The list of destroyer classes in service includes all those currently with navies or armed forces and auxiliaries in the world. Ships are grouped by type, and listed alphabetically within.
Type 051B destroyer (NATO codename Luhai)
Builders: (Dalian Shipyard in Dalian) Type: Multi-role guided-missile destroyer Displacement: 6,100 tons Aircraft: 1 × Z-9C Haitun helicopter Armament: After refit: 16 × YJ-12 SSM; 32-cell H/AJK16 VLS HQ-16; 1 × dual Type 79A 100 mm naval gun; 2 × Type 1130 CIWS Powerplant: 2 × steam turbines; total power Speed: Range: at Ships in class: 1 Operator: Commissioned: 1999 Status: in active service
Type 051C destroyer (NATO codename Luzhou)
Builders: (Dalian Shipyard in Dalian) Type: Air defense guided-missile destroyer Displacement: 7,100 tons Aircraft: 1 Kamov Ka-28 helicopter Armament: 8 YJ-83, 48 vertically launched S-300FM (SA-N-20) SAM, 1 × 100 mm gun; 2 × 30 mm Type 730 CIWS; 4 × 18 barrel multiple rocket launcher, 2 triple 324 mm ASW torpedo tubes Powerplant: 2 indigenous steam turbines Speed: 30 knots Ships in class: 2 Operator: Commissioned: 2006 Status: In active service
Type 052 destroyer (NATO codename Luhu)
Builders: (Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai) Type: Multi-role guided-missile destroyer Displacement: 4,800 tons Aircraft: 2 × Z-9 Haitun helicopters Armament: 16 × C-802 SSM; 8 × HQ-7 SAM + reloads; 1 × dual-100 mm gun; 2 × 30mm Type 730 CIWS (after 2011 refit); 6 × 533 mm torpedo tubes Powerplant: CODOG arrangement; 2 MTU diesels plus 2 LM2500 gas turbines; 2 shafts; 53,600 shp total power Speed: 30 knots Range: 5,000 nmi at 15 knots Ships in class: 2 Operator: Commissioned: 1993 Status: In active service
Type 052B destroyer (NATO codename Luyang I) Builders: (Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai) Type: Multi-role guided-missile destroyer Displacement: 6,200 tons Aircraft: 1 Kamov Ka-28 helicopter Armament: 16 × YJ-83 SSM, 48 × SA-N-12 SAM, 1 × 100 mm gun, 2 × 30 mm Type 730 CIWS, 2 × Triple 324 mm ASW torpedo tubes, 2 × Type 75, 12-barrel 240 mm antisubmarine rocket launchers, 4 × 18-barrel multiple rocket launcher Powerplant: 2 Ukraine DN80 gas-turbines and 2 MTU Friedrichshafen 12V 1163TB83 diesels Speed: 30 knots Ships in class: 2 Operator: Commissioned: July 2004 Status: In active service
Type 052C destroyer (NATO codename Luyang II)
Builders: (Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai) Type: Air defense guided-missile destroyer Displacement: 7,000 tons Aircraft: 1 -2 Kamov Ka-28 helicopter Armament: 8 × large Anti-ship missile in 2 × quad cells, possibly YJ-62 (C-602), 48 × vertically launched HHQ-9 SAM, 1 × 100 mm gun; 2 × 30 mm Type 730 CIWS; 4 × 18 barrel Multiple rocket launcher, 2 × triple 324 mm ASW torpedo tubes Powerplant: 2 Ukraine DN80 gas-turbines and 2 MTU Friedrichshafen 12V 1163TB83 diesels Speed: 30 knots Ships in class: 6 Operator: Commissioned: July 2004 Status: In active service
Type 052D destroyer (NATO codename Luyang III)
Builders: (Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai) Type: Air defense guided-missile destroyer Displacement: 7,500 tons Aircraft: 1 -2 Kamov Ka-28 helicopter Armament: Anti-ship missiles, 64 × vertically launched SAM, 1 × 130 mm gun; 1 × Type 730 CIWS; 2 × triple ASW torpedo tubes Powerplant: 2 gas-turbines and 2 MTU diesel engines Speed: 30 knots Ships in class: 35 in service Operator: Commissioned: March 2014 Status: 35 in active service
Type 055 destroyer (NATO codename Renhai)
Builders: (Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai, Dalian Shipyard in Dalian) Type: Guided-missile destroyer Displacement: 12–13,000 tons Aircraft: 2 medium-lift helicopters Armament: 1 × H/PJ-38 130 mm gun; 1 × H/PJ-11 CIWS; 1 × HHQ-10 short-range SAM 24-cell launcher; 112 VLS cells for: HHQ-9 surface-to-air missiles, YJ-18 anti-ship cruise missiles, CJ-10 land-attack cruise missiles, Missile-launched anti-submarine torpedoes; 2 × sets of 324 mm torpedo tubes, Yu-7 torpedoes Powerplant: 6 × QD-50 turbine generators (5 MW (6,700 hp) each) Speed: 30 knots Ships in class: 10 in service; a total of 16 are planned Operator: Commissioned: January 2020 Status: 8 in active service
