Dive Bombers kill Destroyers, and especially after 1943, the USA will wallop the Japs in the air. Ignoring that though, remember, your destroyers should be screening your larger ships. Against the Japs that means they should be more than 8″ out. Equal numbers/points, you will probably still take some torpedoes, but you can reduce the hurt through proper positioning. That same positioning can then bring your advantage to bear, all of those nice guns on cheap hulls.
