Guided-missile destroyer

The Japanese guided-missile destroyer JDS Kongō firing a Standard Missile 3 anti-ballistic missile

A guided-missile destroyer (DDG) is a destroyer whose primary armament is guided missiles so they can provide anti-aircraft warfare screening for the fleet. The NATO standard designation for these vessels is DDG, while destroyers which have a primary gun armament or a small number of anti-aircraft missiles sufficient only for point-defense are designated DD. Nations vary in their use of destroyer D designation in their hull pennant numbering, either prefixing or dropping it altogether.

Guided-missile destroyers are equipped with large missile magazines, with modern examples typically having vertical-launch cells. Some guided-missile destroyers contain integrated weapons systems, such as the United States’ Aegis Combat System, and may be adopted for use in an anti-missile or ballistic-missile defense role. This is especially true for navies that no longer operate cruisers, so other vessels must be adopted to fill in the gap. Many guided-missile destroyers are also multipurpose vessels, equipped to carry out anti-surface operations with surface-to-surface missiles and naval guns, and anti-submarine warfare with torpedoes and helicopters.

Active and planned guided-missile destroyers

Australian HMAS Brisbane

Royal Australian Navy

• Hobart-class destroyer
  • HMAS Hobart (DDG-39)
  • HMAS Brisbane (DDG-41)
  • HMAS Sydney (DDG-42)

Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy

• Type 055 (Renhai-class) destroyer
  • Nanchang (DDG-101)
  • La'sa (DDG-102)
  • Dalian (DDG-105)
  • Anshan (DDG-103)
  • Yan'an (DDG-106)
  • Wuxi (DDG-104)
  • Zunyi (DDG-107)
  • Xianyang (DDG-108)

Type 055 destroyer The largest and most advanced surface warship in the People's Liberation Army Navy

• Type 052D (Luyang III-class) destroyer
  • Kunming (DDG-172)
  • Changsha (DDG-173)
  • Hefei (DDG-174)
  • Yinchuan (DDG-175)
  • Xining (DDG-117)
  • Xiamen (DDG-154)
  • Urumqi (DDG-118)
  • Guiyang (DDG-119)
  • Nanjing (DDG-155)
  • Taiyuan (DDG-131)
  • Hohhot (DDG-161)
  • Chengdu (DDG-120)
  • Qiqihar (DDG-121)
  • Zibo (DDG-156)
  • Tangshan (DDG-122)
  • Suzhou (DDG-132)
  • Huainan (DDG-123)
  • Nanning (DDG-162)
  • Kaifeng (DDG-124)
  • Guilin (DDG-164)
  • Baotou (DDG-133)
  • Zhenjiang (DDG-165) (Fitting out)
  • Shaoxing (DDG-134) (Sea trials)
  • Jiaozuo (DDG-163) (Sea trials)
  • Zhuhai (DDG-157) (Sea trials)

Type 052D destroyer in the People's Liberation Army Navy

• Type 052C (Luyang II-class) destroyer
  • Lanzhou (DDG-170)
  • Haikou (DDG-171)
  • Changchun (DDG-150)
  • Zhengzhou (DDG-151)
  • Jinan (DDG-152)
  • Xi'an (DDG-153)
• Type 052B (Luyang I-class) destroyer
  • Guangzhou (DDG-168)
  • Wuhan (DDG-169)
• Type 051C (Luzhou-class) destroyer
  • Shenyang (DDG-115)
  • Shijiazhuang (DDG-116)
• Type 051B (Luhai-class) destroyer
  • Shenzhen (DDG-167)
• Sovremenny-class destroyer
  • Hangzhou (DDG-136)
  • Fuzhou (DDG-137)
  • Taizhou (DDG-138)
  • Ningbo (DDG-139)

French Navy

Although the French Navy no longer uses the term "destroyer", the largest frigates are assigned pennant numbers with flag superior "D", which designates destroyer.

• Horizon class (in France designated as frigate, designated as destroyers using NATO classification)
  • Forbin (D620)
  • Chevalier Paul (D621)

Indian Navy

• Visakhapatnam-class destroyer
  • INS Visakhapatnam
  • INS Mormugao
  • INS Imphal
  • INS Surat (Fitting out)

Indian Navy destroyers sailing in unison.

