List of destroyer classes in service

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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.

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Type 051B destroyer (NATO codename Luhai)

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Shenzhen

Type 051C destroyer (NATO codename Luzhou)

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Shijiazhuang

Type 052 destroyer (NATO codename Luhu)

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Qingdao
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Guangzhou
Type 052B destroyer (NATO codename Luyang I)

Type 052C destroyer (NATO codename Luyang II)

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Lanzhou

Type 052D destroyer (NATO codename Luyang III)

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Kunming

Type 055 destroyer (NATO codename Renhai)

Akizuki-class destroyer

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Fuyuzuki

Almirante Brown-class destroyer (MEKO 360H2 type)

Arleigh Burke-class destroyer

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Barry

Asagiri-class destroyer

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Asagiri

Atago-class destroyer

Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin (KDX-II)-class destroyer

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Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin

Delhi-class destroyer

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Mumbai

Durand de la Penne-class destroyer

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Durand de la Penne

Gwanggaeto the Great (KDX-1 Okpo)-class destroyer

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Yang Manchun

Hatakaze-class destroyer

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Hatakaze

Hatsuyuki-class destroyer

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Matsuyuki

Hobart-class destroyer

Horizon-class destroyer

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Caio Duilio (Italian Navy)

Kashin (Project 61M)-class destroyer

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Kashin

Kee Lung (Kidd)-class destroyer

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Kidd

Kolkata-class destroyer

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INS Kolkata

Kongō-class destroyer

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Myōkō

Maya-class destroyer

Murasame-class destroyer

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Ikazuchi

Sejong the Great (KDX-III)-class destroyer

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Sejong the Great

Sovremenny (Project 956 Sarych)-class destroyer

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Taizhou (Chinese Navy)

Takanami-class destroyer

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Ōnami

Type 42 destroyer

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Liverpool

Type 45 destroyer

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Dauntless

Udaloy (Project 1155 Fregat)-class destroyer

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Marshal Shaposhnikov

Visakhapatnam class-class destroyer

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INS Mormugao

Zumwalt-class destroyer

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