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A guided missile destroyer is a destroyer
Destroyer

In navy terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a Naval fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, short-range but powerful attackers ....
 designed to launch guided missile
Guided Missile

Guided Missile is a London based independent record label set up by Paul Kearney in 1994 in music.Guided Missile has always focused on 'the underground', preferring to put out a steady flow of considered and quality releases and developing the numerous and now essential GM...
s. Many are also equipped to carry out anti-submarine
Anti-submarine warfare

Anti-submarine warfare is a branch of naval warfare that uses surface warships, aircraft, or other submarines to find, track and then damage or destroy enemy submarines....
, anti-air
Anti-aircraft warfare

Anti-aircraft warfare, or air defense, is any method of engaging hostile military aircraft in defense of ground Tactical objective, ground or naval forces or denial of passage through a specific Territorial waters region, Area or anti-aircraft combat zone....
, and anti-surface
ASUW

ASUW may refer to:*Associated Students of the University of Washington*Associated Students of the University of Wyoming*Anti-Surface Warfare ...
 operations
Modern naval tactics

The term modern naval tactics refers to tactical doctrines developed after World War II, following the final obsolescence of the battleship and the development of long-range missiles....
. In the U.S. Navy
United States Navy

The United States Navy is the navy of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy currently has approximately 331,682 personnel on active duty as of 31 December 2008 and 124,000 in the United States Navy Reserve....
, their hull classification symbol
Hull classification symbol

The United States Navy uses hull classification symbols to identify the types of its ships. The Royal Navy and some European and Commonwealth navies use a somewhat analogous system of Pennant numbers....
 is DDG.

In addition to the guns which 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 Cell
Vertical Launching System

A Vertical Launching System is a type of missile-firing system used aboard the submarines and surface vessels of several navy around the world....
s. Some guided missile destroyers contain powerful weapon system radars, like the United States’ Aegis combat system
Aegis combat system

The Aegis combat system is an integrated weapons system used by the United States Navy. It is both an integrated single ship system and a ship-to-ship network....
, and may be adopted for use in an anti-missile role or a ballistic missile defense role.






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A guided missile destroyer is a destroyer
Destroyer

In navy terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a Naval fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, short-range but powerful attackers ....
 designed to launch guided missile
Guided Missile

Guided Missile is a London based independent record label set up by Paul Kearney in 1994 in music.Guided Missile has always focused on 'the underground', preferring to put out a steady flow of considered and quality releases and developing the numerous and now essential GM...
s. Many are also equipped to carry out anti-submarine
Anti-submarine warfare

Anti-submarine warfare is a branch of naval warfare that uses surface warships, aircraft, or other submarines to find, track and then damage or destroy enemy submarines....
, anti-air
Anti-aircraft warfare

Anti-aircraft warfare, or air defense, is any method of engaging hostile military aircraft in defense of ground Tactical objective, ground or naval forces or denial of passage through a specific Territorial waters region, Area or anti-aircraft combat zone....
, and anti-surface
ASUW

ASUW may refer to:*Associated Students of the University of Washington*Associated Students of the University of Wyoming*Anti-Surface Warfare ...
 operations
Modern naval tactics

The term modern naval tactics refers to tactical doctrines developed after World War II, following the final obsolescence of the battleship and the development of long-range missiles....
. In the U.S. Navy
United States Navy

The United States Navy is the navy of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy currently has approximately 331,682 personnel on active duty as of 31 December 2008 and 124,000 in the United States Navy Reserve....
, their hull classification symbol
Hull classification symbol

The United States Navy uses hull classification symbols to identify the types of its ships. The Royal Navy and some European and Commonwealth navies use a somewhat analogous system of Pennant numbers....
 is DDG.

In addition to the guns which 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 Cell
Vertical Launching System

A Vertical Launching System is a type of missile-firing system used aboard the submarines and surface vessels of several navy around the world....
s. Some guided missile destroyers contain powerful weapon system radars, like the United States’ Aegis combat system
Aegis combat system

The Aegis combat system is an integrated weapons system used by the United States Navy. It is both an integrated single ship system and a ship-to-ship network....
, and may be adopted for use in an anti-missile role or a ballistic missile defense role. This is especially true of navies which no longer operate cruiser
Cruiser

A cruiser is a large type of warship, which had its prime period from the late 19th century to the end of the Cold War. The first cruisers were intended for individual raiding and protection missions on the seas....
s, as other vessels must be adopted to fill in the gap.

