Is there a warship so ugly that even a naval enthusiast cannot love it?
Short answerLong Beach attracts the strongest aesthetic objection, while her defenders cite the radar installation and challenge the affection shown for Hoche.
NotesLong Beach's large, square superstructure provokes an emphatic aesthetic objection. Her defenders point to the radar installation as a functional reason for that shape. Hoche attracts the opposite split: affection for her unusual appearance meets criticism of the decisions that produced it. The claim that Hoche's shape lacks any good engineering justification remains one side of a comic disagreement.