Guided-missile destroyer



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 designated DD. Nations vary in their use of destroyer D designation in their hull pennant numbering, either prefixing or dropping it altogether.

Guided-missile destroyers are equipped with large missile magazines, with modern examples typically having vertical-launch cells. Some guided-missile destroyers contain integrated weapons 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 for navies that no longer operate cruisers, so other vessels must be adopted to fill in the gap. Many guided-missile destroyers are also multipurpose vessels, equipped to carry out anti-surface operations with surface-to-surface missiles and naval guns, and anti-submarine warfare with torpedoes and helicopters.

Royal Australian Navy

 * Hobart-class destroyer
 * HMAS Hobart (DDG 39)
 * HMAS Brisbane (DDG 41)
 * HMAS Sydney (DDG 42)

Royal Canadian Navy

 * River-class destroyer (planned)
 * HMCS Fraser
 * HMCS Saint-Laurent
 * HMCS Mackenzie

Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy

 * Type 055 destroyer (Renhai-class cruiser)
 * Nanchang (DDG-101)
 * La'sa (DDG-102)
 * Dalian (DDG-105)
 * Anshan (DDG-103)
 * Yan'an (DDG-106)
 * Wuxi (DDG-104)
 * Zunyi (DDG-107)
 * Xianyang (DDG-108)
 * Type 052D (Luyang III-class) destroyer
 * Kunming (DDG-172)
 * Changsha (DDG-173)
 * Hefei (DDG-174)
 * Yinchuan (DDG-175)
 * Xining (DDG-117)
 * Xiamen (DDG-154)
 * Ürümqi (DDG-118)
 * Guiyang (DDG-119)
 * Nanjing (DDG-155)
 * Taiyuan (DDG-131)
 * Hohhot (DDG-161)
 * Chengdu (DDG-120)
 * Qiqihar (DDG-121)
 * Zibo (DDG-156)
 * Tangshan (DDG-122)
 * Suzhou (DDG-132)
 * Huainan (DDG-123)
 * Nanning (DDG-162)
 * Kaifeng (DDG-124)
 * Guilin (DDG-164)
 * Baotou (DDG-133)
 * Zhenjiang (DDG-165) (Fitting out)
 * Shaoxing (DDG-134) (Sea trials)
 * Jiaozuo (DDG-163) (Sea trials)
 * Zhuhai (DDG-157) (Sea trials)
 * Type 052C (Luyang II-class) destroyer
 * Lanzhou (DDG-170)
 * Haikou (DDG-171)
 * Changchun (DDG-150)
 * Zhengzhou (DDG-151)
 * Jinan (DDG-152)
 * Xi'an (DDG-153)
 * Type 052B (Luyang I-class) destroyer
 * Guangzhou (DDG-168)
 * Wuhan (DDG-169)
 * Type 051C (Luzhou-class) destroyer
 * Shenyang (DDG-115)
 * Shijiazhuang (DDG-116)
 * Type 051B (Luhai-class) destroyer
 * Shenzhen (DDG-167)
 * Sovremenny-class destroyer
 * Hangzhou (DDG-136)
 * Fuzhou (DDG-137)
 * Taizhou (DDG-138)
 * Ningbo (DDG-139)

Republic of China Navy

 * Kee Lung-class destroyer (ex-Kidd class)
 * ROCS Kee Lung (DDG-1801)
 * ROCS Su Ao (DDG-1802)
 * ROCS Tso Ying (DDG-1803)
 * ROCS Ma Kong (DDG-1805)

French Navy
Although the French Navy no longer uses the term "destroyer", the largest frigates are assigned pennant numbers with flag superior "D", which designates destroyer.
 * Horizon-class frigate (in France designated as frigate, designated as destroyers using NATO classification)
 * Forbin (D620)
 * Chevalier Paul (D621)

Indian Navy

 * Visakhapatnam-class destroyer
 * INS Visakhapatnam (D66)
 * INS Mormugao (D67)
 * INS Imphal (D68)
 * INS Surat (D69) (Fitting out)
 * Kolkata-class destroyer
 * INS Kolkata
 * INS Kochi
 * INS Chennai
 * Delhi-class destroyer
 * INS Delhi (D61)
 * INS Mysore (D60)
 * INS Mumbai (D62)
 * Rajput-class destroyer
 * INS Rana (D52)
 * INS Ranvir (D54)
 * INS Ranvijay (D55)
 * Project 18 (planned)