Active and Planned Guided Missile Destroyers:


List of DDGs of the Canadian Forces Maritime Command
Canadian Forces Maritime Command

Canadian Forces Maritime Command , also known as the Canadian Navy, is the navy of the Canadian Forces. While equal in rank and position, The Chief of the Maritime Staff takes precedence over the Chiefs of the Land and Air Staffs following the tradition of the Royal Navy....
 

  • HMCS Iroquois
    HMCS Iroquois (DDH 280)

    HMCS Iroquois is an that has served the Canadian Forces since 1972.Iroquois is the lead ship of her class which is sometimes referred to as the Tribal-class or simply as the 280-class....
     (DDH 280)
  • HMCS Athabaskan
    HMCS Athabaskan (DDH 282)

    HMCS Athabaskan is an that has served the Canadian Forces since 1972.Athabaskan is the third ship of her class which is sometimes referred to as the Tribal-class or simply as the 280-class....
     (DDH 282)
  • HMCS Algonquin
    HMCS Algonquin (DDH 283)

    HMCS Algonquin is an that has served the Canadian Forces since 1972.Algonquin is the fourth ship of her class which is sometimes referred to as the Tribal-class or simply as the 280-class....
     (DDH 283)


List of DDGs of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy
People's Liberation Army Navy

The People's Liberation Army Navy is the navy branch of the People's Liberation Army , the military of the People's Republic of China. Until the early 1990s, the navy performed a subordinate role to the People's Liberation Army Ground Force....
 

  • Luhu class destroyer
    Luhu class destroyer

    The Type 052 Luhu-class was one of the first modern multi-role guided missile destroyer built by China. There are currently two units in active service with the People's Liberation Army Navy with no plans of further construction of additional units....
     - 2 ships
  • Luhai class destroyer
    Luhai class destroyer

    The Type 051B Luhai-class is a class of destroyer built by the People's Republic of China. It consists of only one ship, No.167 Shenzhen....
     - 1 ship
  • Luyang I class destroyer - 2 ships
  • Luyang II class destroyer - 2 ships
  • Luzhou class destroyer - 2 ships
  • Sovremenny class destroyer
    Sovremenny class destroyer

    The Sovremenny class destroyer is the principal anti-surface warship of the Russian Navy. Soviet designation for the class was Project 956 Sarych ....
     - 4 ships


List of DDGs of the Indian Navy
Indian Navy

The Indian Navy is the navy of the Indian Armed Forces. It currently has approximately 55,000 personnel on active duty, including 5,000 members of the naval aviation branch and 2,000 MARCOS , making it the world's fifth largest navy....

  • INS Delhi (D61)
    INS Delhi (D61)

    INS Delhi is the name-ship of the Delhi class destroyer of the Indian Navy. She was built at the Mazagon Dock Limited in Mumbai and was commissioned on 15 November 1997....
  • INS Mysore (D60)
    INS Mysore (D60)

    The INS Mysore is a Delhi class destroyer destroyer of the Indian Navy built in India.The ship was commissioned in 1999, and is on active service ....
  • INS Mumbai (D62)
    INS Mumbai (D62)

    The INS Mumbai is the third of the Delhi class destroyer destroyers of the Indian Navy.Mumbai was built in her namesake city Mumbai, launched in 1995, and commissioned in 2001....
  • INS Rajput (D51)
    INS Rajput (D51)

    INS Rajput is the lead ship of the Rajput Class destroyers of the Indian Navy was commissioned on September 30, 1980. INS Rajput serves as a trial platform for the BrahMos cruise missile....
  • INS Rana (D52)
    INS Rana (D52)

    INS Rana is the 2nd of the 5 Rajput class destroyer built for the Indian Navy. INS Rana was commissioned on June, 28 1982.It is a kashin class destroyer...
  • INS Ranjit (D53)
  • INS Ranvir (D54)
  • INS Ranvijay (D55)
  • 6 Kolkata class destroyer
    Kolkata class destroyer

    The Type 15A Kolkata class destroyers are the latest stealth destroyers with land attack capability, being built for the Indian Navy. They were originally to be known as the Bangalore class....


