Rather than a category of vessel, the designation "cruiser" originally meant the purpose or mission for the ship to "cruise" long distances in escort, scouting, and raiding duties, or simply to provide an intermediate military presence where the deployment of larger, more expensive battleships were deemed strategically and financially unwise. whatever needs to be done at any given moment. Cruisers are often called upon to hunt down enemy destroyers, perform quick response duties, escort and protect merchant shipping or larger vessels like battleships and aircraft carriers from various threats, provide an additional layer of defense. Larger than destroyers yet smaller than battleships, cruisers have fulfilled as many roles as they had designations common ones include "light", "heavy", "protected", "armored", "torpedo", and later, "missile" cruisers.
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