> On 12/09/2014 20:19, patricia@school.study wrote:
>> is a Frigate smaller than a destroyer?
>
> Yes.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_ship
Generally, yes.
But as that site points out, the USN did some really weird
categories around the 1970s.
USS California, nuclear powered, 10,600 tons, 587' long
and they called it a frigate.
from yours
"From the 1950s to the 1970s, the United States Navy commissioned ships
classed as guided missile frigates which were actually anti-aircraft warfare
cruisers built on destroyer-style hulls. Some of these ships-the Bainbridge,
Truxtun, California and Virginia classes-were nuclear-powered. These
"frigates" were roughly mid-way in size between cruisers and destroyers.
This was similar to the use of the term "frigate" during the age of sail
during which it referred to a medium-sized warship, but it was inconsistent
with conventions used by other contemporary navies which regarded frigates
as being smaller than destroyers. During the 1975 ship reclassification, the
large American frigates were redesignated as cruisers or destroyers, while
ocean escorts (the American classification for ships smaller than
destroyers) were renamed as frigates."
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