Destroyer escort (disambiguation)

Destroyer escort 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:

• Abukuma class destroyer escort, a destroyer escort class of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force
• Captain class frigate, a designation given to 78 frigates of the Royal Navy, constructed in the USA
• Chikugo class destroyer escort, a destroyer escort class of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force
• F class escort ship, a class of fleet escorts used by the Kriegsmarine roughly comparable to American destroyer escorts
• Ishikari class destroyer escort, a destroyer escort class of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force
• Isuzu class destroyer escort, a destroyer escort class of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force
• Mackenzie-class destroyer escort, a class of four escort destroyers operated by the Royal Canadian Navy
• Restigouche-class destroyer escort, a class of seven escort destroyers operated by the Royal Canadian Navy
• River class destroyer escort, a class of six escort destroyers operated by the Royal Australian Navy
• St. Laurent-class destroyer escort, a class of seven escort destroyers operated by the Royal Canadian Navy
• V and W class destroyer, a class of destroyer built for the Royal Navy under the War Emergency Programme of the First World War
• Yubari class destroyer escort, a destroyer escort class of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force

See also

• Escort destroyer (disambiguation)
• Ocean escort, type of United States Navy warship
• Frigate, any of several types of warship