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Most are not destroyers. Under 70 does not equal most of 480.
Destroyers make up the largest single class of surface combatants in the US Navy.
For example, we have another 36 Amphibious Warfare ships, spread across 7 classes. And also an old school wood and sail frigate.
And a lot of other ships, but thank you for trying to pick nits and completely missing the point I was making. Out surface ships are nowhere near the numbers we had during the "Cold War". Hell, even our subs are drastically reduced.
In 1989, we had 94 Attack Submarines. Today, we have 52.
In 1989, we had 38 Ballistic Missile Submarines. Today we have 14 (and an additional 4 Ohio class converted to Cruise Missile Submarines).
Shall I continue? Even including the "Boats" (Submarines are not "Ships"), the Arleigh Burke class is still by far the largest group of any class of ships in the US Navy. You are aware that the word "Most" can be used in more than one way, right? It does not have to mean "majority", it can also mean "largest grouping in a series of groupings".
But please, feel free to go through the list of current ships for yourself:
List of current ships of the United States Navy - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
And while you are at it, feel free to look at the ships at the end of the "Cold War":
600-ship Navy - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Myself, I remember the 600 Ship Navy. A big mission of both SecNav Lehman, and SecNav Webb.