Could battleships use modified small modular reactors?

Could the proposed nuclear-powered ships use modified small modular reactors?

Potentially, but the stated approach uses carrier-type reactors, which creates an immediate need to expand a production system paced around Ford-class construction.

A modified small reactor is acknowledged as a possible technical route, while the proposal discussed here points toward carrier-type reactors. The industrial question concerns a production system accustomed to supplying two reactors for a carrier on roughly a four-year cadence. Adding another nuclear-powered ship class would require that output to accelerate. The reply questions how firmly facilities and production routines have settled around the existing timetable and leaves their ability to expand unresolved.