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...

The Thornycroft type leader or Shakespeare class were a class of five destroyer leaders designed by John I. Thornycroft & Company and built by them at...

Arleigh Burke argues that they were). DD Destroyer DL Destroyer Leader (later Frigate) (retired) DDG Destroyer, Guided Missile FFG Frigate, Guided Missile...

built for the United States Navy. They were originally designated as Destroyer Leaders (DLG), but in the 1975 cruiser realignment they were reclassified...

warships, typically a small cruiser or a large destroyer (known as a destroyer leader). The flotilla leader provided space, equipment and staff for the flotilla...

The Admiralty type leader, sometimes known as the Scott class, were a class of eight destroyer leaders designed and built for the Royal Navy towards the...

during the 1960s. They were originally designated as DLG frigates (destroyer leaders; the USN use of the term frigate from 1950 to 1975 was intended to...

designated destroyer leaders but reclassified in 1975 as guided missile cruisers (except the Farragut class became guided missile destroyers). These grew...

envisioned as a Destroyer Leader class (DL/DLG, verbally referred to as "Frigates"), but was reclassified as Guided-Missile Destroyers following the 1975...

the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands on 26 October 1942. The larger destroyer leader type had been under active consideration since 1921. Indeed, the General...

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...

In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, maneuverable, long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy, or carrier battle...

destroyer class had they not been reclassified during construction as destroyer leaders (DL). Commissioned in 1953–1954, two of the class served until 1969...

destroyers built by the United States during World War II. The class was designed in 1939, as a result of dissatisfaction with the earlier destroyer leader...

The six Leningrad-class destroyer leaders were built for the Soviet Navy in the late 1930s. They were inspired by the contre-torpilleurs built for the...

Thornycroft type destroyer leader Admiralty type flotilla leader R-class destroyer - HMS Skate only V and W-class destroyer S-class destroyer HMS Ambuscade (D38)...

be larger and more capable than destroyers and to lead a destroyer task force. All but the first five destroyer leaders would be designed as guided missile...

Powered Destroyer Program Isn't Dead Yet". Military Watch Magazine. 5 July 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2021. "Russian Navy Future Leader Class Destroyers Basic...

The second USS Norfolk (DL-1) was the first destroyer leader of the United States Navy. Originally projected as a hunter-killer cruiser, she was in service...

USS Leahy through CGN-38 USS Virginia were designated DLG or DLGN (Destroyer Leader, Guided Missile (Nuclear powered)). They were redesignated cruisers...

the class originally being intended to be a destroyer leader. A destroyer leader is larger than its destroyer counterparts to accommodate command staff...

Thornycroft type destroyer leader 11–14 September 1942 Commander Jack Broome HMS Montrose  Royal Navy Scott-class destroyer leader 11–14 September 1942...

Destroyer escort (DE) was the United States Navy mid-20th-century classification for a 20-knot (37 km/h; 23 mph) warship designed with the endurance necessary...

USS Macdonough (DDG-39), was a Farragut-class guided missile frigate (destroyer leader), launched in 1959 and served until 1992 SS Thomas Macdonough a Liberty...

DL: Destroyer leader (later frigate) (retired) DLG: Destroyer leader, guided missile (later frigate) (abolished 30 June 1975) DLGN: Destroyer leader, guided...

Mitscher-class destroyer leaders Narwhal-class submarine Nautilus-class submarine Norfolk-class destroyer leader O'Brien-class destroyers Ohio-class submarines...

guided missile destroyer leader on 14 November 1956 and designated DLG-10. King was again reclassified as a guided missile destroyer on 30 June 1975...

The U.S. Navy built guided-missile cruisers upon destroyer-style hulls (some called "destroyer leaders" or "frigates" prior to the 1975 reclassification)...

(nuclear-powered guided missile destroyer leader, called a "frigate" at the time), she was the first nuclear-powered destroyer-type ship in the US Navy, and...

Mitscher-class destroyer leader in the United States Navy. Commissioned in 1953, she was later converted into a guided missile destroyer and served until...