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Destroyer

In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, manoeuvrable, long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy, or carrier battle group and defend them against a wide range of general threats. They were conceived in the late 19th century as a defence against torpedo boats, and by the time of the Russo-Japanese War in 1904, these…

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Industry
Arms
Application
Naval warfare
Classification
Watercraft
Invented
1887 (139 years ago) (1887)
Inventor
Fernando Villaamil

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Origins

Development of the destroyer class

Early use and World War I

1918–1945

Post-World War II

Operators

Future development

Destroyers in preservation

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Destroyer

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Destroyer

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related to Destroyers in preservation · 112
Destroyer → Albany, AustraliaFS Maillé-Brézé, Baton Rouge, Bay City, Boston, BrazilHTMS Pin Klao, Bremerton, Buffalo, CanadaHMAS Vampire, Central Macedonia, Charleston, Chatham, ChinaBNS Comandante Bauru, ChinaCNS Changchun, ChinaCNS Chongqing, ChinaCNS Dalian, ChinaCNS Jinan, ChinaCNS Nanchang, ChinaCNS Nanjing, ChinaCNS Nanning
related to Further reading · 78
Destroyer → Annapolis, Antony, April, Arcadia Publishing, Archived, Asia, Bath Iron Works, Before Port Arthur, Bison Books, Building, Building The Mosquito Fleet, Captain, Charleston, Chatham Publishing, Chicago Press, Christopher, Conway's All, Dan, David, Defense
related to Former operators · 74
Destroyer → Adams-class, Allen, Almirante Clemente-class, Austro-Hungarian Navy, Bolivarian Navy, Bolsheviks, Brazilian Navy, Bulgarian Navy, Cannon-class, Charles, Chilean Navy, Claud Jones-class, Colombian National Navy, County-class, Daring-class, Dealey-class, Dominican Navy, Douro-class, Ecuadorian Navy, Edsall-class
related to Operators · 67
Destroyer → Abukuma-class, Akizuki-class, Aquitaine-class, Arleigh Burke-class, Asagiri-class, Asahi-class, Atago-class, China, China Navy, Choe Hyon-class, Chungmugong Yi Sun-shin-class, Daring-class, DDGs, December, Defense, Delhi-class, Department, Durand, Fletcher-class, FREMM Multipurpose
related to Future development · 59
Destroyer → Abukuma-class, Additionally, Aegis Combat System, Amiral Ronarc'h-class, Arleigh Burke, Common Combat Vessel, Construction, DDG, DDR Destroyer Revolution Project, DDX, Design, Durand, Force, France, French Navy, Frégate, German F-125-class, Global Combat Ship, Great-class, However
related to Ships of note classed as frigates · 28
Destroyer → Aquitaine-class, Australia's Hobart-class, Baden-Württemberg-class, Bazan-class, Bazán-class, De Zeven Provinciën-class, Egyptian Navy, ENS Tahya Misr, France, FREMM Multipurpose, Fridtjof Nansen-class, German Navy, Germany, Mohammed VI, Mărășești, Netherlands, No, Romanian Naval Forces, Royal Moroccan Navy, Royal Netherlands Navy
related to Disputed classes · 25
Destroyer → Atago-class, China, CVM, Despite, Even, Great-class, Hyūga-class, Izumo-class, January, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, June, Korea Navy, Maya-class, People's Liberation Army Navy, Republic, Sejong, The, The Hyūga-class, The Maya-class, Ticonderoga-class
related to Later combat · 21
Destroyer → American, As, ASW, British, By, By World War II, Chinese, During, In, Increasing, Japanese, Matsu-class, Royal Navy, Submarines, TBDs, The, These, They, US Navy, USN
related to Origins · 19
Destroyer → At, By, Cheap, Czech, Dutch, English, First World War, French, Greek, HMS Lightning, In, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Second World War, She, The, They, Whitehead
related to Early designs · 18
Destroyer → An, Another, At, Designed, Dogs, Falcon, HMS Swift, In, Isle, Japan, Japanese, Kotaka, London Yarrow, TB, TBD, The, The Yarrow, This

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destroyers navy torpedo ships war class two needed first citation guns world decommissioned type operates frigates four boats cruisers armament

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DestroyerClassificationWatercraft1.00infobox
DestroyerIndustryArms1.00infobox
DestroyerInvented1887 (139 years ago) (1887)1.00infobox
DestroyerInventorFernando Villaamil1.00infobox
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the Arleigh Burke class are actually largerinstance ofguided-missile destroyers0.80text
more heavily armed than most previous ships classified as guided-missile cruisersinstance ofguided-missile destroyers0.80text
largeinstance ofThe 21st century destroyers tend to display features0.80text
slab sides without complicated cornersinstance ofThe 21st century destroyers tend to display features0.80text
crevices to keep the radar cross-section smallinstance ofThe 21st century destroyers tend to display features0.80text
vertical launch systems to carry a large number of missiles at high readiness to fireinstance ofThe 21st century destroyers tend to display features0.80text

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