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My understanding is that modern warships aren't as heavily armored as warships from WW2 and before, because naval commanders aren't really expecting an exchange of artillery shells, but missiles and maybe torpedoes. Kamikazes might do more damage to modern warships than ships from WW2 and...

Mortars were used by ships during the age of sail to bombard forts and settlements along the coast. Mortars were generally not used on regular warships because the decks of the ships were not designed to withstand the downward recoil force of a mortar aimed upwards. Mortars were used on smaller...