Norman Friedman's account places an early multi-role launcher aboard large US Navy cruisers. Alex Clarke objects to that description because the ships originated as destroyer leaders. The comment also distinguishes their mainly conventional propulsion from a nuclear-powered counterpart.
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Cruiser labels prompt an objection about destroyer-leader origins
A disagreement over cruiser terminology separates the book's designation from the ships' destroyer-leader origins.