According to our shipbuilding director Akashi,

You destroyers' survival rates are directly tied to where you get hit.

Get hit anywhere behind the bridge, and it'd be difficult to save you. Even towing isn't necessarily going to get you out alive.

Take damage anywhere in front of your bridge, and your chances of survival go WAY UP!

Ships can even survive losing their entire bow, so long as their rudders continue to function!!

You've got to be kidd- FUBUKIII