[sachmo]

Originally posted by PvK:
In any case, though, WW2 destroyers were rarely able to close the range with capital ships, because they would get nailed by direct-fire before they got within torpedo range, more often than not. But sometimes they did, and the threat of them doing so was tactically important, and of course destroyers were extremely useful in all sorts of other roles.

PvK[/QB]

Which is why the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked at night, where they could get in close and not worry about those big, bad cannon!