User blog comment:Void Samukai/The 7 key BBs in history/@comment-10905876-20160120133721/@comment-27797576-20160120203237

Oi, didn't you say you were leaving? Leaving INCLUDES EVERYTHING, NOT JUST THE RP!

now, as for actual arguement:

A. We still use missile boats IRL... And they are the decendants of torpedo boats. Also, explain the torpedo boat's massive use in both WWI and WWII on all fronts? Seriously, the PT boats, the german and british torpedo boats, and even JAPAN had torpedo boats. Also explain destroyers, which are basically enlarged torpedo boats, hence the original designation of destroyers, torpedo boat destroyer(TBD). Seriously, if they built a class of vessel JUST to counter them, and then eventually replaced them mostly all together, that says greatly the leathality of torpedo boats. They may have lost effectiveness, but that was due to destroyers, not the fact battleships were or were not vunerable. Torpedo boats in mass swarms could kill even the most modern battleship at that time, and much cheaper by comparision(except maybe the torpedos themselves, but eh).

B. ... Kevin didn't even MENTION  innovation  in the ENTIRITY of his arguement, did he? Shut up. Actually read the text. This has NOTHING to do how good/bad/amazing/etc they are, this is historical noteworthyness. Did Yamato ever do anything other than get sunk by hundreds of aircraft(the 'small craft' mentioned) or simply exist or use tons and tons of fuel that could be used elsewhere? No, not really. Missouri was where the surrender of Japan was signed, which ALONE means Missouri will be remembered for many many many years to come. Yamato? Sure, big guns, large ammounts of armor, and maybe 'some' innovation, but other than that, it demonstated that even the best of battleships will fall to air attack if a large force is commitied... And were talking hundreds of aircraft.