[rmlew]

Anyone disturbed by the nomenclature? A 15,000 ton ship with 6 inch guns is a CRUISER

[tanknetter]

I am, sort of.

The Zumwalt hull was supposed to be used in two classes of ships. A land attack “Destroyer” to replace the SpruCans and a multimission “Cruiser” to replace the Ticonderogas. Which were Destroyers and Cruisers using a common hull (in fairness the Ticos were originally classes as Destroyers, but upgraded to Cruiser to keep the classification, and sea command O6 billets, in place)

As it was, the Cruiser variant was cancelled, leaving the land attack Destroyer one alive. Albiet reduced to three ships.

[painter]

Anyone disturbed by the nomenclature? A 15,000 ton ship with 6 inch guns is a CRUISER

And a light one at that.

[ken5050]

It’s up there with “pocket battleship”