List of DDGs of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

The , or JMSDF, is the maritime branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, tasked with the naval defense of Japan. It was formed following the dissolution of the Imperial Japanese Navy after World War II....

  • JDS Amatsukaze (DDG-163)
  • JDS Tachikaze
    Tachikaze class destroyer

    The Tachikaze class destroyer is a second generation vessel in service with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force . The ships of this class have had successive improvements after their completion, especially to their communication and tactical control systems....
     (DDG 168)
  • JDS Asakaze
    Tachikaze class destroyer

    The Tachikaze class destroyer is a second generation vessel in service with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force . The ships of this class have had successive improvements after their completion, especially to their communication and tactical control systems....
     (DDG 169)
  • JDS Sawakaze
    Tachikaze class destroyer

    The Tachikaze class destroyer is a second generation vessel in service with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force . The ships of this class have had successive improvements after their completion, especially to their communication and tactical control systems....
     (DDG 170)
  • JDS Hatakaze
    Hatakaze class destroyer

    The Hatakaze class of guided missile destroyer is a third generation vessel in service with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force . They were the first of the JMSDF's ships to have gas-turbine propulsion....
     (DDG 171)
  • JDS Shimakaze
    Hatakaze class destroyer

    The Hatakaze class of guided missile destroyer is a third generation vessel in service with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force . They were the first of the JMSDF's ships to have gas-turbine propulsion....
     (DDG 172)
  • JDS Kongo
    JDS Kongo (DDG-173)

    JDS Kongo is a Kongo class destroyer guided missile destroyer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force . Kongo was named for Mount Kongo....
     (DDG 173)
  • JDS Kirishima
    JDS Kirishima (DDG-174)

    JDS Kirishima is a Kongo class destroyer guided missile destroyer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force . Kirishima was named for Mount Kirishima....
     (DDG 174)
  • JDS Myoko
    JDS Myoko (DDG-175)

    JDS Myoko is a Kongo class destroyer guided missile destroyer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force . Myoko was named for Mount Myoko....
     (DDG 175)
  • JDS Chokai
    JDS Chokai (DDG-176)

    JDS Chokai is a Kongo class destroyer guided missile destroyer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force . Chokai was named for Mount Chokai....
     (DDG 176)
  • JDS Atago
    JDS Atago (DDG-177)

    JDS Atago is a Atago class destroyer guided missile destroyer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force . Atago was named for Mount Atago....
     (DDG 177)
  • JDS Ashigara (DDG 178)


List of DDGs of the French Navy
French Navy

The French Navy, officially the Marine nationale and often called La Royale , is the maritime arm of the French military. It consists of a full range of vessels, from patrol boats to guided missile frigates, and includes one nuclear aircraft carrier and ten nuclear submarines ....
 

  • FS Forbin (D620)
  • FS Chevalier Paul (D621)
  • FS Duquesne (D603)
  • FS Cassard (D614)
  • FS Jean Bart
    FS Jean Bart

    The Jean Bart is an anti-air frigate of the French French Navy of the FS Cassard class. She is the ninth vessel of the French Navy named after the privateer Jean Bart....
     (D615)
  • FS Tourville D610
  • FS De Grasse D612
  • FS Georges Leygues
    FS Georges Leygues

    Georges Leygues is the lead ship of the Georges Leygues class frigate anti-submarine frigate of the French French Navy. She is the second French vessel named after the 19–20th century politician and Navy Minister, Georges Leygues....
     D640
  • FS Dupleix D641
  • FS Montcalm D642
  • FS Jean de Vienne
    FS Jean de Vienne

    The Jean de Vienne is a Georges Leygues class frigate anti-submarine frigate of the French French Navy. She is the third French vessel named after the XIVth Century admiral Jean de Vienne....
     D643
  • FS Primauguet
    FS Primauguet

    Primauguet is a Georges Leygues class frigate anti-submarine frigate of the French French Navy. She is the sixth French vessel named after the XVth Century captain Herv? de Portzmoguer....
     D644
  • FS La Motte Picquet D645
  • FS Latouche-Tréville
    FS Latouche-Tréville

    Latouche-Tr?ville is a Georges Leygues class frigate anti-submarine frigate of the French French Navy. She is the third French vessel named after the 19th century politician and admiral Louis-Ren? Levassor de Latouche Tr?ville....
     D646


List of DDGs of the Italian Navy
Marina Militare

Marina Militare is one of the four branches of the Military of Italy of Italy. It was formed in 1946, as the Navy of the Italian Republic, from what remained of the Regia Marina and now is considered among the five major navies in the world....
 

