Crankin' 'em out like chiclets...

[Jolly]

The U.S. Navy hasn't built frigates in 35 years. now, they're going to build four each year...

https://news.usni.org/2023/04/18/cno-very-important-to-add-2nd-constellation-class-shipyard-build-4-frigates-a-year

https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2023/4/4/constellation-class-frigate-program-includes-game-changing-sustainment-technology-official-said

[Mik]

Missile cruisers. Interesting.

[Jolly]

A lot of the world's navies deploy frigates. They're versatile, cheaper to build and cheaper to operate. Today's frigate is probably pretty close in tonnage to a WW2 destroyer.

In comparison, an Arleigh Burke class destroyer weighs what a WW2 cruiser weighed.

Both frigate and destroyer could probably destroy a WW2 era cruiser before they knew what hit them...