Guided missile destroyer



A guided missile destroyer is a destroyer designed to launch guided missiles. Many are also equipped to carry out anti-submarine, anti-air, and anti-surface operations. The NATO standard designation for these vessels is DDG. Nations vary in their use of destroyer D designation their hull pennant numbering, either prefixing, or dropping it altogether. The U.S. Navy has adopted the classification DDG in the US hull classification symbol.

In addition to the guns that destroyers have, a guided missile destroyer is usually equipped with two large missile magazines which store the missiles for the ship, usually in Vertical Launch Cells. Some guided missile destroyers contain powerful weapon system radars, like the United States’ Aegis combat system, and may be adopted for use in an anti-missile role or a ballistic missile defense role. This is especially true of navies that no longer operate cruisers, as other vessels must be adopted to fill in the gap.

Royal Australian Navy

 * Hobart Class destroyer
 * HMAS Hobart (Under construction - 39?)
 * HMAS Brisbane (Under construction - 41?)
 * HMAS Sydney (Under construction)



Royal Canadian Navy

 * Iroquois class destroyer
 * HMCS Iroquois (DDG-280)
 * HMCS Athabaskan (DDG-282)
 * HMCS Algonquin (DDG-283)

Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy

 * Type 052D class destroyer
 * (172?) (Under construction)
 * (173?) (Under construction)
 * Type 052C (Luyang II) class destroyer
 * Lanzhou (170)
 * Haikou (171)
 * Changchun (150)
 * Zhengzhou (151)
 * Jinan (152)
 * (153)
 * Type 052B (Luyang I class) destroyer
 * Guangzhou (168)
 * Wuhan (169)
 * Type 052 (Luhu class) destroyer
 * Harbin (112)
 * Qingdao (113)
 * Type 051C (Luzhou class) destroyer
 * Shenyang (115)
 * Shijiazhuang (116)
 * Type 051B (Luhai class) destroyer
 * Shenzhen (167)
 * Type 051 (Luda class) destroyer
 * Xining (108)
 * Kaifeng (109)
 * Dalian (110)
 * Chongqing (133)
 * Zunyi (134)
 * Nanchang (163)
 * Guilin (164)
 * Zhanjiang (165)
 * Zhuhai (166)
 * Sovremenny class destroyer
 * Hangzhou (136)
 * Fuzhou (137)
 * Taizhou (138)
 * Ningbo (139)

French Navy
Although the French Navy no longer uses the term "destroyer" (French: destructeur), the largest frigates are assigned pennant numbers with flag superior "D", which designates destroyer.
 * Horizon class frigate
 * Forbin (D620)
 * Chevalier Paul (D621)
 * Cassard class frigate
 * Cassard (D614)
 * Jean Bart (D615)
 * Tourville class frigate
 * Tourville (D610)
 * De Grasse (D612)
 * Georges Leygues class frigate
 * Georges Leygues (D640)
 * Dupleix (D641)
 * Montcalm (D642)
 * Jean de Vienne (D643)
 * Primauguet (D644)
 * La Motte Picquet (D645)
 * Latouche-Tréville (D646)

Indian Navy

 * Kolkata class destroyers
 * INS Kolkata (Yard 12701 - to be commissioned 2014)
 * INS Kochi (Yard 12702 - commissioned 2012)
 * INS Chennai (Yard 12703 - to be commissioned 2013)
 * Delhi class destroyers
 * INS Delhi (D61)
 * INS Mysore (D60)
 * INS Mumbai (D62)
 * Rajput class destroyers
 * INS Rajput (D51)
 * INS Rana (D52)
 * INS Ranjit (D53)
 * INS Ranvir (D54)
 * INS Ranvijay (D55)

Italian Navy

 * Durand de la Penne class destroyer
 * Luigi Durand De La Penne (D560)
 * Francesco Mimbelli (D561)
 * Orizzonte class destroyer
 * Andrea Doria (D553)
 * Caio Duilio (D554)

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

 * Hatakaze class destroyer
 * JDS Hatakaze (DDG-171)
 * JDS Shimakaze (DDG-172)
 * Kongō class destroyer
 * JDS Kongō (DDG-173)
 * JDS Kirishima (DDG-174)
 * JDS Myōkō (DDG-175)
 * JDS Chōkai (DDG-176)
 * Atago class destroyer
 * JDS Atago (DDG-177)
 * JDS Ashigara (DDG-178)

Russian Navy

 * Kashin class destroyer
 * Smetlivy (810)
 * Sovremenny class destroyer
 * Bystryy (715)
 * Gremyashchiy (406)
 * Bespokoynyy (620)
 * Nastoychivyy (610)
 * Admiral Ushakov (434)
 * Udaloy class destroyer
 * Vice-Admiral Kulakov
 * Admiral Tributs (552)
 * Marshal Shaposhnikov (543)
 * Severomorsk (619)
 * Admiral Levchenko (605)
 * Admiral Vinogradov (572)
 * Admiral Panteleyev (548)
 * Admiral Chabanenko (650)



Republic of China Navy (Taiwan)

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

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)

Royal Navy

 * Type 82 destroyer
 * HMS Bristol (D23 - now as training ship)


 * Type 45 destroyer
 * HMS Daring (D32)
 * HMS Dauntless (D33)
 * HMS Diamond (D34)
 * HMS Dragon (D35)
 * HMS Defender (D36)
 * HMS Duncan (D37) (not yet in service)

US 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)
 * Zumwalt class destroyer
 * USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) (Under construction)

Former guided missile destroyer classes

 * 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 42 destroyer (decommissioned/scrapped)
 * Farragut class destroyer (decommissioned/scrapped)
 * Charles F. Adams class destroyer (all but one sunk for target or scrapped; 1 reserved for future preservation as museum ship)
 * Kidd class destroyer (sold to Taiwan as Kee Lung class destroyers)
 * Type 42 destroyer (decommissioned/scrapped)
 * Farragut class destroyer (decommissioned/scrapped)
 * Charles F. Adams class destroyer (all but one sunk for target or scrapped; 1 reserved for future preservation as museum ship)
 * Kidd class destroyer (sold to Taiwan as Kee Lung class destroyers)
 * Kidd class destroyer (sold to Taiwan as Kee Lung class destroyers)