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They received the US Hull classification symbol APD; "AP" for transport and "D" for destroyer. In 1969, the remaining ships were reclassified as "Fast Amphibious Transports", hull symbol LPR . APDs were intended to deliver small units such as Marine Raiders , Underwater Demolition Teams , and United States Army Rangers onto hostile shores.
A frigate (/ ˈ f r ɪ ɡ ɪ t /) is a type of warship. In different eras, the roles and capabilities of ships classified as frigates have varied. The name frigate in the 17th to early 18th centuries was given to any full-rigged ship built for speed and maneuverability, intended to be used in scouting, escort and patrol roles. The term was ...
From the 1950s to 1975, the US Navy had three types of fast task force escorts and one type of convoy escort. The task force escorts were cruisers (hull classification symbols CAG/CLG/CG), frigates or destroyer-leaders (DL/DLG), and destroyers (DD/DDG); the convoy escorts were ocean escorts (DE/DEG), often called destroyer escorts as they retained the designation and number series of the World ...
This is a list of historical ship types, which includes any classification of ship that has ever been used, excluding smaller vessels considered to be boats.The classifications are not all mutually exclusive; a vessel may be both a full-rigged ship by description, and a collier or frigate by function.
DLG: Destroyer leader, guided missile (later frigate) (abolished 30 June 1975) DLGN: Destroyer leader, guided missile, nuclear-propulsion (later frigate) (abolished 30 June 1975) The DL category was established in 1951 with the abolition of the CLK category. CLK 1 became DL 1 and DD 927–930 became DL 2–5. By the mid-1950s the term destroyer ...
DER: Radar Picket Destroyer Escort (abolished 30 June 1975) DL: Destroyer Leader (later Frigate) (retired) DLG: Guided Missile Frigate (abolished 30 June 1975) DLGN: Guided Missile Frigate (Nuclear-Propulsion) (abolished 30 June 1975) DM: Destroyer Minelayer (retired) DMS: Destroyer Minesweeper (retired) DSRV: Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle
This is a list of frigates of World War II.The list includes frigate-class ships, such as US Navy "destroyer escorts", and British "escort destroyers" and sloops but US Navy "escort destroyers", are destroyer-class vessels and found in that list.
Destroyer escorts were optimized for antisubmarine warfare, having a tighter turning radius and more specialized armament (such as the forward-firing Hedgehog mortar) than fleet destroyers. The slower speed of destroyer escorts was not a liability in this context as sonar was useless at speeds over 20 knots (37 km/h).