6/ Battleship gunfire actions were rare in the Pacific. US battleships only participated in two. BBs were being eclipsed by carriers, and mostly served as floating AA batteries (you can fit a lot of AA guns on a battleship) and for shore bombardment. US naval officers quickly became obsessed with AA and spent the entire war figuring out how to cram more and more on everything that floated.
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