  • Ardito (D550)
  • Audace (D551)
  • Luigi Durand De La Penne
    Luigi Durand De La Penne

    Luigi Durand de la Penne was an Italian frogman in Decima Flottiglia MAS during World War II. de la Penne was born in Genoa, where he also died....
     (D 560)
  • Francesco Mimbelli
    Francesco Mimbelli

    Francesco Mimbelli was an Italy Regia Marina officer who fought in World War II....
     (D 561)
  • Andrea Doria
    Andrea Doria

    Andrea Doria or D'Oria was a Genoa Condottieri and admiral....
  • Caio Duilio


List of DDGs of the Russian Navy
Russian Navy

The Russian Navy or VMF is the Navy of the Russian Armed Forces. The international designation of Russian naval vessels is "RFS" - "Russian Federation Ship"....
 

  • Sovremenny class destroyer
    Sovremenny class destroyer

    The Sovremenny class destroyer is the principal anti-surface warship of the Russian Navy. Soviet designation for the class was Project 956 Sarych ....
     - 12 ships
  • Udaloy class destroyer
    Udaloy class destroyer

    The Udaloy class are a series of anti-submarine destroyers built for the Soviet Navy - The Russian designation is Project 1155 Fregat .The Project 1155 dates to the 1970s when it was concluded that it was too costly to build large-displacement, multi-role combatants....
     - 8 ships


List of DDGs of the Republic of Korea Navy
Republic of Korea Navy

The Republic of Korea Navy or ROK Navy is a branch of the Military of South Korea responsible for conducting naval operations and amphibious landing operations....
 

  • ROKS King Sejong the Great (DDG-991)


List of DDGs of the Royal Navy
Royal Navy

The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British Armed Forces . From the mid-18th century until well into the 20th century, it was the most powerful navy in the world, playing a key part in establishing the British Empire as the dominant world power from 1815 until the early 1940s....
 

Hmsdaring
Type 45 destroyer
Type 45 destroyer

The United Kingdom's Type 45 destroyer is a state-of-the-art anti-aircraft warfare destroyer programme of the Royal Navy. The first ship in the class, HMS Daring , was launched on 1 February 2006 and is expected to commission in 2009....
  • HMS Daring
    HMS Daring (D32)

    Daring is the lead ship of the Type 45 destroyer or 'D' Class of Anti-aircraft warfare destroyer in the Royal Navy and the seventh ship to hold that name....
     (D32)
  • HMD Dauntless
    HMS Dauntless (D33)

    Dauntless is the second ship of the Type 45 destroyer or 'D' Class of Anti-aircraft warfare destroyer being built for the Royal Navy....
     (D33)
  • HMS Diamond
    HMS Diamond (D34)

    HMS Diamond is the third ship of the Type 45 destroyer or 'D' Class of Anti-aircraft warfare destroyer being built for the Royal Navy....
     (D34)
  • HMS Dragon
    HMS Dragon (D35)

    HMS Dragon is the fourth ship of the Type 45 destroyer or 'D' Class of Anti-aircraft warfare destroyers that has been built for the Royal Navy....
     (D35)
  • HMS Defender
    HMS Defender (D36)

    HMS Defender is the fifth ship of the Type 45 destroyer or 'D' Class of Anti-aircraft warfare destroyer being built for the Royal Navy....
     (D36)
  • HMS Duncan
    HMS Duncan (D37)

    HMS Duncan is the sixth ship of the Type 45 destroyer or 'D' Class of Anti-aircraft warfare destroyer planned to be built for the Royal Navy....
     (D37)


Type 42 destroyer
Type 42 destroyer

The Type 42 or Sheffield class, are guided missile destroyers of the Royal Navy....
  • HMS Exeter
    HMS Exeter (D89)

