Destroyer leader
US Navy designation for large destroyers / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about United States Navy nomenclature of the 1950s. For earlier terminology for similar ships, see Flotilla leader.
Destroyer leader (DL) was the United States Navy designation for large destroyers from 9 February 1951 through the early years of the Cold War. United States ships with hull classification symbol DL were officially frigates from 1 January 1955[1] until 1975. The smaller destroyer leaders were reclassified as destroyers and the larger as cruisers by the United States Navy 1975 ship reclassification so destroyer escorts could be reclassified as frigates (FF) in conformance with international usage of the term.