[US Navy Vet]

This is a PRIME example of trying to stuff 10 lbs of stuff into a 5 lb sock. These hulls were originally meant for Spruance Class DD and they worked our splendidly for that however when the Navy tried to stuff a Tico Class DG into them they were stretched to the limit. Also the shipyards where they were built were not known for quality work.

[DariusBane]

The aegis class cruisers were originally intended to be built on the Virginia class nuclear cruiser hull. Nuclear escort for nuclear carriers. Cost and politics killed the idea. A big part of that is European and pacific allies would not let a nuclear powered anything make a port call IIRC.