Medium-sized surface warships, cruisers that protect fleets and trade routes and destroyers that screen them against submarines and aircraft. A weapon belongs here when its cited article describes it as a cruiser, armored ship or destroyer, or a class of them. It excludes battleships, carriers and submarines. Cruisers were built for range and firepower and destroyers for speed and escort work, and the two types fought together in fleet actions, convoy battles and shore bombardment from the Second World War onward.
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Wikipedia: Fletcher-Class Destroyer
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The Fletcher class is a class of destroyers built by the United States during World War II. The class was designed in 1939 as a result of dissatisfaction with the earlier destroyer leader types of the Porter and Somers classes.
Deutschland-class cruiser, Wikipedia
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The Deutschland class was a series of three Panzerschiffe (armored ships), a form of heavily armed cruiser, built by the Reichsmarine (Germany navy) officially in accordance with restrictions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles.
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