Guided-missile destroyer

A guided-missile destroyer is designed to launch anti-aircraft 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 in their hull pennant numbering, either prefixing or dropping it altogether. The U.S. Navy has adopted the classification DDG in the American hull classification system.

The Japanese guided-missile destroyer JDS Kongō (DDG-173) firing a Standard Missile 3 anti-ballistic missile

In addition to the guns, a guided-missile destroyer is usually equipped with two large missile magazines, usually in vertical-launch cells. Some guided-missile destroyers contain powerful radar systems, such as the United States’ Aegis Combat System, and may be adopted for use in an anti-missile or ballistic-missile defense role. This is especially true for navies that no longer operate cruisers, so other vessels must be adopted to fill in the gap.

Active and planned guided-missile destroyers

Royal Australian Navy

Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy
  • Type 055 (Renhai class) destroyer
    • Nanchang (DDG-101)
    • Innominate 2nd ship (Fitting out)
    • Innominate 3rd ship (Fitting out)
    • Innominate 4th ship (Fitting out)
    • Innominate 5th ship (Under construction)
    • Innominate 6th ship (Under construction)
    • Innominate 7th ship (Under construction)
    • Innominate 8th ship (Under construction)
  • Type 052D (Luyang III class) destroyer
    • Kunming (DDG-172)
    • Changsha (DDG-173)
    • Hefei (DDG-174)
    • Yinchuan (DDG-175)
    • Xining (DDG-117)
    • Xiamen (DDG-154)
    • Urumqi (DDG-118)
    • Nanjing (DDG-155)
    • Guiyang (DDG-119)
    • Hohhot (DDG-161)
    • Taiyuan (DDG-131)
    • Chengdu (DDG-120) (Sea trial)
    • Qiqihar (DDG-121) (Sea trial)
    • Zibo (DDG-132) (Fitting out)
    • Ganzhou (DDG-162) (Fitting out)
    • Huainan (Fitting out)
    • Nanning (Fitting out)
    • Baotou (Fitting out)
    • Tangshan (Fitting out)
    • Suzhou (Fitting out)
    • Innominate 21st ship (Under construction)
    • Innominate 22nd ship (Under construction)
    • Innominate 23rd ship (Under construction)
    • Innominate 24th ship (Under construction)
    • Innominate 25th ship (Contract awarded)
    • Innominate 26th ship (Contract awarded)
  • Type 052C (Luyang II class) destroyer
    • Lanzhou (DDG-170)
    • Haikou (DDG-171)
    • Changchun (DDG-150)
    • Zhengzhou (DDG-151)
    • Jinan (DDG-152)
    • Xi'an (DDG-153)
  • Type 052B (Luyang I class) destroyer
    • Guangzhou (DDG-168)
    • Wuhan (DDG-169)
  • Type 051C (Luzhou class) destroyer
    • Shenyang (DDG-115)
    • Shijiazhuang (DDG-116)
  • Type 051B (Luhai class) destroyer
    • Shenzhen (DD-167)
  • Sovremenny-class destroyer
    • Hangzhou (DDG-136)
    • Fuzhou (DDG-137)
    • Taizhou (DDG-138)
    • Ningbo (DDG-139)

French Navy

Although the French Navy no longer uses the term "destroyer", the largest frigates are assigned pennant numbers with flag superior "D", which designates destroyer.

Indian Navy
INS Kolkata of the Indian Navy entering Mombasa, Kenya
Indian Navy Kolkata-class destroyer the INS Kochi

Italian Navy

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

Republic of Korea Navy

Russian Navy
Nastoychivyy (610), a Sovremenny-class destroyer
Admiral Vinogradov (572), a Udaloy-class destroyer
  • 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
ROCS Tso Ying (DDG-1803)
  • Kee Lung-class destroyer (ex-Kidd class)
    • ROCS Kee Lung (DDG-1801)
    • ROCS Su Ao (DDG-1802)
    • ROCS Tso Ying (DDG-1803)
    • ROCS Ma Kong (DDG-1805)

Royal Navy

United States Navy
Zumwalt-class destroyer

Former guided-missile destroyer classes
 Australia
 Canada
 France
 Italy
 Japan
 Soviet Union
 United Kingdom
 United States
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References
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  • Friedman, Norman (2004). US Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History (Revised Edition). Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-442-3.
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