[dsc]

In 1975 I went to sleep on the USS Reeves (DLG 24) and woke up on the USS Reeves (CG 24).

We tied up outboard of the Oklahoma City, a light cruiser, and despite our recent (and bogus) designation as cruiser, we looked like their captain’s gig.

They do that to disguise the shrinkage of the Navy.

And yes, we still need battleships and cruisers, vessels that can provide big-time NGFS.

[KC_Lion]

The Marine Corp Practicality begged for Iowa and Wisconsin to stay on the Register of naval vessels.

But the navy said they needed a 7 Billion Dollar Toy.

You could Reactive and equip all Four Iowas for YEARS with that money.

Never under estimate the ability of the Military Brass to take a simple solution to a problem and blow it out of proportion (no pun intended)

[ro_dreaming]

dsc wrote:

They do that to disguise the shrinkage of the Navy.

“The water was COLD! It’s just shrinkage baby!” said no sailor, ever.