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To: BenLurkin
At 610 feet long and 15,000 tons, it’s length and displacement are almost identical to that of the USS Biloxi (CL-80)

I'll make two predicitions right now. Because of the size the Navy will re-designate them guided missile cruisers and create three new O-6 billets. And with a crew of fewer than 150 the Navy will find they have the same problem with these as with the LCS class; too much maintenance and too few bodies to do it.

53 posted on 04/14/2014 7:12:18 AM PDT by Lower Deck
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I spoke too soon. The prospective CO is indeed a full captain and his name is, I kid you not, Captain James Kirk
54 posted on 04/14/2014 7:15:13 AM PDT by Lower Deck
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