“During the cold war, it was a common USN tactic to run support vessels into the path of Soviet trawlers who were shadowing the carrier groups too closely..”
What was the US Navy response to a Soviet guided missle cruiser shadowing a US Carrier ?
To my knowledge..it never happened. The Soviets used unarmed fishing trawlers..they posted no threat...I was referring to the tactic used to shoo them off. You are correct that a GM cruiser is a whole different animal..