User blog comment:Void Samukai/Worst WW1 and Worst WW2 Battlecruisers/@comment-13740085-20160321001554

I disagree with the Deutschland, at the time of their commissioning, they outran everything short of Hood and the Renowns. Comparatively, their 11" guns dwarfed typical cruiser armament. Heck, Admiral Graf Spee fought and heavily damaged three British cruisers before her crew scuttled her due to damage. From what I've seen and read, the Deutschlands are regarded as some of the best fighting ships of the world war era.

The Alaska, however, of course it's going to be considered as a bad battlecruiser because it was never designed as a battlecruiser, or any sort of capital ship to begin with.

Also, the lack of any sort of mention of the Courageous disturbs me.