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To: rockinqsranch

That thing is a destroyer in name only. It has the size and weapons of a cruiser. It should be named and labeled as such.


19 posted on 09/08/2016 3:55:30 PM PDT by drop 50 and fire for effect ("Work relentlessly, accomplish much, remain in the background, and be more than you seem.)
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To: drop 50 and fire for effect

Although it is almost as big as a WW2 heavy cruiser like the USS Des Moines, the Des Moines had a crew complement of 1,799 men, while Zumwalt has 142, half as many as a WW2 Fletcher class destroyer.


40 posted on 09/08/2016 4:51:27 PM PDT by SauronOfMordor (Socialists want YOUR wealth redistributed, never THEIRS!)
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To: drop 50 and fire for effect
15000 tons, sloped hull, two guns. It's a monitor


49 posted on 09/08/2016 5:52:51 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy (NAMBLA to honor Joe Paterno)
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