Missile reloads depend on lifting equipment

Could an Alaska-class cruiser refitted with Harpoon launchers reload missiles stored in its former aircraft hangar?

Possibly, if the aircraft-handling cranes were retained and could lift each delicate missile precisely into its launcher.

Missile weight and empty magazine volume do not determine reload capability by themselves. A reload must be lifted, controlled, and aligned carefully. The former seaplane crane therefore determines whether the proposed Alaska conversion can work. The same handling problem makes shipboard VLS reload concepts harder to execute than their diagrams suggest.