Indian Navy Kolkata-class destroyer the INS Kochi

• Kolkata-class destroyer
  • INS Kolkata
  • INS Kochi
  • INS Chennai
• Delhi-class destroyer
  • INS Delhi
  • INS Mysore
  • INS Mumbai
• Rajput-class destroyer
  • INS Rana
  • INS Ranvir
  • INS Ranvijay
• Project 18 (planned)

Italian Navy

• Durand de la Penne-class destroyer
  • Luigi Durand De La Penne (D 560)
  • Francesco Mimbelli (D 561)
• Horizon class
  • Andrea Doria (D553)
  • Caio Duilio (D554)

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

• Maya-class destroyer
  • JS Maya (DDG-179)
  • JS Haguro (DDG-180)
• Atago-class destroyer
  • JS Atago (DDG-177)
  • JS Ashigara (DDG-178)
• Kongō-class destroyer
  • JS Kongo (DDG-173)
  • JS Kirishima (DDG-174)
  • JS Myoko (DDG-175)
  • JS Chokai (DDG-176)
• Hatakaze-class destroyer
  • JS Hatakaze (DDG-171)
  • JS Shimakaze (DDG-172)

Republic of Korea Navy

• Sejong the Great-class destroyer
  • ROKS Sejong the Great (DDG-991)
  • ROKS Yulgok Yi I (DDG-992)
  • ROKS Seoae Yu Seong-ryong (DDG-993)
• KDDX-class destroyer (planned)

Russian Navy

Nastoychivyy (610), a Sovremenny-class destroyer

Admiral Vinogradov (572), an Udaloy-class destroyer

• Sovremenny-class destroyer
  • Burny (778)
  • Nastoychivy (610)
  • Admiral Ushakov (434)
• Udaloy-class destroyer
  • Vice-Admiral Kulakov (626)
  • Admiral Tributs (564)
  • Marshal Shaposhnikov (543)
  • Severomorsk (619)
  • Admiral Levchenko (605)
  • Admiral Vinogradov (572)
  • Admiral Panteleyev (548)
  • Admiral Chabanenko (650)

Republic of China Navy

ROCS Tso Ying (DDG-1803)

• Kee Lung-class destroyer (ex-Kidd class)
  • ROCS Kee Lung (DDG-1801)
  • ROCS Su Ao (DDG-1802)
  • ROCS Tso Ying (DDG-1803)
  • ROCS Ma Kong (DDG-1805)

Royal Navy

• Type 45 destroyer
  • HMS Daring (D32)
  • HMS Dauntless (D33)
  • HMS Diamond (D34)
  • HMS Dragon (D35)
  • HMS Defender (D36)
  • HMS Duncan (D37)
• Type 83 destroyer (planned)

Spanish Navy

• Álvaro de Bazán class (in Spain designated as frigate, designated as destroyers using NATO classification)
  • Álvaro de Bazán (F101)
  • Almirante Juan de Borbón (F102)
  • Blas de Lezo (F103)
  • Méndez Núñez (F104)
  • Cristóbal Colón (F105)

