Our Navy doesn't have the ability to do anything else.  They can't even pilot the ships without running over cargo ships.    It's all been downhill since they decommissioned the BBs.  Yes, they are massively crewed.  Yes, they are expensive.  Yes, missiles and planes reach out further than guns.  BBs were built to survive and keep fighting.  Taking a hit was prioritized over dealing a hit.  The crews were massive because damage control on that scale requires that many people.    Our Navy has a glass jaw without the battleships.  Put a BB in the formation, and you have to focus it to take the formation out.  For the gamers, BBs were the tank.  And now the tank is down.