Destroyer/Related Articles

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Parent topics

• Naval warfare [r]: The military history of the organized navies of the world from 300 BCE to the present. ^[e]
• Fast attack craft [r]: Add brief definition or description

Subtopics

• Adams-class [r]: Multirole U.S. designed destroyers, retired from the U.S. Navy in the 1990s and retired from the Royal Australian Navy in 2001; replaced by the Burke-class ^[e]
• Burke-class destroyer [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Fletcher-class [r]: A U.S.-designed destroyer of Second World War vintage, armed with 5"-38 caliber guns and anti-aircraft autocannon, torpedoes, and depth charges. More were built than any other type; some served into the 21st century with other navies ^[e]
• Kongo-class [r]: Destroyers currently in service with the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (i.e., Japanese Navy), which are licensed copies of the U.S. Burke-class and are being upgraded for ballistic missile defense ^[e]
• Sovremenny-class destroyer [r]: Soviet-designed destroyer, in service with the Russian and Chinese navies, with an extremely powerful Moskit anti-shipping missile armament ^[e]
• Spruance-class destroyer [r]: A retired class of United States Navy destroyers, built on the same hull as the Burke-class but optimized for land attack and anti-submarine warfare, without the AEGIS battle management system ^[e]
• Type 42-class destroyer [r]: British destroyer class, optimized for anti-air warfare, some of which were sunk and some of which were a key part of the fleet defense in the Falklands War ^[e]
• Type 45-class destroyer [r]: The latest class of British destroyer, a large multirole ship with very strong anti-air warfare capabilities, with the first vessel on sea trials ^[e]
• Udaloy-class [r]: Soviet-designed destroyer, principally optimized for anti-submarine warfare, in service with the Russian Navy ^[e]

Other related topics

• 5"-38 caliber gun [r]: A dual purpose (DP) gun, effective for both surface and antiaircraft use, mounted on very many U.S. Navy ships in the World War II era, but which has disappeared from service today. ^[e]
• AEGIS battle management system [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Anti-shipping missile [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Cruiser [r]: While definitions vary with time and doctrine, a large warship capable of acting independently, as a flagship, or a major escort; capabilities include anti-air warfare, anti-surface warfare, anti-submarine warfare, land attack, and possibly ballistic missile defense ^[e]
• Depth charge [r]: Early antisubmarine weapons consisting of a large explosive charge and a fuze that was set for a given depth; free-falling and formed a barrage with no guidance; later models had streamlined cases for faster sinking ^[e]
• Destroyer escort [r]: Primarily a Second World War U.S. designation for an ocean escort or light destroyer, optimized for anti-submarine warfare with limited capability for anti-air warfare and anti-surface warfare ^[e]
• Destroyer leader [r]: Heavy destroyer intended, for the WWII and earlier period, to lead destroyer attacks with guns and torpedoes; slightly heavier weapons ^[e]
• Frigate [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Ocean escort [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Surface-to-air missile [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Ticonderoga-class cruiser [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Torpedo [r]: Add brief definition or description