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Originally Posted by bobbymitch
Smaller. It's about the same length as the older DDs. My old DD-781 was 377 feet long and weighed in at 2,235 tons. The DL (frigate) that I served on was 564 feet long and weighed in at 9,150 tons. But then it had two nuclear reactors.
I still can't get used to the new naming convention. Yeah, I'm old school and don't like it. But then, no one asked my opinion.
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Seems like a dumb design.
Too big for littoral/coastal waters, not enough combat capabilities for blue water use.
I was on a Spru-can DD-974. 363 ft 3 & 13/16th inches. (Missed it on an oral board.)
We had Tomahawk, Harpoon, Sea sparrows, 5 inch guns, torpedoes, & ASROC/SUBROC. We were considered limited in capability outside o anti-submarine work.
Our ship could & did do 47 knots leaving REFTRA in GITMO. Hydro-static foils are way faster & better suited for littoral work.