Good Lord, this is the ugliest Destroyer I've ever seen ...

[dogtag]

Not my idea of a Warship. A Warship should bristle with Guns.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...royer-released


Now this is what a Destroyer should look like: A Fletcher Class.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fletcher-class_destroyer#/media/File:USS_Erben_(DD-631)_underway_the_1950s.jpg

[RED]

Well DT those 1950-60s destroyers were as attractive as a 1963 corvette or a 1967 Mustang. In todays world they would not last 15 minutes. Those 5 inch guns could reach out about 15 miles. Today rockets, missiles, and drones can be effective much, much, further. Ask the crew of the cruiser Moskva!

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/05/ukraine-russia-moskva-military-marine-corps/629930/

[dogtag]

I know that, but I'm talking about looks not ability

[Allen]

Austal ship yard builds these near me. Perhaps Austal is Australian for "ugly boat".

[Allen]

Perhaps the engineers for these latest and greatest ships got the idea's from ships of the civil war?

[bruce]

Looks don't fight. Ships fight. The looks of older designs would get them killed in this current era. Sincerely. bruce.

[lyman]

new stuff supposedly has the radar signature of a johboat, etc etc,

[dogtag]

What, no Man up in the Crow's Nest or the Mizzen Top ?

[barretcreek]

Thought Zumwalt traveled around with it's own tug to bring it home.