List of destroyers of the United States Navy
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.
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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 by the United States Congress (though the fact that the DDG sequence resumes with DDG-51 Arleigh Burke argues that they were).
Destroyer types listed
edit- DD
- Destroyer
- DL
- Destroyer Leader (later Frigate) (retired)
- DDG
- Destroyer, Guided Missile
- FFG
- Frigate, Guided Missile (abolished 30 June 1975)
- FFGN
- Frigate, Guided Missile, Nuclear-Propulsion (abolished 30 June 1975)
Other destroyer types
editThese destroyer types are listed in other articles.
- DE: Destroyer escorts:
- DM: Destroyer minelayers:
- DMS: Destroyer minesweepers:
- APD: High-speed transports, destroyers converted to land Marines ashore:
Destroyer leaders
editThe DL category was established in 1951, with the abolition of the experimental CLK category. CLK-1 became DL-1 and DDs 927–930 became DLs 2–5. By the mid-1950s the term destroyer leader had been dropped in favor of frigate. The DLG sequence was deactivated in the 1975 fleet realignment, most DLGs and DLGNs were reclassified as CGs and CGNs, 30 June 1975. However, DLG 6–15 became DDG 37–46. DL-1 through DL-5 had been decommissioned prior to this time; DLG-6 Farragut through DLG-15 Preble became DDG-37 through DDG-46. DLG-16 Leahy through DLGN-40 Mississippi became CG-16 through CGN-40.
Guided missile destroyers
editThe guided missile destroyer sequence has three irregularities: four DDGs are numbered as if they were Destroyers in the main sequence (DDG-993, -994, -995 and -996), two were redesignated as guided missile cruisers (CG) (DDG-47 and DDG-48), and two numbers were skipped (DDG-49 and DDG-50). The Zumwalt class picks up at DDG-1000.
Ship list
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ Mann, Raymond A. (June 22, 2015). "Bainbridge II (Torpedo-boat Destroyer No. 1)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
- ^ Mann, Raymond A. (June 23, 2015). "Barry I (DD-2)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
- ^ LaGrone, Sam (June 24, 2023). "Destroyer USS Carl Levin Commissions in Baltimore". United States Naval Institute. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
- ^ "USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee Commissions in Conch Republic Honoring Navy Nurses" (Press release). COMNAVSURFPAC. May 13, 2023. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
- ^ Shelbourne, Mallory (October 10, 2023). "First Flight III Destroyer USS Jack H. Lucas Joins Fleet". United States Naval Institute. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
External links
editMuseum ships
- USS Cassin Young (DD-793) - Boston National Historical Park, Charlestown, MA
- USS Charrette (DD-581) - Thessaloniki, Greece
- USS Edson (DD-946) - Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum, Bay City, MI
- USS Eversole (DD-789) - İnciraltı Sea Museum, İzmir, Turkey
- USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (DD-850) - Battleship Cove, Fall River, MA
- USS Kidd (DD-661) - USS Kidd Veterans Museum, Baton Rouge, LA
- USS Laffey (DD-724) - Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum, Mount Pleasant, SC
- USS Orleck (DD-886) - Jacksonville Naval Museum, Jacksonville, FL
- USS Sarsfield (DD-837) - Anping Port, Taiwan
- USS The Sullivans (DD-537) - Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park, Buffalo, NY
- USS Turner Joy (DD-951) - Bremerton Historic Ships Association, Bremerton, WA