NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Destroyers

Download high resolution version (500x688, 77 KB)Photo 030615-N-0905V-006 Philippine Sea (Jun. 15, 2003) -- Aerial view of the guided missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82) part of USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Carrier Strike Group. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate Airman Chris Valdez. SOURCE...

Categories: Stub ... USS Lassen, an USS Lassen (DDG-82), an Arleigh Burke class destroyer. The Arleigh Burke class of guided missile destroyers are built around the Aegis combat system and the SPY-1D multi-function phased array radar. The first ship was commissioned on 4 July 1991. The Arleigh Burke class are among the largest... Arleigh Burke-class destroyer

In Navy is also:- shorthand for Navy Blue the nickname of the United States Naval Academy A navy is the branch of the armed forces of a nation that operates primarily on water. Most nations which have coastlines have their own navies; a few landlocked countries also possess navies, often as... naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance USS Port Royal (CG-73), a Ticonderoga class cruiser. A naval ship is a ship (or sometimes boat, depending on classification) used for military purposes, commonly by a navy. Naval ships are differentiated from civilian ships by construction and purpose. Generally naval ships are damage resilient and armed with various... warship intended to escort larger vessels in a Fleet can refer to several things: Two or more motor vehicles owned by a company A group of ships: Fishing fleet Naval fleet, such as US 1st Fleet also known as the US Coast Guard US 2nd Fleet US 3rd Fleet US 5th Fleet US 6th Fleet US 7th Fleet... fleet or The carrier battle group (CVBG or CARBATGRU) or carrier strike group (CVSG) is a fleet of ships in support of an aircraft carrier. They are primarily used by the United States Navy which has 13 carrier battle groups scattered across the world. Their existence is an important part of the... battle group and defend them against smaller, short-range attackers (originally A torpedo boat is a relatively small and fast naval ship designed to launch torpedoes at larger surface ships. They were created to counter the dreadnought and other large, slow and heavily armed ship by speed and agility. During the late 1800s, the development of metal-hulled ships of large... torpedo boats, later USS Los Angeles A submarine is a specialized watercraft that can operate underwater. Nuclear powered submarines and other large submarines are classed as ships, but are customarily referred to by their crews as boats. Most major navies of the world employ submarines. Submarines are also used for marine and freshwater... submarines and aircraft).

Genesis of the destroyer

The destroyer originated in Britain shortly after the The Chilean Civil War was an armed conflict between forces supporting congress and forces supporting the then president, José Manuel Balmaceda. This conflict ended with the defeat of the presidents forces. The president committed suicide as a consequence. This defeat of the president started a pseudo-parliamentary period of... Chilean Civil War of 1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). Events January 1 - Paying of old age pensions begins in Germany January 20 - James Hogg becomes the first native Texan to be governor of that state. January 29 - Liliuokalani proclaimed Queen of Hawaii March 3 - The International Copyright... 1891 and in the Japan and China fought the first Sino-Japanese War during 1894 and 1895, primarily over control of Korea. To distinguish from the second Sino-Japanese War, this war is called Jiawu War (甲午戰爭) in Chinese because it occurred in the Chinese year by that name. The Japanese... Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895). In those conflicts, a new type of ship proved to be devastatingly effective—the swift, small A torpedo boat is a relatively small and fast naval ship designed to launch torpedoes at larger surface ships. They were created to counter the dreadnought and other large, slow and heavily armed ship by speed and agility. During the late 1800s, the development of metal-hulled ships of large... torpedo-boat invented by Illustration of John Ericsson John Ericsson (July 31, 1803 – March 8, 1889) was a Swedish inventor and mechanical engineer, as was his brother, Nils Ericson. He was born at Långbanshyttan in Wermelandia, Sweden, but did primarily come to be active in the United States. Early Career Johns... John Ericsson. These small boats had speed greater than that of the larger ships, and could dash in close to them, loose their torpedoes, and dash away.

