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Ship was a DE (Destroyer Escort) not a Battle ship


I have read the synopsis of this movie and found it to be erroneous. The Kornblatt was a destroyer escort not a destroyer or a battleship as the reviewer stated. A DE is the same as todays Navy's FF or Fast Frigate. A destroyer is bigger and has more guns. A battleship was the second largest ship in the Navy, second to the aircraft carrier.

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