[Lurker]

I know these old ships were horribly expensive to man and maintain, I know that the weaponry is considered obsolete, and I know that the Navy is in love with the new fangled guided missile cruisers. But man oh man do I wish we had a few of these monsters still on active duty.

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[Wayne07]

They are rather beautiful too

[MSF BU]

As I understood it, the cost to refit these was less than the cost to build one destroyer.