See This Ship? Its NOT a Battleship, So Stop Calling It That
The Zumwalt class destroyer is a one-dimensional vessel, while battleships remained multimission vessels throughout their service lives.
James Holmes is J. C. Wylie Chair of Maritime Strategy at the Naval War College and coauthor of Red Star over the Pacific. The views voiced here are his alone.
This piece first appeared several years ago and is being reprinted due to reader interest.
Image: U.S. Navy Flickr.