    HMS Exeter is a Type 42 destroyer destroyer, the fifth ship of the Royal Navy to be named Exeter, after the city of Exeter in Devon.Exeter was the first of the slightly modified 'Batch 2' Type 42 destroyers....
     (D89)
  • HMS Nottingham
    HMS Nottingham (D91)

    HMS Nottingham , is a batch two Type 42 destroyer Destroyer of the Royal Navy, named after the city of Nottingham, England.She was ship naming and launching on 18 February 1980, and ship commissioning on 8 April 1983 and is the sixth ship to bear the name....
     (D91)
  • HMS Southampton
    HMS Southampton (D90)

    HMS Southampton was a batch two Type 42 destroyer destroyer of the Royal Navy.She was named after the city of Southampton, England, and built by Vosper Thornycroft, in Southampton....
     (D90)
  • HMS Liverpool
    HMS Liverpool (D92)

    The seventh, and current HMS Liverpool is the 10th of 14 Type 42 destroyer destroyers. She was built by Cammell Laird in Birkenhead and launched on the 25 September in 1980 by Lady Strathcona, wife of the then Minister of State for Defence....
     (D92)
  • HMS Manchester
    HMS Manchester (D95)

    The current HMS Manchester is a Type 42 destroyer destroyer in the 5th Destroyer Squadron of the United Kingdom Royal Navy.She was laid down in 1978 at Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering, launched in 1980 and commissioned in 1982....
     (D95)
  • HMS Edinburgh
    HMS Edinburgh (D97)

    HMS Edinburgh is a Type 42 destroyer of the Royal Navy. Edinburgh was built by Cammell Laird of Birkenhead. She was launched on 14 April 1983 and commissioned on the 17 December 1985....
     (D97)
  • HMS Gloucester
    HMS Gloucester (D96)

    HMS Gloucester is a Batch 3 Type 42 destroyer destroyer of the Royal Navy. The ship was built by Vosper Thorneycroft at Woolston, Southampton and launched on 2 November 1982 by The Duchess of Gloucester....
     (D96)
  • HMS York
    HMS York (D98)

    HMS York is a batch three Type 42 destroyer destroyer of the Royal Navy. Launched on 20 June 1982 at Wallsend, Tyne and Wear and sponsored by Lady Gosling, HMS York was the last Type 42 built....
     (D98)


List of DDGs of the US Navy

Uss Ross (ddg 71)
Arleigh Burke class destroyer
Arleigh Burke class destroyer

The Arleigh Burke class of guided missile destroyers, one of the List of destroyer classes of the United States Navy. It is the first destroyer built around the Aegis combat system and the AN/SPY-1 radar multi-function phased array radar....
  • USS Arleigh Burke
    USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51)

    The USS Arleigh Burke , named for Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, United States Navy , is the lead ship of the Arleigh Burke class destroyer guided missile destroyers....
     (DDG-51)
  • USS Barry
    USS Barry (DDG-52)

    USS Barry is an Arleigh Burke class destroyer, ship commissioning in 1992. Built by Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi, Mississippi, Barry is homeported at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia....
     (DDG-52)
  • USS John Paul Jones
    USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53)

    USS John Paul Jones is the third Arleigh Burke class destroyer and the first ship of the class homeported on the west coast. She was built at Bath Iron Works in Maine....
     (DDG-53)
  • USS Curtis Wilbur
    USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG-54)

    USS Curtis Wilbur is the fourth Arleigh Burke class destroyer guided missile destroyer. Curtis Wilbur was named for Curtis D. Wilbur, the forty-third Secretary of the Navy under President of the United States Calvin Coolidge....
     (DDG 54)
  • USS Stout
    USS Stout (DDG-55)

    USS Stout is the sixth Arleigh Burke class destroyer guided-missile destroyer. Built by Ingalls Shipbuilding, she was commissioned on 13 August 1994 and she is currently homeported in Norfolk, Virginia, Virginia....
     (DDG 55)
  • USS John S. McCain
    USS John S. McCain (DDG-56)

    USS John S. McCain is an Arleigh Burke class destroyer in the United States Navy. She is part of the U.S. 7th Fleet and homeported at Yokosuka Naval Base in Yokosuka, Japan....
     (DDG 56)
  • USS Mitscher
    USS Mitscher (DDG-57)

