A 1950s Yavuz rebuild trades wing turrets for missiles and aviation

How could Yavuz Sultan Selim be modernized in the 1950s if budget and NATO facilities were unlimited?

Use American equipment, remove the wing turrets for missiles, add a helicopter facility at X turret, and consider gas turbines as part of a comprehensive reconstruction.

With an unlimited budget and access to NATO facilities, Yavuz could receive American equipment through a major reconstruction. Removing the wing turrets would create space for missile launchers, while some original centerline gun armament could remain. A helicopter hangar and flight deck are proposed at the X-turret position, although the exact retained turret arrangement is not settled clearly. Reworking the hull and replacing the machinery with gas turbines would take the conversion well beyond an armament update.