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From: fcrary@lightning.Berkeley.EDU (Frank Crary)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Definitions of naval vessel types?
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Date: 21 May 91 07:23:59 GMT
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From: fcrary@lightning.Berkeley.EDU (Frank Crary)


ab3o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Allan Bourdius) writes:
>The Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) class is not larger than most cruisers.  It
>is significantly smaller than a Spruance (DD-963) class
>destroyer/Ticonderoga (CG-47) class cruiser.


Arleigh Burke     DDG     8200 tons displacement  325 man crew

Virginia          CGN     8623                    530
California        CGN     8706                    550
Truxtun           CGN     8600                    534
Bainbridge        CGN     7700                    541
Long Beach        CGN    14200                    921
Belknap           CG      6570                    452
Leahy             CG      5670                    423  
Albany            CG     13700                    835
Des Moines        CA     17255                   1800
Ticonderoga       CG      6560                    395

Spruance          DD      5830                    324
Issac Kidd        DDG     6210                    340

Based on the crew size, I guess a Arleigh Burke is a destroyed. However
based on displacement, a more common way to compare the sizes of ships,
the Burke is larger than many crusiers: it is much larger than other
destroyers, about the size of a CGN.                       

Frank Crary
UC Berkeley