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The U and V class was a class of sixteen destroyer escorts of the Royal Navy launched in 1942–1943. They served as convoy escorts in World War II. They were similar in design to the W and Z class of sixteen destroyers launched in 1943–1944.

U class

Grenville
Ulster
Ulysses
Undaunted
Undine
Urania
Urchin
Ursa

V class

Hardy (lost on 30 January 1944)
Valentine (to Canada as Algonquin)
Venus
Verulam
Vigilant
Virago
Vixen (to Canada as Sioux)
Volage

Spruance class destroyer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (551 words)
	The Spruance-class destroyer was developed to replace a large number of World War II-built Allen M. Sumner- and Gearing-class destroyers, and was the primary destroyer built for the U.S. Navy during the 1970s.
	The class was designed for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) with point defense AAW missiles; upgrades provided anti-ship and land attack capabilities.
	The entire class of 30 ships was contracted on June 23, 1970 to the Litton-Ingalls shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi, under the Total Package Procurement concept forced on the Navy by the Whiz Kids of Robert McNamara's Pentagon.

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