To: Steelfish
Since when is a Destroyer a “massive” ship. They are used as life boats for Air Craft carriers.
11 posted on
06/19/2009 6:25:14 PM PDT by
Jeff Gordon
(Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: Jeff Gordon
Massive? Destroyers have a nickname, Tin Can for a reason. Massive is the Ronald Reagan or any CVN ship. 5000 sailors in one ship. Small city on the move.
18 posted on
06/19/2009 6:28:44 PM PDT by
Texas resident
(Texan by birth and by choice.)
To: Jeff Gordon
30 posted on
06/19/2009 6:48:49 PM PDT by
bravotu
(Have a Nice Day !)
To: Jeff Gordon
Yes, and this in a British newspaper. They were once a seagoing folk.
Lord Nelson must be spinning.
35 posted on
06/19/2009 6:57:31 PM PDT by
Ceebass
To: Jeff Gordon
A 8,400 ton ship is not a life boat. It is also almost twice as large as the orginal Type 42 Destroyers used by the British. The newest British destroyers, the Type 45 "Darings" are stil 23% lighter than the Flight IIA a Arleigh Burkes at 9,300 Tons. They also only have 48 VLS tubes, compared to the 96 tubes on the Arleigh Burkes.
To put this in perspective, the current British Invincible "carriers" are glorified cruisers weighing in at 17,000 tonns, or about twice the size our our destroyers.
41 posted on
06/19/2009 7:20:16 PM PDT by
rmlew
( The SAVE and GIVE acts are institutioning Corvee. Where's the outtrage!)
To: Jeff Gordon
They are sleek and fast and deadly but not massive. we used to call them “greyhounds”
69 posted on
06/19/2009 8:11:26 PM PDT by
fatrat
(extremely extreme right-wing radicalized veteran)
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