• throwback3090@lemmy.nz
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    5 hours ago

    Destroyers were classically ships that defended a larger group. They would fight submarines and other ship to ship threats in order to leave cruisers and aircraft carriers to their work.

    Destroyer was not, in it’s original meaning, focused on ship to land bombardment (that’s only part of the current generation because technology shrunk enough and nobody wants to spend a shitton of money on big boats anymore except the US)

    • AES_Enjoyer@reddthat.com
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      5 hours ago

      Yeah no, I’m not a military enjoyer in general, so idk what destroyer means or what’s the origin, I meant it more as a wordplay. But thanks for the clarification!