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According to Wikipedia: "Modern cruisers are generally the largest ships in a fleet after aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships."[1] So it looks like
by greenyoda 5y ago
According to Wikipedia:
"Modern cruisers are generally the largest ships in a fleet after aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships."[1]
So it looks like they're larger than destroyers but have a similar function.
A discussion of current U.S. and Russian cruiser capabilities can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruiser#Current_cruisers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruiser#Current_cruisers
Moskva is a Slava-class cruiser: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slava-class_cruiser https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slava-class_cruiser
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruiser https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruiser
- dragonwriter 5y ago> So it looks like they're larger than destroyers but have a similar function. The Ticonderoga class cruisers are basically the same size as the Arleigh Burke destroyers (smaller than the Flight III, larger than earlier ones) and much smaller than the Zumwalt-class destroyers. There's a degree of what amounts to fashion in the naming, and “cruiser“ is out of fashion for newer ships.