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It occurs to me that the Japanese gun is not a bad size to act as a weapon for any...'weaponized' mech statues they have around.

Yes, but that is matter of changing out the barrel and maybe chamber; the mountings and turret assemblies are the other important bit you'd get from reserve and other ships. We may not have time to spare for brand new hulls, if things go loud with China. That Vice Minister defecting completely...

The hypersonic 5 inch rounds are the real boon from the whole railgun program. Those are great anti-missile weapons, have more mag depth than missiles, and are less finicky in handling than missiles. Plus, well..if we really need to, we have a lot of five-inchers sitting in reserve and museum...