Italian Navy

 * Durand de la Penne-class destroyer
 * Luigi Durand De La Penne (D 560)
 * Francesco Mimbelli (D 561)
 * Horizon-class frigate
 * Andrea Doria (D553)
 * Caio Duilio (D554)

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

 * Maya-class destroyer
 * JS Maya (DDG-179)
 * JS Haguro (DDG-180)
 * 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)

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)
 * KDDX-class destroyer (planned)

Royal Navy

 * Type 45 destroyer
 * HMS Daring (D32)
 * HMS Dauntless (D33)
 * HMS Diamond (D34)
 * HMS Dragon (D35)
 * HMS Defender (D36)
 * HMS Duncan (D37)
 * Type 83 destroyer (planned)

Russian Navy

 * Sovremenny-class destroyer
 * Burny (778)
 * Nastoychivy (610)
 * Admiral Ushakov (434)
 * Udaloy-class destroyer
 * Vice-Admiral Kulakov (626)
 * Admiral Tributs (564)
 * Marshal Shaposhnikov (543)
 * Severomorsk (619)
 * Admiral Levchenko (605)
 * Admiral Vinogradov (572)
 * Admiral Panteleyev (548)
 * Admiral Chabanenko (650)

Spanish Navy

 * Álvaro de Bazán-class frigate (in Spain designated as frigate, designated as destroyers using NATO classification)
 * Álvaro de Bazán (F101)
 * Almirante Juan de Borbón (F102)
 * Blas de Lezo (F103)
 * Méndez Núñez (F104)
 * Cristóbal Colón (F105)

Turkish Navy

 * TF2000-class destroyer (planned, 8 ships to be built)

United States Navy

 * 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)
 * USS Thomas Hudner (DDG-116)
 * USS Paul Ignatius (DDG-117)
 * USS Daniel Inouye (DDG-118)
 * USS Delbert D. Black (DDG-119)
 * USS Carl M. Levin (DDG-120)
 * USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG-121)
 * USS John Basilone (DDG-122) (Launched)
 * USS Lenah H. Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG-123)
 * USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr. (DDG-124) (Under construction)
 * USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125)
 * USS Louis H. Wilson Jr. (DDG-126) (Under construction)
 * USS Patrick Gallagher (DDG-127) (Under construction)
 * USS Ted Stevens (DDG-128) (Launched)
 * USS Jeremiah Denton (DDG-129) (Under construction)
 * USS William Charette (DDG-130) (Under construction)
 * USS George M. Neal (DDG-131) (Under construction)
 * USS Quentin Walsh (DDG-132) (Under construction)
 * USS Sam Nunn (DDG-133) (Under construction)
 * USS John E. Kilmer (DDG-134) (Approved for construction)
 * USS Thad Cochran (DDG-135) (Approved for construction)
 * USS Richard G. Lugar (DDG-136) (Approved for construction)
 * USS John F. Lehman (DDG-137) (Approved for construction)
 * USS J. William Middendorf (DDG-138) (Approved for construction)
 * USS Telesforo Trinidad (DDG-139) (Approved for construction)
 * USS Thomas G. Kelley (DDG-140) (Approved for construction)
 * Zumwalt-class destroyer
 * USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000)
 * USS Michael Monsoor (DDG-1001)
 * USS Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG-1002) (Sea trials)
 * DDG(X) (planned)

Former guided-missile destroyer classes
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 * Perth-class destroyer (decommissioned/sunk as dive wrecks)
 * Iroquois-class destroyer (decommissioned/retired)
 * These classes of French "frigates" had "D" pennant numbers and were destroyer-sized
 * Suffren-class frigate
 * Tourville-class frigate
 * Hamburg-class destroyer (after refit to „Klasse 101A“) (decommissioned/scrapped)
 * Lütjens-class destroyer (decommissioned/scrapped, except D 186 Mölders preserved as museum ship)
 * 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 82 destroyer (decommissioned)
 * Type 42 destroyer (decommissioned/scrapped)
 * Farragut (Coontz)-class destroyer (decommissioned/scrapped)
 * Charles F. Adams-class destroyer (all but one sunk for target or scrapped; one reserved for future preservation as museum ship)
 * 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.
 * Kidd-class destroyer (sold to Taiwan as Kee Lung-class destroyers)