Talk:Baltimore class cruiser

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The Des Moines class should be entirely deperate from the Baltimore class. It was a different hull, with a different main armament. Similarities are superficial

[edit] "most successful class of 8 inch-armed heavy cruiser in history"

Anyone care to back this up? I can't think of any reason to claim the Baltimores were more successful than, say, the Royal Navy County Class cruisers. I understand that there is a powerful urge to claim that "US is Best" on Wikipedia, but this kind of unsubstanciated tosh is of no benefit to anyone. The Baltimores were a successful design - isn't saying that enough? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Getztashida (talk • contribs) 15:25, 5 December 2006 (UTC).

In lieu of a citation for most sucessful, I have rewritten the intro to show what the class did achieve in terms of long service life and offspring. GraemeLeggett 15:48, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

The new introdution is muh more informative. Thanks very much. Getztashida 14:51, 7 December 2006 (UTC)