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4. Current day destroyers are about the size of a WWII cruiser.

Wed Mar 30, 2022, 02:43 PM

Mar 2022

Arleigh Burke class Flight III: 9500 tons, 510x66 ft
New Orleans class cruiser: 9950 tons, 588'2"x61'9"

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Not your grandfather's Destroyer Auggie Mar 2022 #1

No it is not krispos42 Mar 2022 #2

Current day destroyers are about the size of a WWII cruiser. Angleae Mar 2022 #4