    USS Mitscher became the second United States Navy warship named to honor Admiral Marc Mitscher , famed naval aviator and World War II aircraft carrier task group commander....
     (DDG 57)
  • USS Laboon
    USS Laboon (DDG-58)

    USS Laboon is an Arleigh Burke class destroyer in the United States Navy.Laboon was commissioned in 1995. In the fall of 1996, it fired Tomahawk missiles at targets in Iraq, thus becoming the first Arleigh Burke-class destroyer to engage in combat....
     (DDG 58)
  • USS Russell
    USS Russell (DDG-59)

    USS Russell is an Arleigh Burke class destroyer in the United States Navy. She is the second ship of the USN to carry the name Russell and is named for Rear Admiral John Henry Russell and his son, Commandant of the Marine Corps John Henry Russell, Jr....
     (DDG 59)
  • USS Paul Hamilton
    USS Paul Hamilton (DDG-60)

    USS Paul Hamilton is an Arleigh Burke class destroyer destroyer in the United States Navy.Paul Hamilton was commissioned in Charleston, South Carolina....
     (DDG 60)
  • USS Ramage
    USS Ramage (DDG-61)

    USS Ramage is an Arleigh Burke class destroyer guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy. The ship is named for Vice Admiral Lawson P....
     (DDG 61)
  • USS Fitzgerald
    USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62)

    USS Fitzgerald , named for Lieutenant William Charles Fitzgerald, United States Navy is an Arleigh Burke class destroyer in the United States Navy....
     (DDG 62)
  • USS Stethem
    USS Stethem (DDG-63)

    USS Stethem is an Arleigh Burke class destroyer in the United States Navy. The ship was built in Pascagoula, Mississippi, starting on May 11, 1993....
     (DDG 63)
  • USS Carney
    USS Carney (DDG-64)

    USS Carney is 14th Arleigh Burke class destroyer in the United States Navy. The ship is the first to be named after Robert Carney who served as Chief of Naval Operations during the Dwight D....
     (DDG 64)
  • USS Benfold
    USS Benfold (DDG-65)

    The USS Benfold is an Arleigh Burke class destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named for the USN Hospital Corpsman Edward Clyde Benfold....
     (DDG 65)
  • USS Gonzalez
    USS Gonzalez (DDG-66)

    USS Gonzalez is an Arleigh Burke class destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named for Alfredo Cantu Gonzalez, a Medal of Honor recipient in the Vietnam War....
     (DDG 66)
  • USS Cole
    USS Cole (DDG-67)

    The second USS Cole is an Arleigh Burke class destroyer Aegis combat system-equipped guided missile destroyer homeported in Naval Station Norfolk....
     (DDG 67)
  • USS The Sullivans
    USS The Sullivans (DDG-68)

    USS The Sullivans , an Arleigh Burke class destroyer "Aegis combat system" guided missile destroyer, is the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the five Sullivan brothers — George, Francis, Joseph, Madison, and Albert Sullivan, aged 20 to 27 — who lost their lives when their ship, USS Juneau , was sunk by a J...
     (DDG 68)
  • USS Milius
    USS Milius (DDG-69)

    The USS Milius is an Arleigh Burke class destroyer Aegis combat system guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy.Name sake Paul L....
     (DDG 69)
  • USS Hopper
    USS Hopper (DDG-70)

    USS Hopper , an Arleigh Burke class destroyer, is the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pioneering computer scientist, Rear admiral #Rear_Admiral_.28lower_half.29 Grace Hopper....
     (DDG 70)
  • USS Ross
    USS Ross (DDG-71)

    USS Ross is an Arleigh Burke class destroyer guided-missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship of that name, and the first named in honor of Captain Donald K....
     (DDG 71)
  • USS Mahan
    USS Mahan (DDG-72)

    USS Mahan is an Arleigh Burke class destroyer in the United States Navy, and the fourth US Navy ship to bear the name. She is homeported in Norfolk, Virginia and part of the U.S....
     (DDG 72)
  • USS Decatur
    USS Decatur (DDG-73)

    USS Decatur is an Arleigh Burke class destroyer. The fifth ship to carry the name, Decatur was laid down on 11 January 1996 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine; launched on 9 November 1996, sponsored by Mrs....
     (DDG 73)
  • USS McFaul
    USS McFaul (DDG-74)

