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There's been inflation. A modern destroyer is, in terms of tonnage, more like a cruiser.
by jabl 8y ago
There's been inflation. A modern destroyer is, in terms of tonnage, more like a cruiser.
- twic 8y agoReminds me of how the Soviets had ships called "aircraft carrying cruisers" that were actually aircraft carriers, so that they could sail them between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreux_Convention_Regarding_the_Regime_of_the_Straits#Aircraft_carriers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreux_Convention_Regarding_... And the Royal Navy had "through-deck cruisers" that were actually (tiny) aircraft carriers, so that they could get them built under a government which wanted to keep defence spending under control: http://www.godfreydykes.info/THE%20PROMISED%20TWO%20NEW%20AIRCRAFT%20CARRIERS.htm http://www.godfreydykes.info/THE%20PROMISED%20TWO%20NEW%20AI...