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Guided missile destroyer

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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 who have a primary gun armament and/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.
  • Royal Australian Navy 

  • People's Liberation Army Navy 

  • French Navy 

  • Marina Militare 

  • Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force 

  • Republic of Korea Navy 

  • Royal Navy 

  • Spanish Navy 

  • United States Navy 

  • Former guided-missile destroyer classes