While normally a small, short-range boat of this sort would be easily destroyed long before getting into range, they could be operated within a fleet with larger ships as long as the fleet was close to base. In this case the defending force had to choose which set of targets to attack: the larger ships which they were built to counter, or the smaller torpedo boats which were charging in to attack. Yet this one-two punch cost almost nothing to the attacker, as the small torpedo boats were very inexpensive.

The world's navies recognized the need for a counter weapon and developed the torpedo-boat destroyer. The basic idea was to have a screen of ships that were as fast as the torpedo boats, but armed with guns instead of torpedoes. They would operate at a distance from the main fleet of The capital ships of a navy are its important warships; the ones with the heaviest firepower and armor. There is usually no formal criterion for the classification, but it is a useful concept when thinking about strategy, for instance to compare relative naval strengths in a theater of operations without... capital ships to keep the torpedo-boats from ever getting into A modern torpedo, historically called a self propelled torpedo, is a self-propelled guided projectile that (after being launched above or below the water surface) operates underwater and is designed to detonate on contact or in proximity to a target. Torpedoes are weapons that may be launched from submarines, surface... torpedo firing range.

However it was clear even at the time that this concept had problems of its own. The ship would indeed be capable of holding off an attack by torpedo boats (which typically have no guns of their own), but while operating away from the fleet they would be easy targets for any other capital ship. Thus they were often given torpedoes of their own.

Another problem was that the torpedo-boats were short range and thus easy and cheap to produce. However the destroyers had the problem of needing to operate as a screen for the fleet. This required them to have the speed and range of the This article is about a battleship as a type of warship. See also Battleship (game). Dreadnought redirects here. See also Workers Dreadnought. A sail battleship of around 1845 In naval history, battleships were the most heavily armed and armored warships afloat. They were designed to engage enemy warships with direct... battleships, so destroyers were often much larger than the boats they were designed to counter.

The first effective design of torpedo boat destroyer, with the range and speed to keep up with battleships, was the HMS Havock Havock and Hornet, the two Havock-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy in 1893, were the first torpedo boat destroyers. The invention of the self-propelled torpedo by Robert Whitehead and Austrian Navy Captain Giovanni Luppis in 1866, combined with the swift, small torpedo boat invented by... Havock class of two ships of the Royal Navy Ensign The Royal Navy is the navy of the United Kingdom. It operates a number of aircraft carriers, destroyers, frigates, fifteen nuclear submarines, and various other ships, as well as aircraft, and the UKs amphibious force: the Royal Marines. The Royal Navy is the largest navy in... Royal Navy, launched in Events January 1 - Japan accepts the Gregorian calendar January 2 - Introduction by Webb C. Ball of the General Railroad Timepiece Standards in North America: Railroad chronometers January 13 - The UK has its first meeting. January 17 - American sugar planters overthrow the government of Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii February 1 - Thomas... 1893.

The torpedo boat destroyer later on took over the role of the smaller torpedo boats, performing torpedo attacks on fleets, such as the devastating Japanese attack on the Russian fleet in The Battle of Port Arthur (February 9, 1904) was the opening battle of the Russo-Japanese War. It was inconclusive, although it was technically a minor Japanese victory. Near the then Russian port of Port Arthur, Admiral Heihachiro Togo commanded the Japanese fleet. One of his subordinates, Admiral Shigeto Dewa... Port Arthur at the opening of the The Russo-Japanese War ( 1904- 1905) was a conflict that grew out of the rival imperialist ambitions of Imperial Russia and Japan in Manchuria and Korea. It resulted in a surprise victory for Japan, establishing Japan as a major world power. Russian 500 pound shell bursting near the Japanese siege... Russo-Japanese war in 1904, and attacks in the Pacific theatre of Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km (60,000 ft) into the air. August 9, 1945 World War II was a global conflict that started in 7 July 1937 in Asia and 1 September 1939 in Europe and lasted until 1945, involving the majority of the... World War II.

