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These ships are classified as frigates by the Netherlands, but regarded as destroyers internationally due to size and capability. [45] Royal Norwegian Navy operates four Fridtjof Nansen-class frigates. These ships are subclasses of Spain's Alvaro de Bazan-class, and classified as frigates, but are regarded as destroyers due to their size and ...
USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) This is a list of destroyers of the United States Navy, sorted by hull number.It includes all of the series DD, DL, DDG, DLG, and DLGN. CG-47 Ticonderoga and CG-48 Yorktown were approved as destroyers (DDG-47 and DDG-48) and redesignated cruisers before being laid down; it is uncertain whether CG-49 Vincennes and CG-50 Valley Forge were ever authorized as destroyers ...
USS Gridley, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer The first automotive torpedo was developed in 1866, and the torpedo boat was developed soon after. In 1898, while the Spanish–American War was being fought in the Caribbean and the Pacific, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt wrote that the Spanish torpedo boat destroyers were the only threat to the American navy, and pushed for ...
Type: Large anti-submarine guided-missile destroyer (Russian designation of 'large anti-submarine ship') Displacement: 7,620 tons; Aircraft: 2 Kamov Ka-27 helicopters; Armament: 8 SS-N-14 or Moskit SSM; 8 SA-N-9 SAM; 2 × 100 mm guns; 4 × 30 mm guns; 2 RBU-6000; Powerplant: COGAG arrangement; 2 M8KF and 2 M62 gas turbines; 60,000 shp total power
INS Kolkata, the lead ship of the Kolkata-class destroyer with about 7,500 tonnes of displacement, is the largest. [15] A total of three Kolkata-class ships are currently in service with the Indian Navy. The Kolkata-class destroyers were preceded by the Delhi-class destroyer which entered service with the 1997 of its lead ship, INS Delhi.
The ship was repaired and continued active service until it was decommissioned on 22 May 2015. [24] USS Vincennes (CG-49) is a Ticonderoga-class AEGIS equipped guided missile cruiser. On 3 July 1988, the ship shot down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 civilian passengers on board, including 38 non-Iranians and 66 children.
Anshan class — 4 ships, all retired (ex-Gnevny class) Sovremennyy class — 4 ships in active service; Type 051 (NATO codename Luda) — 17 ships, all retired; Type 052 (NATO codename Luhu) — 2 ships in active service; Type 051B (NATO codename Luhai) — 1 ship in active service; Type 052B (NATO codename Luyang I) — 2 ships in active service
A guided-missile destroyer (DDG) is a destroyer whose primary armament is guided missiles so they can provide anti-aircraft warfare screening for the fleet. The NATO standard designation for these vessels is DDG , while destroyers which have a primary gun armament or a small number of anti-aircraft missiles sufficient only for point-defense are ...