How were battleships an order of magnitude more valuable and powerful than cruisers in World War 2 even though they look like slightly scaled-up cruisers? - Quora
In World War 2, why did the US Navy go ahead and build the Alaska-class large cruisers, even though they had a variety of both heavy cruisers and fast battleships? - Quora
![1599x937] Proposed 1938 plans for the conversion of the Giussano-class light cruisers into anti-aircraft cruisers : r/WarshipPorn 1599x937] Proposed 1938 plans for the conversion of the Giussano-class light cruisers into anti-aircraft cruisers : r/WarshipPorn](https://preview.redd.it/n5dnofa8y9n51.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=730ebb2364b4814e8b6e57cc3b2c8bc70337302c)