Talk:General Discussion/@comment-5046483-20141104221921/@comment-25459687-20141107044501

CB-1 Alaska and CB-2 Guam would just like to point out that they are LARGE CRUISERS, not battlecruisers.

despite being intended for the classic battlecruiser role of cruiser killer. (in fairness, they were designed as enbiggened cruisers, not capital ships, but still.)

nice posts above, btw. In WWI technology, a battlecruiser had to sacrifice something for speed. (Brits sacrificed armor, Germans sacrificed some numbers/size of guns.)  By the time of WWII, if a country was willing to pay the cost, a fast battleship didn't have to sacrifice anything for speed. (eg Bismarck, Iowa-class, Richelieu-class, Littorio-class, all 30+ knot ships that were fully armed and armored to the standards of the day.)

queek