Talk:Samuel B. Roberts/@comment-27362593-20180424004135/@comment-25459687-20180424021508

49.144.137.63  that is incorrect. USN DE in WWII terms were larger than frigates/sloops/corvettes and the host of other "smaller than destroyer" ships in various navies. The Butler class were ~1500 tons, easily the size of pre-war DDs, and had torpedo armament, unlike the Koibokon.