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From: tek@PRAM.CS.UCLA.EDU (Ted Kim)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: DDG-51
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Date: 23 May 91 04:30:00 GMT
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From: tek@PRAM.CS.UCLA.EDU (Ted Kim)


[To moderator: This is a correction to my previous posting. If the
 previous hasn't gone out please use this one instead. I am sorry, I
 did not check the more upto date sources first. -ted]

Frank Crary writes:
>Another example if the DDG Arlie Burke (Sp?) class destroyer. Although 
>it is, in fact, larger than most crusiers, 

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. 

The Burke is definitely not larger than most cruisers. It does,
however, displace more than most destroyers and some cruisers due to
having all steel construction, rather than the aluminum superstructure
common to earlier ships. 

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