IOTL, specialized anti-aircraft ships often carry names and classifications similar to those of other ships their size.
Your challenge is to come up with a term or set of terms, preferably along with a two-digit hull code for the USN not already used by 1941 (see the "designation" column here: http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-ships.html ), for specialized anti-aircraft ships such as the USN's Atlanta class.
Said term(s) would eventually be used for ships such as the Ticonderoga and Arleigh Burke classes.
Your challenge is to come up with a term or set of terms, preferably along with a two-digit hull code for the USN not already used by 1941 (see the "designation" column here: http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-ships.html ), for specialized anti-aircraft ships such as the USN's Atlanta class.
Said term(s) would eventually be used for ships such as the Ticonderoga and Arleigh Burke classes.