-class destroyer
Type: Guided-missile destroyer Builder: Displacement: 5,000 tons (empty); 6,800 tons (full load) Operator: : 4 in service
-class destroyer (MEKO 360H2 type) Builder: Displacement: 2,900 tons (empty); 3,360 tons (full load) Operator: : 3 in service
-class destroyer
Type: Large multi-role guided-missile destroyer Builder: (Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, and Northrop Grumman Ship Systems in Pascagoula, Mississippi) Displacement: Flight I: 8,315 tons Flight II: 8,400 tons Flight IIA: 9,500 tons Flight III: 9,700 tons Aircraft: 2 SH-60 Seahawk helicopters (Flight IIA only) Armament: 96 cell vertical launch system for SM-2, SM-3, SM-6, quad-packed ESSM, Tomahawk, or VL-Asroc; 1 × 5-inch DP gun; 6 × Mk 46 torpedo tubes Propulsion: 4 × LM2500 gas turbines (100,000 shp) Speed: Ships in class: 70 21 Flight I 7 Flight II 2 Flight IIA (with 5"/54 gun) 4 Flight IIA (with 5"/62 guns) 28 Flight IIA (with 5"/62 guns), one 20mm CIWS variant 2 Flight IIA Restart (1 additional Ships planned) Flight IIA Technology Insertion (10 planned) Flight III (14 currently planned) Operator: Commissioned: 4 July 1991 Status: In active service
-class destroyer
Type: Multi-role destroyer Builder: (IHI in Tokyo and others) Displacement: 3,500 tons (empty); 5,200 tons (full load) Armament: RGM-84 Harpoon SSM, Sea Sparrow, ASROC anti-submarine rocket, 1 × 76 mm 62cal rapid fire gun (OTO Melara 3), 2 × 20mm CIWS, 2 × Type 68 triple torpedo tubes Propulsion: 4 gas turbines, two shafts (54,000 shaft horsepower) Speed: Ships in class: 8 Operator: Commissioned: 17 March 1988 Status: In active service; 2 converted to training vessels
-class destroyer Builder: (MHI) Type: Large guided-missile destroyer Displacement: 10,000 tons Armament: 1 × 5-inch (127 mm/L62) Mk 45 Mod 4 naval gun in a stealth-shaped mount. (Made by Japan Steel Works licensed from its original manufacturer); 2 × missile canister up to 8 Type 90 (SSM-1B); 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS; 2 × Type 68 triple torpedo tubes (6 × Mk 46 or Type 73 torpedoes); 96-cell Mk 41 VLS: (64 at the bow / 32 cells at the stern aft) for a mix of: SM-2MR Standard missile, SM-3 anti-ballistic missile and RUM-139 vertical launch ASROC (anti-submarine) Powerplant: CODOG Speed: 30 knots Ships in class: 2 Operator: Commissioned: 15 March 2007 Status: In active service
(KDX-II)-class destroyer
Builders: Type: Guided-missile destroyer Displacement: 6,520 tons Armament: 1 32-cell Mk 41 VLS for SM-2 SM-2 Block IIIA SAM, 1 21-round RAM launcher, 1 30 mm Goalkeeper CIWS, 1 Mk 45 Mod4 127 mm gun, 8 Harpoon SSM, 2 triple 324 mm torpedo tubes Powerplant: CODOG 2 MTU 20V 956 TB 82 diesel, 2 LM2500 gas turbines, 2 shafts Speed: 30 knots Ships in class: 6 Operator: Commissioned: December 2003 Status: In active service
-class destroyer
Builders: (Mazgaon Dockyard in Mumbai) Type: Guided-missile destroyer Displacement: 6,200 tons Aircraft: 2 Sea King helicopters Armament: 8 × BhraMos slant launchers; 2 × 3S-90 launchers fitted with Shtil SAM system; 1 × 100 mm AK-100; 4 × 30 mm AK-630; 5 × 533 mm PTA 533 quintuple torpedo tube launchers; 2 × RBU-6000 Anti-submarine rocket launchers Powerplant: 2 cruise diesels and 2 AM-50 boost gas turbines, 60,000 shp total power Speed: 32+ knots Ships in class: 3 total Operator: Commissioned: 15 November 1997 Status: All in active service
-class destroyer
Builders: Displacement: 5,560 tons Armament: 1 Standard SAM launcher, 1 octuple Aspide SAM missile launcher, 8 Otomat SSM, 1 127 mm gun, 3 Otobreda 76 mm guns, 6 324 mm torpedo tubes Powerplant: 2 LM-2500 gas turbines, 2 Diesels Speed: 31.5 knots Ships in class: 2 Operator: Commissioned: 1993 Status: In active service
