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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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 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...

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)...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

construction, not used by Germans) Destroyer leader HNLMS Tjerk Hiddes (under construction, scrapped by Germans) Destroyer leader HNLMS Gerard Callenburgh (under...

(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...

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...

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...

confused with the major Battle of Dover Strait in 1916. Two Royal Navy destroyers defeated a superior force of German Kaiserliche Marine torpedo boats....

classes: Parker-class leader, a class of destroyer leaders constructed during World War I Battle-class destroyer, a class of destroyers constructed during...