This article is about United States Navy nomenclature of the 1950s. For earlier terminology for similar ships, see Flotilla leader.
Destroyer leader (DL) was the United States Navy designation for large destroyers from 9 February 1951 through the early years of the Cold War. United States ships with hull classification symbol DL were officially frigates from 1 January 1955[1] until 1975. The smaller destroyer leaders were reclassified as destroyers and the larger as cruisers by the United States Navy 1975 ship reclassification so destroyer escorts could be reclassified as frigates (FF) in conformance with international usage of the term.
Destroyer leader USS John S. McCain with 3-inch/70 Mark 26 gun and Weapon Alpha visible abaft the forward 5-inch/54 Mark 42 gun.
Destroyerleader (DL) was the United States Navy designation for large destroyers from 9 February 1951 through the early years of the Cold War. United...
The Thornycroft type leader or Shakespeare class were a class of five destroyerleaders designed by John I. Thornycroft & Company and built by them at...
warships, typically a small cruiser or a large destroyer (known as a destroyerleader). The flotilla leader provided space, equipment and staff for the flotilla...
The Admiralty type leader, sometimes known as the Scott class, were a class of eight destroyerleaders designed and built for the Royal Navy towards the...
In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, maneuverable, long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy, or carrier battle...
designated destroyerleaders but reclassified in 1975 as guided missile cruisers (except the Farragut class became guided missile destroyers). These grew...
Thornycroft type destroyerleader Admiralty type flotilla leader R-class destroyer - HMS Skate only V and W-class destroyer S-class destroyer HMS Ambuscade (D38)...
be larger and more capable than destroyers and to lead a destroyer task force. All but the first five destroyerleaders would be designed as guided missile...
USS Leahy through CGN-38 USS Virginia were designated DLG or DLGN (DestroyerLeader, Guided Missile (Nuclear powered)). They were redesignated cruisers...
classes: Parker-class leader, a class of destroyerleaders constructed during World War I Battle-class destroyer, a class of destroyers constructed during...
Destroyer escort (DE) was the United States Navy mid-20th-century classification for a 20-knot (37 km/h; 23 mph) warship designed with the endurance necessary...
construction, not used by Germans) Destroyerleader HNLMS Tjerk Hiddes (under construction, scrapped by Germans) Destroyerleader HNLMS Gerard Callenburgh (under...
The U.S. Navy built guided-missile cruisers upon destroyer-style hulls (some called "destroyerleaders" or "frigates" prior to the 1975 reclassification)...
USS Macdonough (DDG-39), was a Farragut-class guided missile frigate (destroyerleader), launched in 1959 and served until 1992 SS Thomas Macdonough a Liberty...
"super-destroyers": Destroyerleader subtype of destroyers Japanese destroyer Shimakaze (1942) Le Fantasque-class destroyer (large destroyers) Type 1936A...
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