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Originally Posted by Shipwreck
Take off that tinfoil hat and stop listening to your imaginary friends. 
The video below, showing a Sovremenny-class destroyer (from 00:44 onwards : Admiral Ushakov, ex- Besstrashny, pennant number 434) during a September 2004 deployment in the Barents Sea, clearly illustrates the benefits of a broad waterplane hull in heavy weather. |
Is that the same type of hull the Burkes have? I noticed the Burkes have a very wide beam that flares out, unlike the previous destroyers we had.
What is your opinion of the Mk 45 5" gun? Is it better to have a relatively slow 5" gun like this or a very fast 3" gun like the OTO super rapid?