Weatherman2020
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Least your forget the tin cans putting torpedos in a heavy cruiser, thus putting out of commission two cruisers as one moved in for rescue operations.Battle off Samar, 1944Ships are not built for survivability anymore. One can debate the merits of the decision because both sides have good points. A battleship can take repeated hits, but costs a million a day to operate. One of the biggest sea battles of WW2 was the battle of the Philippines, won by tin can destroyers and a few light carriers on sub duty against Jap battleships and heavy cruisers.lives up to its name.....,,.....all it does is break.
LCS Coronado suffers engineering problem on first deploym | NavyTimes
The littoral combat ship Coronado suffered an engineering breakdown on Monday, two months into its maiden deployment and is returning to port under its own power to get repaired. It is the fourth high-profile engineering calamity in a year to strike the beleaguered ship class, which has been dogged by combat survivability concerns amid all the engineering problems. The events have prompted the Navy's top officer to fast-track changes to the program currently being briefed to leadership.
I have to say the whole idea of a LCS seems pretty stupid to me. It has no armor to speak of, has all of this stealth tech but is pretty easy to see with the old Mk I eyeball, has limited close in weapons capability and for a ship that is supposed to be operating close to shore those all seem to be some pretty major weaknesses.
Personally, I like the idea of a lot of fast ships with firepower running around every ocean, even if one hit may sink them.
The Battle Cruiser (eggshell with a hammer) concept was proven a failure at the Battle of Jutland way back in 1916.
American:
6 escort carriers
3 destroyers
4 destroyer escorts
Japanese:
4 battleships
6 heavy cruisers
2 light cruisers
11 destroyers
Result was a decisive American victory.
Ahhhh, if only it were the hulls that counted. I see you are ignoring the 168 aircraft the escort carriers were equipped with. Take away those airplanes and the picture changes dramatically don't you think?