    USS McFaul is an Arleigh Burke class destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named for Chief Petty Officer Donald L. McFaul, a Navy Seal who was killed in action on 20 December 1989, while serving in Panama....
     (DDG 74)
  • USS Donald Cook
    USS Donald Cook (DDG-75)

    USS Donald Cook is an Arleigh Burke class destroyer guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy.Named for Donald Cook , a Vietnam War prisoner of war who died in captivity, the destroyer was commissioned in 1998....
     (DDG 75)
  • USS Higgins
    USS Higgins (DDG-76)

    USS Higgins is an Arleigh Burke class destroyer in the United States Navy. She was commissioned in 1999 and named after William R. Higgins , a United States Marine Corps Colonel who was captured and held hostage in February 1988 by a pro-Iranian group allied with Hezbollah while serving on a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebano...
     (DDG 76)
  • USS O'Kane
    USS O'Kane (DDG-77)

    USS O'Kane is an in the United States Navy. The ship was built by Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, starting on May 8, 1997. The ship was commissioned on October 23, 1999....
     (DDG 77)
  • USS Porter
    USS Porter (DDG-78)

    USS Porter is an Arleigh Burke class destroyer in the United States Navy. Porter is named after Commodore David Porter , and his son, Admiral David Dixon Porter....
     (DDG 78)
  • USS Oscar Austin
    USS Oscar Austin (DDG-79)

    USS Oscar Austin is an Arleigh Burke class destroyer in the United States Navy.Oscar Austin is named for Private First Class Oscar P....
     (DDG 79)
  • USS Roosevelt
    USS Roosevelt (DDG-80)

    The USS Roosevelt is an Arleigh Burke class destroyer in the United States Navy. The Roosevelt is the second Flight IIA ship and the last US Navy destroyer to carry the 5"/54 Mk....
     (DDG 80)
  • USS Winston S. Churchill
    USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG-81)

    USS Winston S. Churchill is an Arleigh Burke class destroyer guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy homeported in Naval Station Norfolk....
     (DDG 81)
  • USS Lassen
    USS Lassen (DDG-82)

    USS Lassen is an Arleigh Burke class destroyer guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy.She was homeported in San Diego, CA until she shifted homeport to Yokosuka Naval Base in Yokosuka, Japan in August 2005, where she remains as of June 2008....
     (DDG 82)
  • USS Howard
    USS Howard (DDG-83)

    USS Howard is the thirty-third Arleigh Burke class destroyer in the United States Navy and the nineteenth built at Bath Iron Works. Her keel was laid down 9 December 1998, launched and christened 20 November 1999 and commissioned 20 October 2001....
     (DDG 83)
  • USS Bulkeley
    USS Bulkeley (DDG-84)

    USS Bulkeley is an Arleigh Burke class destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named for Vice Admiral John D. Bulkeley.Bulkeley was laid down on 10 May 1999 by Ingalls Shipbuilding and launched on 21 June 2000 in Pascagoula, Mississippi....
     (DDG 84)
  • USS McCampbell
    USS McCampbell (DDG-85)

    USS McCampbell is an Arleigh Burke class destroyer destroyer in the United States Navy, named for Captain David McCampbell , the Navy's leading Flying ace in World War II....
     (DDG 85)
  • USS Shoup
    USS Shoup (DDG-86)

    USS Shoup is an Arleigh Burke class destroyer in the United States Navy.The ship is named for General David M. Shoup , the 22nd Commandant of the Marine Corps....
     (DDG 86)
  • USS Mason
    USS Mason (DDG-87)

    USS Mason is an in the United States Navy.Homeported in Norfolk, Virginia, the USS Mason is the 37th Arleigh Burke class destroyer and the ninth of the Flight IIA variant....
     (DDG 87)
  • USS Preble
    USS Preble (DDG-88)

    USS Preble is an Arleigh Burke class destroyer destroyer in the United States Navy.USS Preble was commissioned 9 November 2002 at the Commonwealth Pier/World Trade Center in Boston Massachusetts....
     (DDG 88)
  • USS Mustin
    USS Mustin (DDG-89)

