# Guided-missile destroyer

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. The NATO standard designation for these vessels is DDG, while destroyers which have a primary gun armament or a small number of anti-aircraft missiles sufficient only for point-defense are designated DD. Nations vary in their use of destroyer D designation in their hull pennant numbering, either prefixing or dropping it altogether.
Guided-missile destroyers are equipped with large missile magazines, with modern examples typically having vertical-launch cells. Some contain integrated weapons 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.
Many guided-missile destroyers are also multipurpose vessels, equipped to carry out anti-surface operations with surface-to-surface missiles and naval guns, and anti-submarine warfare with torpedoes and helicopters.

## Active and planned
### Royal Australian Navy

* Hobart-class destroyer
** HMAS Hobart (DDG 39)
** HMAS Brisbane (DDG 41)
** HMAS Sydney (DDG 42)
* Hunter-class destroyer
** HMAS Hunter (ordered)
** HMAS Flinders (ordered)
** HMAS Tasman (ordered)

### Royal Canadian Navy

* River-class destroyer (15 planned)
** HMCS Fraser
** HMCS Saint-Laurent
** HMCS Mackenzie

### Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy

* Type 055 destroyer (Renhai-class cruiser)
** Nanchang (DDG-101)
** La'sa (DDG-102)
** Dalian (DDG-105)
** Anshan (DDG-103)
** Yan'an (DDG-106)
** Wuxi (DDG-104)
** Zunyi (DDG-107)
** Xianyang (DDG-108)
* Type 052D (Luyang III-class) destroyer
** Kunming (DDG-172)
** Changsha (DDG-173)
** Hefei (DDG-174)
** Yinchuan (DDG-175)
** Xining (DDG-117)
** Xiamen (DDG-154)
** Ürümqi (DDG-118)
** Guiyang (DDG-119)
** Nanjing (DDG-155)
** Taiyuan (DDG-131)
** Hohhot (DDG-161)
** Chengdu (DDG-120)
** Qiqihar (DDG-121)
** Zibo (DDG-156)
** Tangshan (DDG-122)
** Suzhou (DDG-132)
** Huainan (DDG-123)
** Nanning (DDG-162)
** Kaifeng (DDG-124)
** Guilin (DDG-164)
** Baotou (DDG-133)
** Zhenjiang (DDG-165)
** Shaoxing (DDG-134)
** Jiaozuo (DDG-163)
** Zhuhai (DDG-157
* 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 (DDG-167)
* Sovremenny-class destroyer
** Hangzhou (DDG-136)
** Fuzhou (DDG-137)
** Taizhou (DDG-138)
** Ningbo (DDG-139)

### Republic of China Navy

* 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)

### 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.
* Horizon class (in France designated as frigate, designated as destroyers using NATO classification)
** Forbin (D620)
** Chevalier Paul (D621)

### Indian Navy

* Project 18-class destroyer (planned)
* Visakhapatnam-class destroyer
** INS Visakhapatnam
** INS Mormugao
** INS Imphal
** INS Surat
* Kolkata-class destroyer
** INS Kolkata
** INS Kochi
** INS Chennai
* Delhi-class destroyer
** INS Delhi
** INS Mysore
** INS Mumbai
* Rajput-class destroyer
** INS Rana
** INS Ranvir
** INS Ranvijay

### Italian Navy

* Durand de la Penne-class destroyer
** Luigi Durand De La Penne (D 560)
** Francesco Mimbelli (D 561)
* Horizon class
** Andrea Doria (D553)
** Caio Duilio (D554)

### Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

* Maya-class destroyer
** JS Maya (DDG-179)
** JS Haguro (DDG-180)
* Atago-class destroyer
** JS Atago (DDG-177)
** JS Ashigara (DDG-178)
* Kongō-class destroyer
** JS Kongo (DDG-173)
** JS Kirishima (DDG-174)
** JS Myoko (DDG-175)
** JS Chokai (DDG-176)
* Hatakaze-class destroyer
** JS Hatakaze (DDG-171)
** JS Shimakaze (DDG-172)

