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It arrived in eastern Thailand along with the USS Frank E. Petersen Jr., a guided-missile destroyer that had also been deployed in the Middle East, and the USS Robert Smalls, a guided-missile cruiser.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

According to U.S. authorities, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer requires the equivalent of 2.3 tonnes of rare earth elements.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Plans to replace ageing destroyer warships will be scrapped in favour of at least six new modern "hybrid" vessels equipped to deploy drones in the UK's upcoming defence plan.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

This motley pile, big enough to man a destroyer, is working together to literally support their sister’s audacious rise.

From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026

It is comparatively inexpensive: the cost of a single naval vessel of intermediate size— a modern destroyer, say—would pay for a decade-long program in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

However, new research from the University of Sydney suggests these infamous reef destroyers may also have a surprisingly beneficial side.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

Navy, and top officers are warning of worn out destroyers and compounding maintenance bills from months of heavy operations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

He said the eight sailors included "the Lincoln crew and sailors from the carrier airwing, strike group and destroyer squadron staff, escorting destroyers and all embarked aviation squadrons".

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

The U.S. currently has 19 warships in the waters of the Middle East, including two aircraft carriers and 13 guided-missile destroyers, according to a Navy official.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Almost immediately DDT was hailed as a means of stamping out insect- borne disease and winning the farmers’ war against crop destroyers overnight.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson