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Escort Destroyer (other)
Escort destroyer (DDE) is a US Navy post World War II classification for destroyers (DD) modified for and assigned to escort fleets. Escort destroyer may also refer to: * , a class of destroyers of the Royal Navy designed to escort convoys * , a class of escort destroyers operated by the Royal Australian Navy * , a grouping of similar classes of Royal Navy First World War destroyers used for convoy escort in the Second World War * , a class of fleet escorts used by the Kriegsmarine during the Second World War * escort destroyers built by the Imperial Japanese Navy not intended to work with the fleet * escort destroyers built by the Imperial Japanese Navy not intended to work with the fleet See also *Destroyer escort, a US Navy classification for a smaller, lightly armed warship designed to be used to escort convoys of merchant marine ships * Royal Navy#Escort units, the escort fleet, in the form of frigates and destroyers *Destroyer escort (other) *Ocean escort Ocean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escort Destroyer
An escort destroyer with United States Navy hull classification symbol DDE was a destroyer (DD) modified for and assigned to a fleet escort role after World War II. These destroyers retained their original hull numbers. Later, in March 1950, the post World War II ASW destroyer (DDK) classification was merged with the DDE classification, resulting in all DDK ships being reclassified as DDE, but again retaining their original hull numbers. On 30 June 1962, the DDE classification was retired, and all DDEs were reclassified as destroyers (DD). ''Escort destroyers'' should not be confused with the cheaper, slower, less capable, and more lightly armed World War II ''destroyer escorts''. Concept Following the outbreak of World War II, the Royal Navy had inadequate numbers of warships suitable for escort of trade convoys. While more modern destroyers were assigned to screen capital ships, destroyers built during World War I were modified to serve as trade convoy escorts. Four V and W- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Destroyer Escort
Destroyer escort (DE) was the United States Navy mid-20th-century classification for a warship designed with the endurance necessary to escort mid-ocean convoys of merchant marine ships. Development of the destroyer escort was promoted by the British need in World War II for anti-submarine ships that could operate in open oceans at speeds of up to 20 knots. These "British Destroyer Escort"s were designed by the US for mass-production under Lend Lease as a less expensive alternative to fleet destroyers. The Royal Navy and Commonwealth forces identified such warships as frigates, and that classification was widely accepted when the United States redesignated destroyer escorts as frigates (FF) in 1975. From circa 1954 until 1975 new-build US Navy ships designated as destroyer escorts (DE) were called ocean escorts. Similar types of warships in other navies of the time included the 46 diesel-engined '' KaibÅkan'' of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 10 ''Kriegsmarine'' F-class ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by Kingdom of England, English and Kingdom of Scotland, Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against Kingdom of France, France. The modern Royal Navy traces its origins to the early 16th century; the oldest of the British Armed Forces, UK's armed services, it is consequently known as the Senior Service. From the middle decades of the 17th century, and through the 18th century, the Royal Navy vied with the Dutch Navy and later with the French Navy for maritime supremacy. From the mid 18th century, it was the world's most powerful navy until the World War II, Second World War. The Royal Navy played a key part in establishing and defending the British Empire, and four Imperial fortress colonies and a string of imperial bases and coaling stations secured the Royal Navy's ability to assert naval superiority ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Destroyer Escort (other)
Destroyer escort Destroyer escort (DE) was the United States Navy mid-20th-century classification for a warship designed with the endurance necessary to escort mid-ocean convoys of merchant marine ships. Development of the destroyer escort was promoted by ... is the US Navy classification for a smaller, lightly armed warship designed to be used to escort convoys of merchant marine ships. Destroyer escort may also refer to: * , a destroyer escort class of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force * , a designation given to 78 frigates of the Royal Navy, constructed in the United States * , a destroyer escort class of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force * , a class of fleet escorts used by the Kriegsmarine roughly comparable to American destroyer escorts * , a destroyer escort class of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force * , a destroyer escort class of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force * , a class of four escort destroyers operated by the Royal Canadian Navy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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