Troops sometimes preferred destroyer fire support because it was available directly to them. A battleship's guns were shared with other formations and often assigned to strategic targets. The larger ship therefore offered much greater firepower without necessarily being the ship most readily available for a local request. When a battleship did answer, its destructive power could make that support especially welcome.
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Destroyers could provide more responsive shore fire than battleships
Troops often valued a destroyer's direct, readily available gunfire even though a battleship could deliver far heavier blows against selected targets.