By World War II the threat had evolved once again. Submarines were more effective, and aircraft had become important weapons of naval warfare; once again the fleet destroyers were ill-equipped for combating these new targets. They were fitted with new anti-aircraft guns, radar, and forward-launched ASW weapons, in addition to their existing light guns, depth charges, and torpedoes. By this time the destroyers had become large, multi-purpose vessels, expensive targets in their own right. As a result, casualties on destroyers were one of the highest. This led to the introduction of smaller and cheaper specialized anti-submarine warships called corvettes and frigates by the Royal Navy and destroyer escorts by the USN. A similar programme was belatedly started by the Japanese (Matsu class destroyer). These ships had the size and displacement of the original torpedo boat destroyers that the contemporary destroyer had evolved from.
List of Destroyer in World War II:
List of Destroyer in World War II:
| Destroyer Batteship | Picture | spesifikasi | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ognevoy class destroyer | Russia | 1944 | ||
| Visby class destroyer | Sweden | 1943 | ||
| Allen M. Sumner class destroyer | US | 1943 | ||
| Battle class | Australia - UK | 1942 | ||
| Fletcher class destroyer | US | 1942 | ||
| Gerard Callenburgh class destroyer | Netherlands | 1941 | ||
| Opytny class destroyer | Russia | 1941 | ||
| Soobrazitelny class destroyer | Russia | 1940 | ||
| Benson class destroyer | US | 1940 | ||
| Gleaves class destroyer | US | 1940 | ||
| Mogador class destroyer | France | 1939 | ||
| Soldati class destroyer | Russia | 1939 | ||
| Tashkent class destroyer | Russia | 1939 | ||
| Sims class destroyer | US | 1939 | ||
| Benham class destroyer | US | 1939 | ||
| J, K and N class | UK | 1938 | ||
| Tribal class, or Afridi class | UK | 1938 | ||
| Gnevny class destroyer | Russia | 1938 | ||
| Yugoslav destroyer R-11 split | Yugoslavia | 1938 | ||
| Z17 Diether von Roeder | Germany | 1937 | ||
| Z4 Richard Beitzen | Germany | 1937 | ||
| Oriani class destroyer | Italy | 1937 | ||
| Somers class destroyer | US | 1937 | ||
| Bagley class destroyer | US | 1937 | ||
| Gridley class destroyer | US | 1937 | ||
| Hardi class destroyer | France | 1936 | ||
| Zerstörer 1936A-Narvik-class destroyers | Germany | 1936 | ||
| Sleipner class destroyer | Norway | 1936 | ||
| Leningrad class destroyer | Russia | 1936 | ||
| Mahan class destroyer | US | 1936 | ||
| Porter class destroyer | US | 1936 | ||
| Maestrale class destroyer | Italy | 1934 | ||
| Farragut class destroyer | US | 1934 | ||
| Fantasque class destroyer | France | 1933 | ||
| Folgore class destroyer | Italy | 1932 | ||
| Vauquelin class destroyer | France | 1931 | ||
| Aigle class destroyers | France | 1931 | ||
| Freccia class destroyer | Italy | 1931 | ||
| Beograd class destroyer | Yugoslavia | 1930 | ||
| JRM Dubrovnik | Yugoslavia | 1930 | ||
| Guépard class destroyer | France | 1930 | ||
| Mendoza class | Argentina | 1929 | ||
| Navigatori class destroyer | Italy | 1929 | ||
| Adroit class destroyer | France | 1928 | ||
| Admiralen class destroyer | Netherlands | 1928 | ||
| Sauro class destroyer | Italy | 1927 | ||
| Turbine class destroyer | Italy | 1927 | ||
| Churruca class destroyer | Spain | 1927 | ||
| Churruca class destroyer | Spain | 1927 | ||
| Bourrasque class destroyer | France | 1926 | ||
| Sella class destroyer | Italy | 1926 | ||
| Leone class destroyer | Italy | 1924 | ||
| Curtatone class destroyer | Italy | 1924 | ||
| Chacal class destroyer | France | 1923 | ||
| Clemson class destroyer | US | 1919 |
