[Cheburashka]

Excuse me, but since when is a "destroyer" considered a "big ship". I thought they were the SMALLEST class of oceanic war vessels, with cruisers, battleships, and aircraft carriers being larger.
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The Ticonderoga class was the last class of cruisers built in the world. Of course the Iowa class was the last battleship class used by any country.
So now you go from aircraft carriers to destroyers. A steep drop.

[Banjoguy]

So now you go from aircraft carriers to destroyers. A steep drop.

Actually right down to where the submarine lives....IMO, a much better way to spend the naval dollar.