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Rosolino Pilo class destroyers (1915)
The Pilo class destroyers built 1914-1916 were an improved Indomito class design by the Odero shipyard, with unitary armament and more torpedoes.
class destroyerspilo
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Gearing class Destroyers (1944)
The Gearing class were an admiralty design to maximize AA firepower, between two 5-in/38 turrets, considerable AA, better hull and output.
class destroyersgearing
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Mahan class Destroyers (1935)
Fleet Destroyers (1934-48): USS Mahan, Cummings, Drayton, Lamson, Flusser, Reid, Case, Conyngham, Cassin, Shaw, Tucker, Downes, Cushing, Perkins, Smith,...
class destroyersmahan
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Lütjens class Destroyers (1965)
The Lütjens class Destroyers were built in the USA, based on the Charles F. Adams model, with specific German Bundesmarine accomodations and subsystems.
class destroyers
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C/D class destroyers (1931)
The C and D class destroyers were follow-up of the previous A-B, most being transferred to Canada prior to WW2. Losses were heavy, 4 survived
class destroyers
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Restigouche class destroyers (1954)
The seven Restigouche class destroyers built 1952-59 were an improved version of the 1951 St. Laurent class, in service until 1998.
class destroyers
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Type 101 Hamburg class Destroyers (1960)
The Type 101 Hamburg class destroyers were specifically designed to operate in the Baltic Sea, and were all named after Bundesländer.
class destroyerstypehamburg
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Giuseppe La Masa class destroyers (1918)
The eight La Masa class destroyers (1916-19) were a repeat of the Sirtori class which saw plenty of action in WWI, WW2, and two until 1958.
la masaclass destroyersgiuseppe
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Benson class destroyers (1939)
The Bensons were the last US prewar destroyers, launched 1939-43, totalling 170 battle stars between the Atlantic, Med. and Pacific
class destroyersbenson
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Allen M. Sumner class destroyers (1943)
The Sumner were about the last US destroyers of WW2 to see significant service. Their near-sisters, the Gearing class, were completed in the dying days or...
class destroyersallensumner
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Type 7 Anshan class destroyers (1955)
The Anshan class destroyers were the first deployed by the Chinese PLAN in the 1950s. They were modernized in 1971 and inspired the next Luda class in 1967.
class destroyerstype
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Farragut class destroyers (1934)
Fleet Destroyers (1933-47), USS Farragut, Dewey, Hull, MacDonough, Worden, Dale, Monaghan, Aylwin
class destroyersfarragut
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Minekaze class destroyers (1918)
The Minekaze were 15 1st class destroyers built at Maizueu and Mistubishi until 1922, active in WW2 with 11 lost in action.
class destroyers
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Surcouf class destroyers (T47) 1956
The 12 Surcouf class destroyers (T47 design) were built and operated by the French Navy in the cold war, and rebuilt in the 1960-70s.
class destroyers
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A/B class destroyers (1929)
The first interwar British Royal Navy destroyers were the A and B classes, identical and built 1927-1931, 19 built, 12 lost in WW2.
class destroyers
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Acheron class destroyers (1911)
The Acheron class destroyers were 23 (29 with the Aussie River class) repeats Acorn with two funnels and modifications, in service until 1922
class destroyersacheron
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Clemson class destroyers (1917-1921)
The Clemson class destroyers were improved Wickes-class built after WWI, served in part in the interwar and WW2, earning 150+ battle stars.
class destroyersclemson
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Bagley class Destroyers (1936)
Fleet Destroyers (1935-48) USS Bagley, Blue, Helm, Mugford, Ralph Talbot, Henley, Patterson, Jarvis DD-386-93
class destroyersbagley
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Paulding class destroyers (1910)
Paulding class destroyers (1910)
class destroyerspaulding
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Mutsuki class destroyers (1925)
The Mutsuki class were twelve destroyers (1925), the last of the
class destroyers
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Admiralty M class destroyers (1915)
A serie of fast (36 kts) 85 prewar and war emergency shipbuilding programme built in 1914-1916 (M, N, O and P and R names) roughly similar in appearance and...
class destroyersadmiralty
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Udaloy class destroyers (1980)
The Udaloy class were 13 ASW destroyers (15 planned) of the Soviet Navy built 1977-1994, with 8 still active today with the Russian Navy.
