US Navy – Ships  /  DL, DLG, DLGN

 

Destroyer Leaders – DL

Class

Ship(s)   (year of commissioning)

 

 

Norfolk (1 ship)

DL 1 USS Norfolk (1953)

 

 

Mitscher (4 ships)

INFO – Destroyer Leader / Mitscher – Class

 

DL 2 USS Mitscher (1953)     converted to DDG 35

 

DL 3 USS John S. McCain (1953)     converted to DDG 36

 

DL 4 USS Willis A. Lee (1954)

 

DL 5 USS Wilkinson (1954)

 

 

Guided Missile Destroyer Leaders – DLG

 

 

Farragut (10 ships)

INFO – Guided Missile Destroyer Leader / Farragut (Coontz) – Class

 

note: all Farragut (Coontz) class DLG's were reclassified to DDG's on June 30, 1975

 

DLG 6 / DDG 37 USS Farragut (1960)

 

DLG 7 / DDG 38 USS Luce (1961)

 

DLG 8 / DDG 39 USS MacDonough (1961)

 

DLG 9 / DDG 40 USS Coontz (1960)

 

DLG 10 / DDG 41 USS King (1960)

 

DLG 11 / DDG 42 USS Mahan (1960)

 

DLG 12 / DDG 43 USS Dahlgren (1961)

 

DLG 13 / DDG 44 USS William V. Pratt (1961)

 

DLG 14 / DDG 45 USS Dewey (1959)

 

DLG 15 / DDG 46 USS Preble (1960)

 

 

Leahy (9 ships)

INFO – Guided Missile Destroyer Leader / Leahy – Class

 

note: all Leahy class DLG's were reclassified to Guided Missile Cruisers (CG) on June 30, 1975

 

DLG 16 / CG 16 USS Leahy (1962)

 

DLG 17 / CG 17 USS Harry E. Yarnell (1963)

 

DLG 18 / CG 18 USS Worden (1963)

 

DLG 19 / CG 19 USS Dale (1963)

 

DLG 20 / CG 20 USS Richmond K. Turner (1964)

 

DLG 21 / CG 21 USS Gridley (1963)

 

DLG 22 / CG 22 USS England (1963)

 

DLG 23 / CG 23 USS Halsey (1963)

 

DLG 24 / CG 24 USS Reeves (1964)

 

 

Belknap (9 ships)

INFO – Guided Missile Destroyer Leader / Belknap – Class

 

note: all Belknap class DLG's were reclassified to Guided Missile Cruisers (CG) on June 30, 1975

 

DLG 26 / CG 26 USS Belknap (1964)

 

DLG 27 / CG 27 USS Josephus Daniels (1965)

 

DLG 28 / CG 28 USS Wainwright (1966)

 

DLG 29 / CG 29 USS Jouett (1966)

 

DLG 30 / CG 30 USS Horne (1967)

 

DLG 31 / CG 31 USS Sterett (1967)

 

DLG 32 / CG 32 USS William H. Standley (1966)

 

DLG 33 / CG 33 USS Fox (1966)

 

DLG 34 / CG 34 USS Biddle (1967)

 

 

Guided Missile Destroyer Leaders (nuclear propulsion) – DLGN

 

 

Bainbridge (1 ship)

DLGN 25 / CGN 25 USS Bainbridge (1962)

 

 

Truxtun (1 ship)

DLGN 35 / CGN 35 USS Truxtun (1967)

 

 

California (2 ships)

INFO – Guided Missile Destroyer Leader / California – Class

 

note: the 2 California class DLGN's were reclassified to Guided Missile Cruisers (CGN) on June 30, 1975

 

DLGN 36 / CGN 36 USS California (1974)

 

DLGN 37 / CGN 37 USS South Carolina (1975)

 

 

Virginia (4 ships)

INFO – Guided Missile Destroyer Leader / Virginia – Class

 

note: all Virginia class DLGN's were reclassified to Guided Missile Cruisers (CGN) on June 30, 1975

 

DLGN 38 / CGN 38 USS Virginia (1976)

 

DLGN 39 / CGN 39 USS Texas (1977)

 

DLGN 40 / CGN 40 USS Mississippi (1978)

 

DLGN 41 / CGN 41 USS Arkansas (1980)

 

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