Fast battleships under kamikaze attack

How would US fast battleships fare against a major kamikaze attack?

Their heavy dual-purpose batteries and proximity-fuzed fire would make them formidable targets, although saturation and individual hits would remain possible.

The response focuses on layered anti-aircraft fire rather than armor alone. A late-war American fast battleship or comparable Royal Navy ship could put substantially more heavy anti-aircraft fire into the approach than Prince of Wales did in 1941. Five-inch, 5.25-inch, three-inch, or pom-pom batteries using proximity fuzes would make each firing opportunity more lethal. The panel still prefers fighter cover to disrupt the attackers before the ships must rely on their own guns. Better shipboard defense improves the odds without making an uncovered battleship immune to mass attack.