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Destroyer Escort
>Small, lightly armed boat used to escort supply ships. Typically armed with 3-in guns and depth charges for attacking submarines. No armor.
Destroyer
>Small boat armed with a few 5-in dual-purpose guns. Guns are used to kill planes and smaller ships. Also armed with torpedoes for killing larger ships. Used as an armed scouting force. Also has depth charges for killing submarines. No armor.
Light Cruiser
>Large boat armed with many 5-in guns. Basically, a larger destroyer with twice as many guns and thicker armor. Armor is present but limited. May or may not possess torpedoes. Lightly armored.
Heavy Cruiser
>Large boat armed with several 8-in guns. Also has a secondary battery of 5-in guns. Looks like a mini-battleship. Armor is thicker but still not very Torpedoes completely absent. Moderately armored.
Battleship
>A very large boat armed with multiple large caliber guns, ranging from 14 in to 16 in. Older versions will have 12 - 13.5 in guns instead. Usually slower than other ships due to heavy armor. Possess a secondary battery of dual-purpose guns and also a large number of anti-aircraft guns like the 40 mm Bofors. Heavily armored.
Battlecruiser (or "Large Cruiser")
>An awkward type of ship fitting somewhere between a Heavy Cruiser and a Battleship. Although nearly as large as a Battleship, the battlecruiser does not have the thick protective armor associated with most battleships. Instead, the ship sacrifices armor in favor of speed. Armed with guns which are 12-in or larger. Armor ranges from light to moderate.
Aircraft Carrier
>A very large warship (over 800 feet long) with a flight deck running the entire length of the ship. Doesn't have any guns, but rather depends on aircraft launched from the carrier deck to attack enemy warships. Replaced battleships as the most important capital ships in the fleet. Little-to-no armor.
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Destroyers often had torpedoes.
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>>1876684
Not entirely, but it gets most of the stuff more or less correct if you're talking a WW2 timeframe.
Most carriers did have guns though, albeit not very heavy ones. And cruiser guns varied a hell of a lot more than you're implying in your greentext.
Also, battlecruisers usually had guns more or less in line with the battleships of their era.
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>>1876684
Too many exceptions.
>Light Cruiser
>Large boat armed with many 5-in guns.
Most light cruisers had 6-inch guns.
>Heavy Cruiser
>Torpedoes completely absent.
Only the United States removed torpedo tubes altogether. All other major navies had heavy cruisers with torpedo tubes.
>Battlecruiser (or "Large Cruiser")
>the battlecruiser does not have the thick protective armor associated with most battleships.
Only true of British designs. The Germans prioritized armor over armament in their WWI Battlecruisers, whereas the British emphasized the opposite.
>Aircraft Carrier
>Doesn't have any guns
Most World War II carriers had at least a 5-inch DP gun broadside that could provide some minimal defense against surface opponents (As Gambier Bay was able to against Choukai at Samar). Older conversions such as Akagi or Lexington had full 8-inch guns.
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>>1876684
CL's usually had 6 inch guns in WW2.
German battlecruisers in WW1 had almost-battleship-level armor. But yeah it's mostly correct.
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>>1876684
>Used as an armed scouting force
Destroyers were also for killing the shit out of things.
Wolfpacks making torpedo runs were rather dangerous.
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>>1876684
Light Cruisers usually had 6" guns that may be DP.
Heavy cruisers usually carried torps. Only USN removed them.
Battlecruisers were battleships that had higher speed by sacrificing firepower or armor. The Germans decided to sacrifice firepower to be able to have them in the battle line. Brits and Japs had lighter armor compared to battleships to project power and protect trade.
Aircraft carriers do carry DP guns for AA purposes and the Lexington class carried 8" guns.
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you just posted this on /k/ and got called a retard there too. What the fuck are you doing
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