As my fanon modernized Montana class battleships were received well i thought i’d do a more obscure ship the alaska class battlecruiser

the Alaska class battlecruiser were a class of battlecruisers built by the USA in the 1940s and served from 44 to 47 but what if Osea decided to retain for possible use in future

So her armament was at th time she was in service were originally nine 12-inch mark 8 naval guns set up in 3 turrets with twelve 5-inch mark 12 dual-purpose naval guns in a two turret configuration while the aa defences were fifty-six 40mm Bofors auto cannon and thirty-four 20mm Oerlikon auto cannons

however that was then so what would it have now well let’s dive in

Armament would be
1x 5 inch mark 54 naval gun
2x 12 inch mark 8 naval gun
2x 20mm goalkeeper cwis
2x rim-116 ram
1x 4-cell mk.41 Vertical Launch System – 90 cells
90x rim-156a sm-2er
1x 4-cell mk.141 launcher – 4x rgm-84d harpoon
2x mh-60r seahawk
1x mq-8b fire scout

so as i mentioned the Vertical Launch System cells i have a couple of configurations that it might have

Carrier Defense Operations
90x RIM-156A Standard Missile-2 Extended Range

Shore Bombardment
40x AGM-158C Long Range Air to Surface Missile
20x AGM-84B Harpoon
20x BGM-109G Tomahawk
10x RIM-156A Standard Missile-2 Extended Range

Multi-Mission
30x AGM-158C Long Range Air to Surface Missile
30x RUM-139B Vertical Launch-Anti-Submarine Rocket
30x RIM-156A Standard Missile-2 Extended Range

so what would she look like well here’s that

an Alaska class battlecruiser that had one 5-inch mark-54 and two 12 inch naval gun mounted on the bow. The ship had two 20mm goalkeeper CWIS which were before the tower and two RIM-116 RAM launchers mounted ahead of the hanger, between the two towers was two mark-141 launcher with four cells each. The stern had one mark-41 had 90-cell Vertical Launch System that while next to the VLS was a helicopter hangar plus helipad capable of holding two MH-60R Seahawks and MQ-8B Fire Scout UAHV.

So what do you think of this deep modernised Alaska class battlecruiser let me know down below and if you wanna suggest any tweaks to make her armament make sense please let me know