this small AU originates in my research for the S-frigate development. when I learned that the dutch considered the perry multiple times, I started considering what an dutch perry would look like. the problem would have been that it's capabilities were lower then the real S frigates would have, so I decided that they would need to have more capable ships as well. because of that, I went a bit the mad route and chose the spruance class as base. from that, this AU originated.
the story is, that for one or another reason, the dutch chose all USN ships to replace their cruisers, the van speijks and the DD's with. simply said:
the cruisers were replaced by the tromp class spruance mod in 1975
the some DD's were replaced by 4 spruances, built around 1980
and the van speijks and the rest of the DD's were replaced by the kortenaer class perry version around 1985
please comment. I know this isn't that realistic (especially the dutch choosing the single prop design of the perry) but for exploring the possibilities.......
hope you all like it