    The second USS Mustin is an Arleigh Burke class destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named in honor of the Mustin family. Mustin was the first Burke destroyer built with her funnels submerged into the superstructure, an additional stealth measure taken on the already stealthy warships....
     (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
    USS Bainbridge (DDG-96)

    The fifth USS Bainbridge is the 46th of 62 planned Arleigh Burke class destroyer destroyers in the United States Navy....
     (DDG 96)
  • USS Halsey
    USS Halsey (DDG-97)

    USS Halsey is an Arleigh Burke class destroyer guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. Halsey is named in honor of Fleet Admiral William Halsey, Jr....
     (DDG 97)
  • USS Forrest Sherman
    USS Forrest Sherman (DDG-98)

    USS Forrest Sherman is an Arleigh Burke class destroyer guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named for Admiral Forrest Sherman....
     (DDG 98)
  • USS Farragut
    USS Farragut (DDG-99)

    USS Farragut is an Arleigh Burke class destroyer in the United States Navy. She is the fifth Navy ship named for Admiral David Farragut , and the 49th ship of the Arleigh Burke-class....
     (DDG 99)
  • USS Kidd
    USS Kidd (DDG-100)

    USS Kidd is an in the United States Navy. She is the third Navy ship named after Rear Admiral Isaac C. Kidd, who was on board during the attack on Pearl Harbor, and was the first flag officer to die in World War II....
     (DDG 100)
  • USS Gridley
    USS Gridley (DDG-101)

    The fourth USS Gridley is the fifty-first Arleigh Burke class destroyer in the United States Navy. Gridley is named after Captain Charles Vernon Gridley, Commander of Admiral George Dewey's flagship USS Olympia , and recipient of Admiral Dewey's famous command, "You may fire when you are ready, Gridley" in the Battle of Manila Bay...
     (DDG 101)
  • USS Sampson
    USS Sampson (DDG-102)

    USS Sampson is an Arleigh Burke class destroyer destroyer in the United States Navy. She was authorized in 2002 and is the fourth U.S. Navy ship named to honor Rear Admiral William T....
     (DDG 102)
  • USS Truxtun
    USS Truxtun (DDG-103)

    USS Truxtun is a US Navy Arleigh Burke class destroyer destroyer currently under construction. Her keel was laid down on 11 April 2005. DDG-103 suffered a major electrical fire during construction at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi 20 May 2006 engulfing two levels and causing damage believed to be in the millions of dollar...
     (DDG 103)
  • USS Sterett
    USS Sterett (DDG-104)

    USS Sterett , an Arleigh Burke class destroyer, is the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of Andrew Sterett, a naval officer who served during the Quasi-War and the Barbary Wars....
     (DDG 104)
  • USS Dewey
    USS Dewey (DDG-105)

    USS Dewey will be an Arleigh Burke class destroyer guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. Dewey is the third Navy ship named after Admiral George Dewey, hero of the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War....
     (DDG 105)
  • Stockdale
    USS Stockdale (DDG-106)

    The third USS Stockdale will be an Arleigh Burke class destroyer guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. Stockdale is named after Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale....
     (DDG 106)
  • Gravely
    USS Gravely (DDG-107)

    The first USS Gravely will be an Arleigh Burke class destroyer guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named after Vice Admiral Samuel Gravely...
     (DDG 107)
  • Wayne E. Meyer
    USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG-108)

    The USS Wayne E. Meyer will be an Arleigh Burke class destroyer guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named after Rear Admiral Wayne E....
     (DDG 108)
  • Jason Dunham
    USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109)

    USS Jason Dunham will be an Arleigh Burke class destroyer guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named after Corporal Jason L....
     (DDG 109)
  • William P. Lawrence
    USS William P. Lawrence (DDG-110)

    USS William P. Lawrence is an Arleigh Burke class destroyer guided missile destroyer. The ship, the 60th of the 62-ship class, is slated to be built by Northrop Grumman Ship Systems in Pascagoula, Mississippi,...
     (DDG 110)
  • Spruance
    USS Spruance (DDG-111)

    USS Spruance is the name assigned to an ordered, but as yet unbuilt, Arleigh Burke class destroyer guided missile destroyer. She is named for Admiral Raymond A....
     (DDG 111)