Norman Polmar's book reaches destroyers in chapter 15. Within the chapter, newer classes come first, while older classes appear later and receive progressively shorter accounts. That arrangement directs attention toward recent capabilities. It helps explain how accounts of fleet development can give older destroyers less prominence than their continuing employment warrants.
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Why older destroyers receive less attention
The arrangement of Norman Polmar's book gives newer destroyers more space and progressively less attention to older classes.