United States Navy

Zumwalt-class destroyer

• Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
  • USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51)
  • USS Barry (DDG-52)
  • USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53)
  • USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG-54)
  • USS Stout (DDG-55)
  • USS John S. McCain (DDG-56)
  • USS Mitscher (DDG-57)
  • USS Laboon (DDG-58)
  • USS Russell (DDG-59)
  • USS Paul Hamilton (DDG-60)
  • USS Ramage (DDG-61)
  • USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62)
  • USS Stethem (DDG-63)
  • USS Carney (DDG-64)
  • USS Benfold (DDG-65)
  • USS Gonzalez (DDG-66)
  • USS Cole (DDG-67)
  • USS The Sullivans (DDG-68)
  • USS Milius (DDG-69)
  • USS Hopper (DDG-70)
  • USS Ross (DDG-71)
  • USS Mahan (DDG-72)
  • USS Decatur (DDG-73)
  • USS McFaul (DDG-74)
  • USS Donald Cook (DDG-75)
  • USS Higgins (DDG-76)
  • USS O'Kane (DDG-77)
  • USS Porter (DDG-78)
  • USS Oscar Austin (DDG-79)
  • USS Roosevelt (DDG-80)
  • USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG-81)
  • USS Lassen (DDG-82)
  • USS Howard (DDG-83)
  • USS Bulkeley (DDG-84)
  • USS McCampbell (DDG-85)
  • USS Shoup (DDG-86)
  • USS Mason (DDG-87)
  • USS Preble (DDG-88)
  • USS Mustin (DDG-89)
  • USS Chafee (DDG-90)
  • USS Pinckney (DDG-91)
  • USS Momsen (DDG-92)
  • USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93)
  • USS Nitze (DDG-94)
  • USS James E. Williams (DDG-95)
  • USS Bainbridge (DDG-96)
  • USS Halsey (DDG-97)
  • USS Forrest Sherman (DDG-98)
  • USS Farragut (DDG-99)
  • USS Kidd (DDG-100)
  • USS Gridley (DDG-101)
  • USS Sampson (DDG-102)
  • USS Truxtun (DDG-103)
  • USS Sterett (DDG-104)
  • USS Dewey (DDG-105)
  • USS Stockdale (DDG-106)
  • USS Gravely (DDG-107)
  • USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG-108)
  • USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109)
  • USS William P. Lawrence (DDG-110)
  • USS Spruance (DDG-111)
  • USS Michael Murphy (DDG-112)
  • USS John Finn (DDG-113)
  • USS Ralph Johnson (DDG-114)
  • USS Rafael Peralta (DDG-115)
  • USS Thomas Hudner (DDG-116)
  • USS Paul Ignatius (DDG-117)
  • USS Daniel Inouye (DDG-118)
  • USS Delbert D. Black (DDG-119)
  • USS Carl M. Levin (DDG-120)
  • USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG-121)
  • USS John Basilone (DDG-122) (Launched)
  • USS Lenah H. Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG-123)
  • USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr. (DDG-124) (Under construction)
  • USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125)
  • USS Louis H. Wilson Jr. (DDG-126) (Under construction)
  • USS Gallagher (DDG-127) (Under construction)
  • USS Ted Stevens (DDG-128) (Launched)
  • USS Jeremiah Denton (DDG-129) (Under construction)
  • USS William Charette (DDG-130) (Under construction)
  • USS George M. Neal (DDG-131) (Under construction)
  • USS Quentin Walsh (DDG-132) (Under construction)
  • USS Sam Nunn (DDG-133) (Under construction)
  • USS John E. Kilmer (DDG-134) (Approved for construction)
  • USS Thad Chochran (DDG-135) (Approved for construction)
  • USS Richard G. Lugar (DDG-136) (Approved for construction)
  • USS John F. Lehman (DDG-137) (Approved for construction)
  • USS J. William Middendorf (DDG-138) (Approved for construction)
  • USS Telesforo Trinidad (DDG-139) (Approved for construction)
  • USS Thomas G. Kelley (DDG-140) (Approved for construction)
• Zumwalt-class destroyer
  • USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000)
  • USS Michael Monsoor (DDG-1001)
  • USS Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG-1002) (Sea trials)
• DDG(X) (planned)

Former guided-missile destroyer classes

Australia

• Perth-class destroyer (decommissioned/sunk as dive wrecks)

Canada

• Iroquois-class destroyer (decommissioned/retired)

France

• These classes of French "frigates" had "D" pennant numbers and were destroyer-sized
• Suffren-class frigate
• Tourville-class frigate

Germany

• Hamburg-class destroyer (after refit to „Klasse 101A“) (decommissioned/scrapped)
• Lütjens-class destroyer (decommissioned/scrapped, except D 186 Mölders preserved as museum ship)

Italy

• Impavido-class destroyer (decommissioned/retired)
• Audace-class destroyer (decommissioned/retired)

Japan

• Amatsukaze-class destroyer (decommissioned/retired)
• Tachikaze-class destroyer (decommissioned/retired)

Soviet Union

• Kotlin-class destroyer (decommissioned/scrapped)
• Kanin-class destroyer (decommissioned/retired)

United Kingdom

• County-class destroyer (decommissioned/scrapped/sunk)
• Type 82 destroyer (decommissioned)
• Type 42 destroyer (decommissioned/scrapped)

United States

• Farragut (Coontz)-class destroyer (decommissioned/scrapped)
• Charles F. Adams-class destroyer (all but one sunk for target or scrapped; one reserved for future preservation as museum ship)
• Ticonderoga-class cruiser was designated as the DDG-47 class in its early development, prior to the United States Navy 1975 ship reclassification, which made it the CG-47 class. The first Arleigh Burke-class destroyer was designated DDG-51, as the hull numbers DDG-47-50 had been used for Ticonderoga-class ships.
• Kidd-class destroyer (sold to Taiwan as Kee Lung-class destroyers)

References

• Friedman, Norman (2004). US Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History (Revised ed.). Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-442-3.