Well said. I have always compared ships to soldiers:
Destroyers are like footsoldiers: they do the fighting and dying.
Cruisers are like sergeants: they direct everything, and are efficient at killing when they have to be.
Battleships are warriors like Hector and Achilles: they stand brave and tall, they kill a lot of the enemy and there are very few of them, so when they finally fall everyone sees it and weeps and wails.
Of course our submarines are like secret agents and saboteurs: they sneak in and destroy something, and then try to sneak away again.
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