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They are only a thing for navies that can't afford anything better. We just call our battleships "destroyers" now, Burke Flight III and Type 45 are almost exact
by dgroshev 2y ago
They are only a thing for navies that can't afford anything better. We just call our battleships "destroyers" now, Burke Flight III and Type 45 are almost exactly the size of HMS Dreadnought and half the displacement (we don't do armour anymore).
The top end of course got much bigger, CVNs displace almost twice as much as Yamato.
- quartesixte 2y agoWait are you telling me that the only reason why we think Burke class ships are small is because 1) “Destroyer” and then 2) CVNs are just fucking massive?
- dgroshev 2y agoYep. HMS Dreadnought: Length: 160m / Beam: 25m / Displacement: 18410t Acorn-class destroyer (contemporary with Dreadnought): Length: 75m / Beam: 8m / Displacement: 780t Burke Flight III: Length: 155m / Beam: 20m / Displacement: 9900t