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As of July 2009, the newest [[Burke-class]] [[destroyer]] commissioned into the [[United States Navy]]

Flight 1 [[Burke-class]] destroyer, which fired [[BGM-109 Tomahawk]] missiles and escorted fleet units in [[Op

Flight 1 [[Burke-class]] destroyer, which fired [[BGM-109 Tomahawk]] missiles and escorted fleet units in [[Op

...Defense Forces|Israeli Navy]] [[corvette]]s; the Saar 5 approaches a light destroyer

<noinclude>{{Subpages}}</noinclude>U.S. destroyer, escorting convoys to Britain, sunk by a German submarine before the start

Canadian [[Halifax-class]] "multimission patrol frigate" of [[destroyer]] size, serving in marine interdiction in the Persian Gulf

A Danish Navy "flexible combat ship", combining light [[destroyer]] armament with cargo or resupply capability; returned from counter-piracy

<noinclude>{{Subpages}}</noinclude>[[Destroyer]] of the [[Royal Navy]]'s [[Type 42-class]], sunk by an [[Exocet]] missile

A two-ship U.S. Navy destroyer class, built during the 1930s to experiment with a new high-speed power pla

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Flight I [[Burke-class]] destroyer of the [[United States Navy]], named for Rear Admiral [[Grace Murray Hopper

The latest class of British destroyer, a large multirole ship with very strong [[anti-air warfare]] capabilities,

[[Halifax-class]] "multimission patrol frigate" of [[destroyer]] size, assigned by the [[Canadian Navy]] to marine interdiction in the Per

<noinclude>{{Subpages}}</noinclude>A night [[cruiser]]-[[destroyer]] engagement during the [[Guadalcanal Campaign]], among the worst defeats f

Lead ship of the [[Burke-class]] of U.S. [[destroyer]]s, named for ADM [[Arleigh Burke]]

...{{Subpages}}</noinclude>[[Royal Netherlands Navy|Dutch]] Admiralen-class [[destroyer]], renamed ''HNLMS Van Ghent'' to make the name available for [[HNLMS De Ru

[[United States Navy]] [[Burke-class]] destroyer, part of the [[United States Pacific Command]], homeported at [[Pearl Harbo

U.S. Navy [[ocean escort|destroyer escort]], sunk at the [[Action off Samar]] while exchanging gunfire with th

First Flight IIA [[Burke-class]] [[destroyer]] in the [[United States Navy]], the most important feature being that she

First Flight IIA [[Burke-class]] destroyer to receive the [[WLD-1|AN/WLD-1 Remote Minehunting System]], using a [[Unma

...outh Korea]]n licensed derivatives of the U.S. [[Burke-class]] multirole [[destroyer]]s, named for [[King Sejong the Great]]

...U.S. defeats. The trend changed at this battle, when U.S. ships smashed a destroyer-escort reinforcement convoy to [[Kolombagara ]]in the [[Solomon Islands]]. ...Burke]] in command of Task Group 31.2. Even the single surviving Japanese destroyer captain, Capt. Tameichi Hara, of ''[[IJN Shigure]]'', called it “A perfec

...ering service in 2002, would be designated multipurpose/area air defense [[destroyer]] in most navies

[[United States Navy]] Flight IIA [[Burke-class]] destroyer, first to receive the [[SPY-2|AN/SPY-2]] [[ballistic missile defense]] rada

Canadian-designed and built advanced antisubmarine [[ocean escort|destroyer escort]], in service 1958-1994; sunk in 2001 to make a recreational reef

[[Fletcher-class]] [[destroyer]] commissioned 27 October 1943; sunk while attacking heavy Japanese forces

...de>Designated multirole frigates by the Canadian Navy, a class of twelve [[destroyer]]-type ships of 4950 tons; built between 1992 and 1997, they are undergoing

...ted [[sonar]] used on [[cruiser]]s of the U.S. [[Ticonderoga-class]] and [[destroyer]]s of the [[Burke-class]]

...engined WWII German fighter, originally intended as an air defense "bomber destroyer", but unable to survive against single-engined fighters in air combat

U.S. Navy [[destroyer]] of Flight I of the [[Burke-class]], named for [[Vice Admiral]] [[Lawson R

U.S. Navy [[destroyer]]s of a 1935 design, slightly slower than the two-ship [[Gridley-class]], w

British [[destroyer]] class, optimized for [[anti-air warfare]], some of which were sunk and so

...ther fighters, the Messerschmitt '''Me-110''', named the '''Zerstörer''' ("Destroyer") was a twin-engine design that quickly proved vulnerable in the [[Battle

John C. Butler-class [[ocean escort|destroyer escort]] of the U.S. Navy, sunk while attacking superior Japanese forces at

...ctions of the [[AEGIS battle management system]] aboard [[cruiser]]s and [[destroyer]]s

...nment of [[Libya]]; a [[Halifax-class]] "multimission patrol frigate" of [[destroyer]] capability

Sometimes called the luckiest ship in the WWII Japanese Navy, a [[destroyer]] that was the sole survivor of three major battles, eventually being sunk

A development of the U.S. Navy [[Fletcher-class]] destroyer of the [[Second World War]], which took advantage of the newly available du

First major warships built in [[Canada]]; helicopter-equipped, [[destroyer]]s optimized for [[anti-submarine warfare]] and [[convoy escort]]; serving

[[Destroyer]] of the [[United States Navy]], in service between 1946 and 1970, particip