The threat evolved by Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. Battle aftermath. Remains of the Chateau Wood World War I, also known as the First World War, the Great War, the War of the Nations, and the War to End All Wars, was a world conflict occurring from 1914 to... World War I with the introduction of the USS Los Angeles A submarine is a specialized watercraft that can operate underwater. Nuclear powered submarines and other large submarines are classed as ships, but are customarily referred to by their crews as boats. Most major navies of the world employ submarines. Submarines are also used for marine and freshwater... submarine. In general terms the submarine, or U-boat is also a nickname for some diesel locomotives built by GE; see List of GE locomotives October 1939. U-47 returns to port after sinking HMS Royal Oak. The battlecruiser Scharnhorst is seen in the background A U-boat (German: U-Boot) is any of the German submarines... U-boat, is nothing more than a torpedo boat with the ability to submerge for a short period of time. However this change allowed the submarine to hide from the guns of the destroyers and close to torpedo range while underwater. This led to an equally rapid evolution of the destroyer during the war, which was quickly equipped with Depth Charge used by U.S. Navy later in World War II The depth charge is the oldest anti-submarine weapon. A concept of a dropping mine was first discussed in 1911, and the idea was developed into practicality when the Royal Navys Commander in Chief, Sir George Callaghan... depth charges and The F70 type frigates (here, Motte-Picquet) are fitted with VDS (Variable Depth Sonar) type DUBV43 or DUBV43C tugged sonars Sonar (sound navigation and ranging) is a technique that uses sound propagation under water to navigate or to detect other watercraft. There are two kinds of sonar, active and passive... sonar for countering this new threat.

By Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km (60,000 ft) into the air. August 9, 1945 World War II was a global conflict that started in 7 July 1937 in Asia and 1 September 1939 in Europe and lasted until 1945, involving the majority of the... World War II the threat had evolved once again. This article refers to the tool of travel. For other meanings, see aircraft (disambiguation). An aircraft is any machine capable of atmospheric flight. Categories and classification Aircraft fall into two broad categories: Heavier than air Heavier than air aerodynes, including autogyros, helicopters and variants, and conventional fixed-wing aircraft: aeroplanes... Aircraft had become important weapons of naval warfare, and again the fleet destroyers were unequipped for combatting this new target. Again they were re-equipped with new American troops man an anti-aircraft gun near the Algerian coastline in 1943 Anti-aircraft, or air defense, is any method of combating military aircraft from the ground. Various guns and cannons have been used in this role since the first military aircraft were used in World War I, growing... anti-aircraft guns, in addition to their already-existing light guns, depth charges, and torpedoes. By this time the destroyers had become large multi-purpose vessels, expensive targets in their own right rather than expendable vessels for the protection of others. This led to the introduction of smaller and cheaper specialized anti-submarine warships by the Royal Navy Ensign The Royal Navy is the navy of the United Kingdom. It operates a number of aircraft carriers, destroyers, frigates, fifteen nuclear submarines, and various other ships, as well as aircraft, and the UKs amphibious force: the Royal Marines. The Royal Navy is the largest navy in... Royal Navy: For the automobile, see Chevrolet Corvette. French steam corvette Dupleix (1856-1887) A corvette is a small, maneuverable, lightly armed warship, smaller than a frigate. When referring to sailing ships, a corvette is a sloop-of-war. Almost all modern navies use ships smaller than frigates for coastal duty, but... corvettes and later Sailing frigates were 4th, 5th, or 6th-rated ships in the rating system of the Royal Navy. In modern military terminology, a frigate is a warship intended to protect other warships and merchant marine ships and as anti-submarine warfare (ASW) combatants for amphibious expeditionary forces, underway replenishment groups, and... frigates.

