The hull form reminds me a lot of the 36-knot post-WWI Italian light cruisers. Pronounced tumblehome and a wave-cutting bow. They were wet but stable and the fastest cruisers in the world at that time.
One of those Italian destroyers was mentioned in the Guiness Book of World Records. The Bartolomeo Colleoni, IRRC. Could hit almost 40kts. But it was sunk by an Australian warship (HMAS Sydney, a cruiser?). BTW, isn’t this destroyer a de facto cruiser. Seeing as it can act independently from a task force and hit hard, it kind of seems like one.
Interesting tidbit from the Wikipedia entry on this vessel:
They have to ballast the ship in order to fire the guns, for stability!