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Auggie

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3. Some of these new weapons are mind-boggling in their capability to destroy

Reply to krispos42 (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 30, 2022, 11:39 AM

Mar 2022

Last edited Wed Mar 30, 2022, 02:41 PM - Edit history (1)

The anti-tank NLAWs being deployed in Ukraine, for example.

Knew a guy who served in World War II. His bunk abutted the hull. Said he could hear the sea on the other side. Beam was only 35 1/2 feet across. His ship, a Bagley-class Destroyer, was torpedoed by a Japanese sub in 1943. It sunk in eight minutes.

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US Navy Destroyer Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125) Christened [View all] Sherman A1 Mar 2022 OP

Not your grandfather's Destroyer Auggie Mar 2022 #1

No it is not krispos42 Mar 2022 #2

Some of these new weapons are mind-boggling in their capability to destroy Auggie Mar 2022 #3

Current day destroyers are about the size of a WWII cruiser. Angleae Mar 2022 #4