...aircraft]] of the [[Second World War]]; intended as a twin-engine "bomber destroyer" but vulnerable to single-engine fighters; limited effectiveness as a night

...ial Japanese Navy]], a specialist in torpedoes and gunnery who led cruiser-destroyer task forces, and later was the area commander for the Southwest Pacific dur ...s the some naval units including Vice Admiral [[Kiyohide Shima]]'s cruiser-destroyer force. He was reassigned to Japan on grounds of ill health during the later

...ational Security Reform]]; retired Admiral, [[United States Navy]]; only [[destroyer]] captain known to have water-skied behind his warship

A code name for operations of U.S. [[destroyer]]s, in international waters off the Chinese and Vietnamese coasts in the ea

A retired class of [[United States Navy]] [[destroyer]]s, built on the same hull as the [[Burke-class]] but optimized for land at

[[Destroyer]]s currently in service with the [[Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force]] (

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Two closely associated classes of U.S. Navy [[destroyer]], built between 1938 and 1940, which were somewhat undergunned compared wi

''This is the modern destroyer; see [[Kongo-class (battleship)]]'' Japanese '''Kongo-class''' [[destroyer]]s are manufactured in Japan, but are designed to the licensed plans of the

<noinclude>{{Subpages}}</noinclude>[[Royal Navy]] destroyer that, while herself sinking, rammed and critically damaged a much larger Ge

...a [[Second World War]] U.S. designation for an [[ocean escort]] or light [[destroyer]], optimized for [[anti-submarine warfare]] with limited capability for [[a

...warship intended principally for coastal use, although more like a small [[destroyer]] for patrol work than a [[fast attack craft]]; corvettes may be capable of

...ial Japanese Navy]], a specialist in torpedoes and gunnery who led cruiser-destroyer task forces, and later the area commander for the Southwest Pacific during

Designed in 1937, the last class of U.S. Navy [[destroyer]] built before the [[Second World War]]; the last with a single fireroom an

...], a '''destroyer escort''' is a slower, less heavily armed version of a [[destroyer]], optimized for low cost. With the [[naval vessel designation code]] '''DE | title = Destroyer Escort Classes

British [[destroyer]], a [[Type 42-class]] optimized for [[anti-air warfare]], sunk by an Argen

A U.S.-designed [[destroyer]] of [[Second World War]] vintage, armed with [[5"-38 caliber gun]]s and [[

A [[United States Navy]] destroyer of the [[Burke-class]], which survived an [[al-Qaeda]] suicide attack in 20

...last naval battle of the [[Guadalcanal Campaign]], in which a U.S. cruiser-destroyer force under Rear Admiral [[Robert Giffen|"Ike" Giffen]], concerned with mee

A U.S. Navy [[destroyer]] design, which served in the [[Second World War]], based on the [[Sims-cla

...ships: the gasoline tanker ''USS Noxubee (AOG 56)'', the guided missile [[destroyer]] ''USS Goldsborough (DDG 20)'', and the [[Ticonderoga-class]] [[cruiser]] He commanded Cruiser-Destroyer Group 2, the George Washington Battle Group, and the [[United States Second

...''ad hoc'' Allied force, 27-28 February 1942, fought by [[cruiser]]s and [[destroyer]]s, ending Allied naval resistance in what the Japanese termed the Southern

...s]] were [[ocean escort]]s, with lesser capability than a [[destroyer]] or destroyer escort.

...ilt as a warship, but no longer capable for fleet action, such as an older destroyer, or, when there was a threat from heavily gunned raiders, perhaps an older Terms used for such vessels, when not a warship design, included '''destroyer escort''', '''sloop''', and '''frigate'''. The terms '''corvette''' and '''

Lighter than a U.S. destroyer or frigate, (but heavier than a [[corvette]] or [[fast attack craft]]) rela

...ded USS David R. Ray (DD 971), [[USS Cape St. George (CG-71)]] and Cruiser-Destroyer Group Eight/Theodore Roosevelt Strike Group; three tours in the Bureau of N

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A post-[[First World War]] "four stack" U.S. destroyer class, of 1,190 tons/1,308 tons full load displacement, armed with 4x4" gun

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...and the chartered civilian ship ''MV Atlantic Conveyor'', and damaged the destroyer ''HMS Glamorgan''.

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...columnist for [[Washington Times]]; [[United States Navy]] officer with [[destroyer]] command; Senior Fellow, [[Center for Naval Analyses]]; distinguished visi

...ile on a routine convoy escort mission. She was the only survivor of the [[Destroyer#Battle of Vella Gulf|Battle of Vella Gulf]] and of the [[Battle of Surigao

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*[[Burke-class]] destroyer, *[[Zumwalt-class]] destroyer, an experimental proof-of-concept class for which production has been cappe

A [[United States Navy]] [[destroyer]] of the [[Burke-class]], currently assigned to [[United States Central Com

...was an 1920-vintage [[Clemson-class]] destroyer, which was the first U.S. destroyer sunk as a result of the [[Second World War]]. She was on a "[[neutrality pa ...n James'' (FFG-57)]] , an [[Oliver Hazard Perry-class]] "frigate" or light destroyer/ocean escort.

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{{r|HNLMS De Ruyter (1926)|''HNLMS De Ruyter'' (1926)}} Dutch Admiralen-class destroyer, renamed ''HNLMS Van Ghent'' to make the name available for ; wrecked 1942

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...iser]] ''HMS Cleopatra'', part of the escort, rammed and sank the German [[destroyer]] G194.

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