Guided missile destroyer
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 in 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, 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.
Active and planned guided missile destroyers
Argentine Navy
- Type 42 destroyer
- ARA Hercules (D-1)
- ARA Santísima Trinidad (D-2)
Royal Australian Navy
- Hobart-class destroyer
- HMAS Hobart (Under construction – DDGH 39)
- HMAS Brisbane (Under construction – DDGH 41)
- HMAS Sydney (Under construction - DDGH 42)
Royal Canadian Navy
People's Liberation Army Navy of China
- Type 055 destroyer (under construction)
- Type 052D destroyer
- Kunming (172)
- Changsha (173)
- Hefei (174)
- Yinchuan (175)
- Xining (117) (Sea trial)
- (118) (Fitting out)
- Xiamen (154) (Fitting out)
- Guiyang (119) (Fitting out)
- (155) (Fitting out)
- (120) (Under construction)
- (156) (Under construction)
- (157) (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)
French Navy
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
- Cassard-class frigate
- Georges Leygues-class frigate
- Aquitaine-class frigate
- Aquitaine (D650)
- Provence (D652)
- Languedoc (D653)
German Navy
- Sachsen-class destroyer
- Sachsen (F219)
- Hamburg (F220)
- Hessen (F221)
Indian Navy
- Visakhapatnam-class destroyer (2 under construction and 2 completed)
- INS Visakhapatnam (D66) (completed) [1]
- INS Porbandar (D67)
- INS Mormogao (D68) (completed)[2]
- INS Paradip(D69)
- Kolkata-class destroyer
- Delhi-class destroyer
- Rajput-class destroyer
Italian Navy
- Durand de la Penne-class destroyer
- Luigi Durand De La Penne (D560)
- Francesco Mimbelli (D561)
- Orizzonte-class destroyer
- Andrea Doria (D553)
- Caio Duilio (D554)
- Bergamini-class destroyer
- Carlo Bergamini (F590)
- Virginio Fasan (F591)
- Carlo Margottini (F592)
- Carabiniere (F593)
- Alpino (F594)
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
- 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)
- Akizuki class destroyer
- Takanami-class destroyer
Royal Netherlands Navy
- De Zeven Provinciën-class destroyer
- HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën (F802)
- HNLMS Tromp (F803)
- HNLMS De Ruyter (F804)
- HNLMS Evertsen (F805)
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)
Russian Navy
- 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)
Spanish Navy
- Álvaro de Bazán-class destroyer
- Álvaro de Bazán (F101)
- Almirante Juan de Borbón (F102)
- Blas de Lezo (F103)
- Méndez Núñez (F104)
- Cristóbal Colón (F105)
Republic of China Navy (Taiwan)
- Kee Lung-class destroyer
- ROCS Kee Lung (DDG-1801)
- ROCS Su Ao (DDG-1802)
- ROCS Tso Ying (DDG-1803)
- ROCS Ma Kong (DDG-1805)
Royal Navy
- Type 82 destroyer
- HMS Bristol (D23) (now as training ship)
- Type 45 destroyer
Royal Norwegian Navy
- Fridtjof Nansen-class destroyer
- HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen (F310)
- HNoMS Roald Amundsen (F311)
- HNoMS Otto Sverdrup (F312)
- HNoMS Helge Ingstad (F313)
- HNoMS Thor Heyerdahl (F314)
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)
Former guided missile destroyer classes
- These classes of French "frigates" had "D" pennant numbers and were destroyer-sized
- Suffren-class frigate
- Tourville-class frigate
- 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)
- The 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.[3]
- Kidd-class destroyer (sold to Taiwan as Kee Lung-class destroyers)
References
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Friedman 2004, pp. 322-323, 425
- Friedman, Norman (2004). US Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History (Revised Edition). Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-442-3.