class destroyers
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Caldwell class destroyers (1916)
The Caldwell class destroyers inaugurated the
class destroyerscaldwell
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Kamikaze class destroyers (1922)
The Kamikaze class destroyers were nine ships built 1922-25, which were active in the WW2 pacific war mostly as escorts and special roles.
class destroyerskamikaze
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O/P class destroyers (1941)
The O and P class were two emergency program destroyers with about the same hull as the J-K-N classes, but a simpler and lighter armament...
class destroyers
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Wickes class destroyers (1917-1921)
The Wickes class destroyers (1917) were faster fleet destroyers (33 knots) and WWI first mass construction serie with 111 ships built 1917-21.
class destroyerswickes
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Skoryi class destroyers (1949)
The Skoriy class destroyers were the first postwar design of such type in Soviet Union. They were the most produced to that point, with modular construction
class destroyers
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Wakatake class destroyers (1922)
The Wakatake class were 2nd class destroyers built in 1921-23, renamed in 1928, all lost in action in the Pacific campaign of WW2.
class destroyers
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Momi class destroyers (1919)
The Momi class were twelve 2nd class destroyers built 1918-1923, in service in WW2. First post on WW2 IJN destroyers.
class destroyersmomi
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Type 051 Luda class Destroyers (1970)
The Type 051 (NATO code Luda) destroyers were the first missile destroyers ever designed and built in China, and also the first to be fitted with an integrated...
class destroyerstypeluda
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Tucker class destroyers (1914-1936)
The Tucker class were six fleet destroyers, the 4th class of
class destroyerstucker
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Beagle class destroyers (1909)
The 1909 Beagle class destroyers were a new breed in opposition of the previous Tribals, running on coal, with better guns and torpedoes.
class destroyersbeagle
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Audace class destroyers (1971)
The Audace class destroyers (Audace, Ardito) were a 2nd generation Italian cold war guided missile destroyers in service from 1972 to 2008.
class destroyersaudace
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Spruance class destroyers (1975)
class destroyers
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Mitscher class destroyers (1952)
The Mitscher class were four experimental large conventional destroyers, albeit more reasonable than the previous massive USS Norfolk fleet escort, destroyer
class destroyers
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Q/R class destroyers (1942)
The Q and R class were two follow-up 1939-1940 emergency program destroyers with a slightly larger hull compared to the O/P classes, and homogeneous armament.
class destroyers
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Benham class Destroyers (1938)
US Navy Fleet Destroyers (1936-46), USS Benham, Ellet, Lang, Mayrant, Trippe, Rhind, Rowan, Stack, Sterett, Wilson DD-397 to DD-408
class destroyersbenham
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Acorn class destroyers (1910)
The Acorn class were twenty destroyers (H class) commissioned 1910-11, as improved Beagles running on oil, and very active in WWI (3 lost).
class destroyersacorn
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Annapolis class destroyers (1963)
The RCN Annapolis class destroyers were initially the last two Mackenzie, redesigned to carry an helicopter. They had a DELEX in the 1980s.
class destroyersannapolis
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Forrest Sherman class destroyers (1955)
The 18 Forrest Sherman-class destroyers were many things: The first post-war US destroyers, successors of the legendary Gearing class, and the last...
class destroyersforrestsherman
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Marcilio Dias class destroyers (1940)
The three Brazilian Marcilio Dias class destroyers were built at Rio de Janeiro in 1937-43 based on a Mahan class design and took part in WW2
class destroyersdias
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O'Brien class destroyers (1914)
The O' Brien class destroyers (1914) followed the Cassin and Aylwin classes of
class destroyersbrien
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Impavido class destroyers (1962)
The Impavido class (Impavido, Intrepido) completed 1963-64 were the first Italian guided missile destroyers. They were active until 1991-92.
class destroyers
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Somers class Destroyers (1937)
Large Destroyers (1937-48) USS Somers, Warrington, Sampson, Davis, Jouett, DD-381-86
class destroyerssomers
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Sims class Destroyers (1938)
US Navy Fleet Destroyers (1937-47): USS Sims, Hugues, Anderson, Hamman, Mustin, Russel, OBrien, Walke, Morris, Roe, Wainwright, Buck
class destroyerssims
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