A universal standard tilted toward American requirements will favour American ships, while one based on British global commitments will favour British ships. The more useful comparison asks what each navy needed, what it built, and how well the design performed that assigned job before declaring one national approach superior.
Notable Point · 3:13:06-3:14:09
A fair method for comparing British and American ships
A warship should first be judged by how well it served its own navy's geographic and strategic requirements.