The projected large-destroyer race brings the United States together with Britain, Japan, France and eventually Italy. Capitani Romani illustrates the blurred boundary: officially a light cruiser, it can also be understood here as a very large destroyer. Some navies could retain the Japanese emphasis on torpedoes. Others might follow the Tribal-class approach of a destroyer that serves as a small cruiser. Its greater political presence and force-multiplying value could save the expense of deploying a larger ship for the same task.
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Large destroyers become small cruisers in practice
Capitani Romani and Tribal-class examples show how large destroyers could take on the presence duties of cruisers.