Modern US destroyers

The The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America¹, the States, or (archaically) Columbia — is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii... United States commissioned its first destroyer, The second USS Bainbridge (Destroyer No. 1), later designated DD-1, was the first destroyer in the United States Navy and the lead ship of her class. The ship was launched on 27 August 1901 by Neafie and Levy, Ship and Engine Building Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, sponsored by Mrs. Bertram... USS Bainbridge, Destroyer No. 1, in Events January-April January 28 - The Carnegie Institution is founded in Washington, DC with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie. France, Loisys Lévangile et lEglise which inaugurates the Modernist Crisis February 11 - Police beat up universal suffrage demonstrators in Brussels. February 15 – Berlin underground opened... 1902. In the The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. The U.S. Navy consists of slightly fewer than 300 ships and over 4,000 operational aircraft. It has over a half million men and women on active or ready reserve duty... US Navy, destroyers operate in support of The carrier battle group (CVBG or CARBATGRU) or carrier strike group (CVSG) is a fleet of ships in support of an aircraft carrier. They are primarily used by the United States Navy which has 13 carrier battle groups scattered across the world. Their existence is an important part of the... carrier battle groups, surface action groups, amphibious groups and replenishment groups. Destroyers (with a DD The United States Navy uses hull classification symbols to identify the types of its ships. See also pennant number, a somewhat analogous system used by the Royal Navy and some European navies. The combination of symbol and hull number identify a modern Navy ship uniquely. A heavily modified or repurposed... hull classification symbol) primarily perform anti-submarine warfare duty while This article or section should be merged with Missile guidance A guided missile is a military rocket that can be directed in flight to change its flight path. In typical usage the term missile refers to guided rockets, and rockets to unguided ones. The differences between the two may be... guided missile destroyers (DDGs) are multi-mission ( Anti-submarine warfare is a term referring to warfare directed against submarines. This involves the use of submarines, aircraft, and surface ships (commonly destroyers), to locate, track, and then either damage or destroy submarines, port facilities, production facilities, and supply routes. Anti-submarine warfare also involves communication interception, decryption, and... anti-submarine, American troops man an anti-aircraft gun near the Algerian coastline in 1943 Anti-aircraft, or air defense, is any method of combating military aircraft from the ground. Various guns and cannons have been used in this role since the first military aircraft were used in World War I, growing... anti-aircraft, and anti-surface warfare) surface combatants. The relatively-recent addition of A Tomahawk cruise missile A cruise missile is a guided missile which uses a lifting wing and most often a jet propulsion system to allow sustained flight. Cruise missiles are, in essence, unmanned aircraft. They are generally designed to carry a large conventional or nuclear warhead many hundreds of miles... cruise missile launchers has greatly expanded the role of the destroyer in strike and land-attack warfare.

Two classes of destroyers are currently in use by the US Navy: the The Spruance-class destroyer was developed as a replacement for a large number of World War II-built - and Gearing-class destroyers, and was the primary destroyer built for the U.S. Navy during the 1970s. The class was originally designed for anti-submarine warfare with only point defense missiles... Spruance class and the USS Lassen (DDG-82), an Arleigh Burke class destroyer. The Arleigh Burke class of guided missile destroyers are built around the Aegis combat system and the SPY-1D multi-function phased array radar. The first ship was commissioned on 4 July 1991. The Arleigh Burke class are among the largest... Arleigh Burke class. The Zumwalt class was planned to replace them; on November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk, Bishop of Freising, which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi ( Austria in Old High... November 1, 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. By strict interpretation of the Gregorian Calendar, 2001 is also the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millenium. Popular culture, however, often views the year 2000 as holding this distinction. 2001 is also the year... 2001, the US Navy announced the issuance of a revised Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Future Surface Combatant Program. Formerly known as DD 21, the program will now be called Future class of United States Navy destroyer. First of three advanced technology surface combat ships, to be followed by the CG(X) cruiser and the Littoral Combat Ship. Advanced capabilities carriers, of the CVNX type, are also in the offing. The DD(X) was originally known as the DD-21... DD(X) to more accurately reflect the program purpose, which is to produce a family of advanced technology surface combatants, not a single ship class. DD(X) is no longer called Zumwalt class, and is much larger than traditional destroyers, being nearly three thousand tons heavier than a Categories: Ticonderoga class cruisers | Ship classes | Stub ... Ticonderoga-class The USS Port Royal (CG-73), a Ticonderoga class cruiser. In military terminology, a cruiser is a large warship capable of engaging multiple targets simultaneously. Historically they were generally considered the smallest ships capable of independent operations — destroyers usually requiring outside support such as tenders — but in modern... cruiser. It will potentially employ advanced weaponry and an all-electric Integrated Power System.