How would a jointly developed British and American ship with nine 8-inch guns be classified?
Short answerA command cruiser, potentially a nuclear guided-missile cruiser (CGN); the value of its conventional gun battery remains disputed.
NotesA jointly developed British and American ship with nine 8-inch guns is classified here as a command cruiser, potentially a CGN if nuclear powered. One objection is that the conventional gun battery gives the project little reason to exist; the response suggests a working railgun and the status attached to a large capital ship. An alternate-timeline Red Fleet illustration takes the idea further with four large guns subordinate to missiles and helicopters. Its vertical-launch cells are placed beside the radar in the design being shown. The exchange leaves the practicality disputed and distinguishes the imagined design from an established naval programme.