(KDX-1 Okpo)-class destroyer
Builders: (Daewoo in Geoje) Type: Destroyer Displacement: 3,900 tons Armament: 2 × quadruple Harpoon missile canisters, 1 × Mk 48 Mod 2 VLS with 16 Sea Sparrow missiles, 1 × OTO Melara 127 mm (5 in)/54 gun, 2 × Signaal 30 mm Goalkeeper CIWS, 2 × triple Mark 46 torpedo tubes Aircraft: 2 × Super Lynx helicopters Powerplant: 2 General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines and 2 SsangYong 20V 956 TB 82 diesel engines; two shafts Speed: 30 knots Ships in class: 3 Operator: Commissioned: 24 July 1998 Status: In active service
-class destroyer
Builders: (Mitsubishi in Nagasaki) Type: Guided-missile destroyer Displacement: Hatakaze: 6,096 tons Shimakaze: 6,147 tons Armament: RGM-84 Harpoon SSM, RIM-66B Standard SAM, ASROC anti-submarine rocket, 2 × 5-inch 54cal rapid fire gun (Mk 42), 2 × 20 mm CIWS, 2 × Type 68 triple torpedo tubes Powerplant: 4 gas turbines (2 × Kawasaki Rolls-Royce Spey SM1A for cruising) (2 × Olympus TM3B x2 for high speed only); two shafts (72,000 shaft horsepower) Speed: 30 knots Ships in class: 2 Operator: Commissioned: 27 March 1986 Status: In active service
-class destroyer Builders: (Navantia, in Ferrol) Type: Air Warfare Destroyer Displacement: 7,000 tons Aircraft: MH-60 Seahawk Armament: *48-cell Mark 41 Vertical Launch System, RIM-66 Standard 2 missile, RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow missile, 2 × 4-canister Harpoon missile launchers, 1 × Mark 45 (Mod 4) 5-inch gun, 2 × Mark 32 Mod 9 two-tube torpedo launchers, Eurotorp MU90 torpedoes, 1 × Phalanx CIWS, 2 × 25mm M242 Bushmaster autocannons in Typhoon mounts Powerplant: Combined diesel or gas (CODOG) arrangement, 2 × General Electric Marine model 7LM2500-SA-MLG38 gas turbines, 17,500 kilowatts (23,500 hp) each, 2 × Caterpillar Bravo 16 V Bravo diesel engines, 5,650 kilowatts (7,580 hp) each, 2 × controllable pitch propellers Speed: Over Range: Over at Ships in class: 3 Operator: Commissioned: 2017 Status: In active service
-class destroyer
Builders: , Type: Anti-air warfare frigate Displacement: 5,290 tons (7,050 tons full load) Aircraft: 1 NH90 or EH101 Armament: 8 × ExocetMM40 SSM (French version) or 8 × TESEO Mk 2/A SSM (Italian version), 2 × Otobreda 76 mm super rapid guns, 2 × 20 mm modèle F2 guns or 2 × KBA Oerlikon 25 mm/80, PAAMS (Principal Anti-Air Missile System): Sylver A50 vertical launchers with 32 Aster 30 and 16 Aster 15 missiles, 2 × MU90 Impact double torpedo tubes, 2 × SCLAR-H chaff, decoy and flares launchers, 2 × SLAT anti torpedo system Powerplant: 2 × 31,280 hp GE/Avio General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 2 × 5,875 hp SEMT Pielstick 12 PA6 STC diesels Speed: 29 knots Range: 7,000 nmi at 18 knots Ships in class: 4 Operator: , Commissioned: 2007 Status: In active service
(Project 61M)-class destroyer
Builder: Type: Surface warfare guided-missile destroyer Displacement: 4,390 tons Armament: 32 SA-N-1 SAM; 4 × 76 mm guns; 5 × 533 mm torpedo tubes; 4 RBU-6000 Powerplant: COGAG arrangement; 4 M8E gas turbines; 2 shafts; total power Speed: Range: at Ships in class: 25 total: 14 Kashin, 6 Kashin Mod, and 5 class Operators: , , Commissioned: 1960 Status: 2 Rajput in active service
Kee Lung (Kidd)-class destroyer
Builders: Type: Guided-missile destroyer Displacement: 9,783 tons Armament: 2 × Mark 26 Standard missile launchers, 2 × Mark 141 quad launcher with 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon, 2 × Mark 15 20mm Phalanx CIWS, 2 × Mark 45 5in/54 caliber gun, 2 × Mark 32 triple tube mounts with 6 × Mark 46 torpedoes1 × Mark 112 ASROC launcher Propulsion: 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 80,000 shp total Speed: 35 knots Ships in class: 4 Operators: Commissioned: 21 March 1981 Status: In active service
-class destroyer
Builders: (Mazagaon Dockyard) Type: Guided-missile destroyer Displacement: 7,400 tons Aircraft: 2 Sea King or Dhruv helicopters