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TorpX 08-21-15 08:11 PM

So is one Russian nuke sub, and one Chinese nuke sub, and maybe soon one Iranian nuke sub ...

Kapt Z 08-21-15 10:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CCIP (Post 2338475)
On the other hand, if you compare them on things like armament or even engine power, the sheer destructive capacity on board today's ships is probably several orders of magnitude greater than all the ships the USN had in '45!

Oh, I agree. It was only the number of hulls in the water that I was talking about.

As has been said, one Ohio class sub has so much destructive power by itself that it defies imagination.

CCIP 09-11-15 11:45 PM

And here is a similar chart for the USAF:


http://i.imgur.com/I3BBhhY.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Ao9UdzT.jpg

Torplexed 10-03-15 10:49 PM

As an interesting addendum to this chart, it now appears that the USS Constitution is now the only remaining commissioned US warship that has sunk a enemy ship in combat. The one other remaining USN warship with that distinction was the recently retired Oliver Perry class frigate Simpson, which sank a Iranian missile patrol boat in 1988. I do suppose there are still some carriers around who's air groups have sunk something, but I don't know if that counts.

http://www.boston.com/news/2015/09/2...bjJ/story.html

So, as ancient as she is, she's the only one left with a kill to her sole credit. :O:


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