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: , a destroyer escort class of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force , a designation given to 78 frigates of the Royal Navy, constructed in the United States , a destroyer escort class of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force , a class of fleet escorts used by the Kriegsmarine roughly comparable to American destroyer escorts , a destroyer escort class of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force , a destroyer escort class of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force , a class of four escort destroyers operated by the Royal Canadian Navy , a class of seven escort destroyers operated by the Royal Canadian Navy , a class of six escort destroyers operated by the Royal Australian Navy , a class of seven escort destroyers operated by the Royal Canadian Navy , a class of destroyer built for the Royal Navy under the War Emergency Programme of the First World War , 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