Guided missile destroyer
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A guided-missile destroyer is a destroyer designed to launch guided missiles. Many are also equipped to carry out anti-submarine, anti-air, and anti-surface operations. The NATO standard designation for these vessels is DDG. Nations vary in their use of destroyer D designation their hull pennant numbering, either prefixing, or dropping it altogether. The U.S. Navy has adopted the classification DDG in the American hull classification system.
In addition to the guns that destroyers have, a guided-missile destroyer is usually equipped with two large missile magazines, usually in vertical-launch cells. Some guided-missile destroyers contain powerful radar 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 of navies that no longer operate cruisers, as other vessels must be adopted to fill in the gap.
Contents
- 1 Active and planned guided missile (GM) destroyers
- 1.1 Royal Australian Navy
- 1.2 Royal Canadian Navy
- 1.3 People's Liberation Army Navy of China
- 1.4 French Navy
- 1.5 Indian Navy
- 1.6 Italian Navy
- 1.7 Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
- 1.8 Russian Navy
- 1.9 Spanish Navy
- 1.10 Republic of China Navy (Taiwan)
- 1.11 Republic of Korea Navy
- 1.12 Royal Navy
- 1.13 Royal Netherlands Navy
- 1.14 United States Navy
- 2 Former guided missile destroyer classes
- 3 References
Active and planned guided missile (GM) destroyers[edit]
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- Hobart Class destroyer
- HMAS Hobart (Under construction - D39?)
- HMAS Brisbane (Under construction - D41?)
- HMAS Sydney (Under construction)
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- Iroquois class destroyer
- HMCS Athabaskan (DDG-282)
- HMCS Algonquin (DDG-283)
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- Type 052D class destroyer
- Kunming (172)
- Changsha (173)
- Hefei (174) (Sea trial)
- Yinchuan (175) (Sea trial)
- (117) (Sea trial)
- (118) (Fitting out)
- (119) (Fitting out)
- (120) (Under construction)
- (154) (Under construction)
- (155) (Under construction)
- Type 052C (Luyang II) class destroyer
- Lanzhou (170)
- Haikou (171)
- Changchun (150)
- Zhengzhou (151)
- Jinan (152)
- Xi'an (153)
- Type 052B (Luyang I class) destroyer
- Guangzhou (168)
- Wuhan (169)
- Type 052 (Luhu class) destroyer
- Harbin (112)
- Qingdao (113)
- Type 051C (Luzhou class) destroyer
- Shenyang (115)
- Shijiazhuang (116)
- Type 051B (Luhai class) destroyer
- Shenzhen (167)
- Type 051 (Luda class) destroyer
- Xining (108)
- Kaifeng (109)
- Dalian (110)
- Chongqing (133)
- Zunyi (134)
- Nanchang (163)
- Guilin (164)
- Zhanjiang (165)
- Zhuhai (166)
- Sovremenny class destroyer
- Hangzhou (136)
- Fuzhou (137)
- Taizhou (138)
- Ningbo (139)
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Although the French Navy no longer uses the term "destroyer" (French: destructeur), the largest frigates are assigned pennant numbers with flag superior "D", which designates destroyer.
- Horizon class frigate
- Forbin (D620)
- Chevalier Paul (D621)
- Cassard class frigate
- Georges Leygues class frigate
- Dupleix (D641)
- Montcalm (D642)
- Jean de Vienne (D643)
- Primauguet (D644)
- La Motte Picquet (D645)
- Latouche-Tréville (D646)
- Aquitaine class frigate
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- Visakhapatnam-class destroyers (Under construction)
- INS Visakhapatnam(D 66) [1]
- INS Porbandar (D 67)
- INS Marmagoa (D 68) [2]
- INS (D 69)
- Kolkata-class destroyers
- Delhi-class destroyers
- Rajput-class destroyers
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- Durand de la Penne class destroyer
- Luigi Durand De La Penne (D560)
- Francesco Mimbelli (D561)
- Orizzonte class destroyer
- Andrea Doria (D553)
- Caio Duilio (D554)
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force[edit]
- Hatakaze class destroyer
- JDS Hatakaze (DDG-171)
- JDS Shimakaze (DDG-172)
- Kongō class destroyer
- JDS Kongō (DDG-173)
- JDS Kirishima (DDG-174)
- JDS Myōkō (DDG-175)
- JDS Chōkai (DDG-176)
- Atago class destroyer
- JDS Atago (DDG-177)
- JDS Ashigara (DDG-178)
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- Kashin class destroyer
- Smetlivy (810)
- Sovremenny class destroyer
- Bystryy (715)
- Gremyashchiy (406)
- Bespokoynyy (620)
- Nastoychivyy (610)
- Admiral Ushakov (434)
- Udaloy class destroyer
- Vice-Admiral Kulakov
- Admiral Tributs (552)
- Marshal Shaposhnikov (543)
- Severomorsk (619)
- Admiral Levchenko (605)
- Admiral Vinogradov (572)
- Admiral Panteleyev (548)
- Admiral Chabanenko (650)
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- Kee Lung (Kidd) class destroyer
- ROCS Kee Lung (DDG-1801)
- ROCS Su Ao (DDG-1802)
- ROCS Tso Ying (DDG-1803)
- ROCS Ma Kong (DDG-1805)
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- Sejong the Great class destroyer
- ROKS Sejong the Great (DDG-991)
- ROKS Yulgok Yi I (DDG-992)
- ROKS Seoae Yu Seong-ryong (DDG-993)
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- Type 82 destroyer
- HMS Bristol (D23 - now as training ship)
- Type 45 destroyer
- HMS Daring (D32)
- HMS Dauntless (D33)
- HMS Diamond (D34)
- HMS Dragon (D35)
- HMS Defender (D36)
- HMS Duncan (D37)
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- Zumwalt class destroyer
- USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) (Under construction)
- 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)
Former guided missile destroyer classes[edit]
- Impavido class destroyer (decommissioned/retired)
- Audace class destroyer (decommissioned/retired)
- Amatsukaze class destroyer (decommissioned/retired)
- Tachikaze class destroyer (decommissioned/retired)
- Kotlin class destroyer (decommissioned/scrapped)
- Kanin class destroyer (decommissioned/retired)
- County class destroyer (decommissioned/scrapped/sunk)
- Type 42 destroyer (decommissioned/scrapped)
- Farragut (Coontz) class destroyer (decommissioned/scrapped)
- Charles F. Adams class destroyer (all but one sunk for target or scrapped; 1 reserved for future preservation as museum ship)
- Kidd class destroyer (sold to Taiwan as Kee Lung class destroyers)
References[edit]
- ^ "Indigenously built warship ready for launch". freepressjournal. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
- ^ "All About the INS Visakhapatnam, Navy's Most Powerful Destroyer". ndtv. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
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