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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

===Destroyer=== ===Cruisers and destroyer leaders===

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

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

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

...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

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

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

...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]] (

{{r|Destroyer}} ''While these are designated "frigate", they are of destroyer size and capability, larger than [[corvette]]s.''

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