### Republic of Korea Navy

* Sejong the Great-class destroyer
** ROKS Sejong the Great (DDG-991)
** ROKS Yulgok Yi I (DDG-992)
** ROKS Seoae Yu Seong-ryong (DDG-993)
* KDDX-class destroyer (planned)

### Royal Navy

* Type 45 destroyer
** HMS Daring (D32)
** HMS Dauntless (D33)
** HMS Diamond (D34)
** HMS Dragon (D35)
** HMS Defender (D36)
** HMS Duncan (D37)
* Type 83 destroyer (planned)

### Russian Navy

* Sovremenny-class destroyer
** Burny (778)
** Nastoychivy (610)
** Admiral Ushakov (434)
* Udaloy-class destroyer
** Vice-Admiral Kulakov (626)
** Admiral Tributs (564)
** Marshal Shaposhnikov (543)
** Severomorsk (619)
** Admiral Levchenko (605)
** Admiral Vinogradov (572)
** Admiral Panteleyev (548)
** Admiral Chabanenko (650)

### Spanish Navy

* Álvaro de Bazán class (in Spain designated as frigate, designated as destroyers using NATO classification)
** Álvaro de Bazán (F101)
** Almirante Juan de Borbón (F102)
** Blas de Lezo (F103)
** Méndez Núñez (F104)
** Cristóbal Colón (F105)

### Turkish Navy

* TF2000-class destroyer (planned, 8 ships to be built)

### United States Navy

* Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
** USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51)
** USS Barry (DDG-52)
** USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53)
** USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG-54)
** USS Stout (DDG-55)
** USS John S. McCain (DDG-56)
** USS Mitscher (DDG-57)
** USS Laboon (DDG-58)
** USS Russell (DDG-59)
** USS Paul Hamilton (DDG-60)
** USS Ramage (DDG-61)
** USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62)
** USS Stethem (DDG-63)
** USS Carney (DDG-64)
** USS Benfold (DDG-65)
** USS Gonzalez (DDG-66)
** USS Cole (DDG-67)
** USS The Sullivans (DDG-68)
** USS Milius (DDG-69)
** USS Hopper (DDG-70)
** USS Ross (DDG-71)
** USS Mahan (DDG-72)
** USS Decatur (DDG-73)
** USS McFaul (DDG-74)
** USS Donald Cook (DDG-75)
** USS Higgins (DDG-76)
** USS O'Kane (DDG-77)
** USS Porter (DDG-78)
** USS Oscar Austin (DDG-79)
** USS Roosevelt (DDG-80)
** USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG-81)
** USS Lassen (DDG-82)
** USS Howard (DDG-83)
** USS Bulkeley (DDG-84)
** USS McCampbell (DDG-85)
** USS Shoup (DDG-86)
** USS Mason (DDG-87)
** USS Preble (DDG-88)
** USS Mustin (DDG-89)
** USS Chafee (DDG-90)
** USS Pinckney (DDG-91)
** USS Momsen (DDG-92)
** USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93)
** USS Nitze (DDG-94)
** USS James E. Williams (DDG-95)
** USS Bainbridge (DDG-96)
** USS Halsey (DDG-97)
** USS Forrest Sherman (DDG-98)
** USS Farragut (DDG-99)
** USS Kidd (DDG-100)
** USS Gridley (DDG-101)
** USS Sampson (DDG-102)
** USS Truxtun (DDG-103)
** USS Sterett (DDG-104)
** USS Dewey (DDG-105)
** USS Stockdale (DDG-106)
** USS Gravely (DDG-107)
** USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG-108)
** USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109)
** USS William P. Lawrence (DDG-110)
** USS Spruance (DDG-111)
** USS Michael Murphy (DDG-112)
** USS John Finn (DDG-113)
** USS Ralph Johnson (DDG-114)
** USS Rafael Peralta (DDG-115)
** USS Thomas Hudner (DDG-116)
** USS Paul Ignatius (DDG-117)
** USS Daniel Inouye (DDG-118)
** USS Delbert D. Black (DDG-119)
** USS Carl M. Levin (DDG-120)
** USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG-121)
** USS John Basilone (DDG-122) (Launched)
** USS Lenah H. Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG-123)
** USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr. (DDG-124) (Under construction)
** USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125)
** USS Louis H. Wilson Jr. (DDG-126) (Under construction)
** USS Patrick Gallagher (DDG-127) (Under construction)
** USS Ted Stevens (DDG-128) (Launched)
** USS Jeremiah Denton (DDG-129) (Under construction)
** USS William Charette (DDG-130) (Under construction)
** USS George M. Neal (DDG-131) (Under construction)
** USS Quentin Walsh (DDG-132) (Under construction)
** USS Sam Nunn (DDG-133) (Under construction)
** USS John E. Kilmer (DDG-134) (Approved for construction)
** USS Thad Cochran (DDG-135) (Approved for construction)
** USS Richard G. Lugar (DDG-136) (Approved for construction)
** USS John F. Lehman (DDG-137) (Approved for construction)
** USS J. William Middendorf (DDG-138) (Approved for construction)
** USS Telesforo Trinidad (DDG-139) (Approved for construction)
** USS Thomas G. Kelley (DDG-140) (Approved for construction)
** USS Ernest E. Evans (DDG-141) (Approved for construction)
** USS Charles Jackson French (DDG-142)(Approved for construction)
** USS Richard J. Danzig (DDG-143) (Approved for construction)
** USS Michael G. Mullen (DDG-144) (Approved for construction)
** USS Intrepid (DDG-145) (Approved for construction)
** USS Robert Kerrey (DDG-146) (Approved for construction)
* Zumwalt-class destroyer
** USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000)
** USS Michael Monsoor (DDG-1001)
** USS Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG-1002) (Sea trials)
* DDG(X) (planned)

