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  2. Destroyer - Wikipedia

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    Two Romanian destroyers Mărăști and Mărășești, though, had the greatest firepower of all destroyers in the world throughout the first half of the 1920s. This was largely because, between their commissioning in 1920 and 1926, they retained the armament that they had while serving in the Italian Navy as scout cruisers ( esploratori ).

  3. Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force - Wikipedia

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    Each district is home to a major JMSDF base and its supporting personnel and staff. Each district is home to one or two regional escort squadrons, composed of two to three destroyers or destroyer escorts (DE). The destroyers tend to be of older classes, mainly former escort force ships. The destroyer escorts tend to be purpose built vessels.

  4. List of destroyer classes in service - Wikipedia

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    Shijiazhuang. Builders: China (Dalian Shipyard in Dalian) Type: Air defense guided-missile destroyer; Displacement: 7,100 tons; Aircraft: 1 Kamov Ka-28 helicopter; Armament: 8 YJ-83, 48 vertically launched S-300FM (SA-N-20) SAM, 1 × 100 mm gun; 2 × 30 mm Type 730 CIWS; 4 × 18 barrel multiple rocket launcher, 2 triple 324 mm ASW torpedo tubes

  5. Zumwalt-class destroyer - Wikipedia

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    The Zumwalt-class destroyer is a class of three United States Navy guided-missile destroyers designed as multi-mission stealth ships with a focus on land attack. The class was designed with a primary role of naval gunfire support and secondary roles of surface warfare and anti-aircraft warfare.

  6. List of destroyer classes - Wikipedia

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    In 1913, lettered names were given to all Royal Navy destroyers, previously known after the first ship of that class. The River or E class of 1913 were the first destroyers of the Royal Navy with a recognisable modern configuration. River or E class — 33 ships; Tribal or F class — 13 ships; Beagle or G class — 16 ships; Acorn or H class ...

  7. List of naval guns by caliber - Wikipedia

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    1880s - World War I 47 mm (1.9 in) 47 mm kan M/95 (Finspång 47 mm fast shooting naval gun L/55 model 1895) Sweden-Norway: 1880s - World War I 47 mm (1.9 in) QF 3 pounder Hotchkiss Mk I, Mk II France: World War I - World War II 47 mm (1.9 in) QF 3 pounder Vickers United Kingdom: World War I - World War II 47 mm (1.9 in) QF 3 pounder Nordenfelt

  8. Type 45 destroyer - Wikipedia

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    The Type 45 destroyer, also known as the D or Daring class, is a class of six guided-missile destroyers built for the United Kingdom's Royal Navy in the early 21st century. The class is primarily designed for anti-aircraft and anti-missile warfare and is built around the PAAMS (Sea Viper) air-defence system using the SAMPSON Active electronically scanned array (AESA) and the S1850M long-range ...

  9. Ayanami-class destroyer - Wikipedia

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    This class adopted a "long forecastle" design with inclined afterdeck called "Holland Slope", named after the scenic sloping street in Nagasaki City. [2] Their steam turbine propulsion systems were similar to the ones of the Harukaze class, but they varied between each ship in the class as part of the JMSDF's attempt to find the best propulsion system for its future surface combatants.