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The Japanese Destroyer JS Kongo (DDG 173) testing a Standard Missile 3

A guided missile destroyer is a destroyer designed to launch guided missiles. Many are also equipped to carry out anti-submarine, anti-air, and anti-surface operations. In the U.S. Navy, their hull classification symbol is DDG.

In addition to the guns which destroyers have, a guided missile destroyer is usually equipped with two large missile magazines which store the missiles for the ship, usually in Vertical Launch Cells. Some guided missile destroyers contain powerful weapon system radars, like the United States’ Aegis combat system, and may be adopted for use in an anti-missile role or a ballistic missile defense role. This is especially true of navies which no longer operate cruisers, as other vessels must be adopted to fill in the gap.

[edit] Active and Planned Guided Missile Destroyers

[edit] List of DDGs of the Canadian Forces Maritime Command

HMCS Iroquois

• HMCS Iroquois (DDH 280)
• HMCS Athabaskan (DDH 282)
• HMCS Algonquin (DDH 283)

[edit] List of DDGs of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy

Luhu Class Destroyer, HARIBING (DDG 112)

• Luhu class destroyer (2 ships)
  • Harbin (DDG 112)
  • Qingdao (DDG 113)
• Luhai class destroyer (1 ship)
  • Shenzhen (DDG 167)
• Luyang I class destroyer (2 ships)
  • Guangzhou (DDG 168)
  • Wuhan (DDG 169)
• Luyang II class destroyer (2 ships)
  • Lanzhou (DDG 170)
  • Haikou (DDG 171)
• Luzhou class destroyer (2 ships)
  • Shenyang (DDG 115)
  • Shijiazhuang (DDG 116)
• Sovremenny class destroyer (4 ships)
  • Hangzhou (DDG 136)
  • Fuzhou (DDG 137)
  • Taizhou (DDG 138)
  • Ningbo (DDG 139)
• Type 051 Luda class (13 ships)
  • DDG107
  • DDG108
  • DDG109
  • DDG110
  • DDG131
  • DDG132
  • DDG133
  • DDG134
  • DDG162
  • DDG163
  • DDG164
  • DDG165
  • DDG166

[edit] List of DDGs of the French Navy

FS Forbin (D620)

• FS Forbin (D620)
• FS Chevalier Paul (D621)
• FS Duquesne (D603)
• FS Cassard (D614)
• FS Jean Bart (D615)
• FS Tourville (D610)
• FS De Grasse (D612)
• FS Georges Leygues (D640)
• FS Dupleix (D641)
• FS Montcalm (D642)
• FS Jean de Vienne (D643)
• FS Primauguet (D644)
• FS La Motte Picquet (D645)
• FS Latouche-Tréville (D646)

[edit] List of DDGs of the Indian Navy

INS Delhi (D61)

• Kolkata class destroyers
  • INS Kolkata
  • INS Kochi^[1]
• Delhi class destroyers
  • INS Delhi (D61)
  • INS Mysore (D60)
  • INS Mumbai (D62)
• Rajput class destroyers
  • INS Rajput (D51)
  • INS Rana (D52)
  • INS Ranjit (D53)
  • INS Ranvir (D54)
  • INS Ranvijay (D55)

[edit] List of DDGs of the Italian Navy

Adrea Doria

• Ardito (D550)
• Audace (D551)
• Luigi Durand De La Penne (D 560)
• Francesco Mimbelli (D 561)
• Andrea Doria
• Caio Duilio

[edit] List of DDGs of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

JDS Atago (DDG-177)

• JDS Amatsukaze (DDG-163)
• JDS Tachikaze (DDG 168)
• JDS Asakaze (DDG 169)
• JDS Sawakaze (DDG 170)
• JDS Hatakaze (DDG 171)
• JDS Shimakaze (DDG 172)
• JDS Kongō (DDG 173)
• JDS Kirishima (DDG 174)
• JDS Myōkō (DDG 175)
• JDS Chōkai (DDG 176)
• JDS Atago (DDG 177)
• JDS Ashigara (DDG 178)

[edit] List of DDGs of the Russian Navy

RFS NASTOYCHIVY (DD 610)

• Sovremenny class destroyer - 12 ships
• Udaloy class destroyer - 8 ships

[edit] List of DDGs of the Republic of China Navy (Taiwan)

• ROCS Kee Lung (DDG-1801)
• ROCS Su Ao (DDG-1802)
• ROCS Tso Ying (DDG-1803)
• ROCS Ma Kong (DDG-1805)

[edit] List of DDGs of the Republic of Korea Navy

• ROKS King Sejong the Great (DDG-991)

[edit] List of DDGs of the Royal Navy

HMS Daring Type 45 destroyer.

Type 45 destroyer

• HMS Daring (D32)
• HMD Dauntless (D33)
• HMS Diamond (D34)
• HMS Dragon (D35)
• HMS Defender (D36)
• HMS Duncan (D37)

Type 42 destroyer

• HMS Exeter (D89)
• HMS Nottingham (D91)
• HMS Southampton (D90)
• HMS Liverpool (D92)
• HMS Manchester (D95)
• HMS Edinburgh (D97)
• HMS Gloucester (D96)
• HMS York (D98)

[edit] List of DDGs of the US Navy

USS Ross, an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer

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)
• Stockdale (DDG 106)
• Gravely (DDG 107)
• Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108)
• Jason Dunham (DDG 109)
• William P. Lawrence (DDG 110)
• Spruance (DDG 111)

[edit] Former Guided Missile Destroyer classes

• Charles F. Adams class destroyer
• County class destroyer

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