## Former classes

Australia
* Perth-class destroyer (decommissioned/sunk as dive wrecks)
Canada
* Iroquois-class destroyer (decommissioned/retired)
France
* These classes of French "frigates" had "D" pennant numbers and were destroyer-sized
* Suffren-class frigate
* Tourville-class frigate
Germany
* Hamburg-class destroyer (after refit to „Klasse 101A“) (decommissioned/scrapped)
* Lütjens-class destroyer (decommissioned/scrapped, except D 186 Mölders preserved as museum ship)
Italy
* Impavido-class destroyer (decommissioned/retired)
* Audace-class destroyer (decommissioned/retired)
Japan
* Amatsukaze-class destroyer (decommissioned/retired)
* Tachikaze-class destroyer (decommissioned/retired)
Soviet Union
* Kotlin-class destroyer (decommissioned/scrapped)
* Kildin-class destroyer (decommissioned/scrapped)
* Kanin-class destroyer (decommissioned/retired)
* Kashin-class destroyer (decommissioned/retired)
United Kingdom
* County-class destroyer (decommissioned/scrapped/sunk)
* Type 82 destroyer (decommissioned)
* Type 42 destroyer (decommissioned/scrapped)
United States
* Farragut (Coontz)-class destroyer (decommissioned/scrapped)
* Charles F. Adams-class destroyer (all but one sunk for target or scrapped; one reserved for future preservation as museum ship)
* Ticonderoga-class cruiser was designated as the DDG-47 class in its early development, prior to the United States Navy 1975 ship reclassification, which made it the CG-47 class. The first Arleigh Burke-class destroyer was designated DDG-51, as the hull numbers DDG-47-50 had been used for Ticonderoga-class ships.
* Kidd-class destroyer (sold to Taiwan as Kee Lung-class destroyers)