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Pages in category "Cold War destroyers of the United States" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 359 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The first major warship produced by the U.S. Navy after World War II (and in the Cold War) were "frigates"—the ships were originally designated destroyer leaders but reclassified in 1975 as guided missile cruisers (except the Farragut class became guided missile destroyers). These grew out of the last all-gun destroyers of the 1950s.
Cold War destroyers of the United States (1 C, 359 P) Pages in category "Destroyers of the Cold War" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total.
Daring-class destroyer (1949) [7]-Last RN primarily gun armed destroyers; County-class destroyer [8]-First RN Guided-missile destroyers; Type 42 destroyer [9]-In service 1975 to 2013; HMS Bristol (D23) [10] - Served from 1973 to 1991.
USS Kidd (DD-661), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named after Rear Admiral Isaac C. Kidd, who died on the bridge of his flagship USS Arizona during the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Pages in category "Tank destroyers of the Cold War" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Destroyer leader (DL) was the United States Navy designation for large destroyers from 9 February 1951 through the early years of the Cold War. United States ships with hull classification symbol DL were officially frigates from 1 January 1955 [ 1 ] until 1975.
Soviet destroyer Silny; Soviet destroyer Skory (1971) Soviet destroyer Slavny (1939) Soviet destroyer Slavny (1965) Russian destroyer Smetlivy; Soviet destroyer Smyshlyony (1966) Soviet destroyer Soobrazitelny (1940) Soviet destroyer Soobrazitelny (1961) Soviet destroyer Sovremenny; Soviet destroyer Sposobny (1970) Soviet destroyer Steregushchy ...