To: rmlew
well, the USS Texas from 1914 displaced 27000 tons, while the Zumwalt class should be about 14000 tons.
70 posted on
04/16/2012 6:14:24 AM PDT by
tarawa
To: tarawa
well, the USS Texas from 1914 displaced 27000 tons, while the Zumwalt class should be about 14000 tons. I was thinking of the
South Carolina class battleships, our first dreadnaughts, which displaced 16,000 tons. The older Mississippi class battleships weighed in at 13,000 tons.
71 posted on
04/16/2012 10:33:30 AM PDT by
rmlew
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