In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, maneuverable, 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.

This is a list of destroyers of the United States Navy, sorted by hull number. It includes all of the series DD, DL, DDG, DLG, and DLGN.

In World War I, the U.S. Navy began mass-producing destroyers, laying 273 keels of the Clemson and Wickes -class destroyers. The peacetime years between 1919 and 1941 resulted in many of these flush deck destroyers being laid up. Additionally, treaties regulated destroyer construction.

Mar 25, 2020 · Small ships such as the USS Shamal are tasked with coastal patrol and surveillance. They are armed with machine guns and auto grenade launchers. Here's the USS Shamal, seen departing Florida's...

Jan 14, 2016 · This was the U.S. Navy's first class of a new type of small warship - the torpedo-boat destroyer. In the 1880s, the game-changing self-propelled torpedo was invented, forcing the world's navies to find a defense for fleets approaching hostile coasts defended by torpedo boats.

Mar 10, 2022 · Does such a destroyer design even exist? In fact, they do. The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) mini-destroyer, Akuzuki -class, in which four exist and were built from 2009-2012, cost roughly the same as the Constellation -class frigate (give or take tens of millions of dollars).

Sep 19, 2021 · The Bainbridge Class destroyers were the first American destroyers. This was the U.S. Navy’s first class of a new type of small warship the torpedo-boat destroyer. In the 1880s, the game-changing self-propelled torpedo was invented, forcing the world’s navies to find a defense for fleets approaching hostile coasts defended by torpedo boats.

Warship - Destroyer, Armament, Torpedo: The self-propelled torpedo had its greatest impact on the design of small surface ships. Beginning in the 1880s, many nations built hundreds of small steam torpedo boats on the theory that they could bar coastal waters to any enemy.

Jan 20, 2021 · These small vessels weigh roughly 288 tons, have a crew of 28 personnel, and can hold either nine SEALs or a six-man Coast Guard law-enforcement detachment. Two Cyclones operate in a joint Navy-Coast Guard exercise.

In 1864, Lt. William B. Cushing, USN attacked and sank the Confederate ironclad Albemarle from a small steam launch using an explosive device mounted on a long pole—a “spar torpedo”—which he detonated under water.