16 inch guns are indeed a formidable weapon but the name of the game in modern naval warfare is who gets to target who first. Considering those classic battleship cannons only had about 24 miles of range its ability to use them may be a bit gimped. these days stealth is king with longer range anti ship weapons rocket propelled precision ordinance with 100+ mile ranges not to mention anti ship cruise missles it makes sense that the navy is favoring harder to detect and target ships as the way to go. He who can lock and engage first at range usually wins. And even though I love those old battle wagon designs I sadly think they're radar signature is that of a sky scraper. But yeah the new stuff just ain't got no style.