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MASS(Military Archive Scoring System)
ⓘ Regardless of era, the same scoring system applies to all units in the destroyers category.
01 / Overview
Battle-class destroyer
Category
Country
Prime contractor
Production
1944–1949
Quantity
26
Operators
💰 PERFORMANCE / PRICE ASSESSMENT Methodology ↗
DESTROYERS · WORLD WAR II
7
PERFORMANCE/PRICE
62
UNIT COST (2025 USD)
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ⓘ Performance/Price and MASS score are computed across all units in the destroyers category, regardless of era.
02 / Specs & Design
◎Identification6MOD.6
- Hull Classificationdestroyer
- Ship Typedestroyer
- Builder / ShipyardAlexander Stephens & Sons, Cammell Laird, Cockatoo Docks and Engineering, Fairfield Shipbuilding & Eng.Co., John Brown and Company, R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co., Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Vickers-Armstrongs, Williamstown Dockyard
- Laid Down1942
- Ships in Class26
- In ServiceYes
◈Displacement3MOD.3
- Light Displacement2,315 t
- Standard Displacement2,480 t
- Full Load Displacement3,290 t
▣Dimensions3MOD.3
- Length (overall)115.5 m
- Beam12.3 m
- Draft3.89 m
◇Complement1MOD.1
- Total Complement247
◆Propulsion8MOD.8
- PropulsionSteam Turbine
- Arrangement (CODAG/COGAG…)2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 Parsons geared steam turbines
- Number of Engines2
- Shaft Power37,285 kW
- Shafts / Screws2
- Top Speed34 kn
- Range4,400
- Nuclear-PoweredNo
▤Gun Armament5MOD.5
- Main Gun4.5 in guns QF Mark III
- Main Gun Calibre114 mm
- Main Gun Count4
- Secondary Guns40 mm Bofors, 4 in gun QF Mk. XXIII
- CIWS40 mm Bofors STAAG Mk. II
⬢Missile Armament3MOD.3
▲Underwater Warfare4MOD.4
- Torpedo Tubes8
- ASW CapabilityYes
- Hull-Mounted SonarNo
- Towed Array SonarNo
◎Aviation5MOD.5
- Embarked Helicopters0
- HangarNo
- Flight DeckNo
- Fixed-Wing Aircraft0
- UAV CapabilityNo
◈Sensors & Combat Systems4MOD.4
- Air-Search RadarRadar Type 282, Radar Type 262
- Phased-Array RadarNo
- Aegis / EquivalentNo
- Electronic WarfareNo
▣Survivability5MOD.5
- CBRN CitadelNo
- DegaussingNo
- Hull Materialsteel
- Stealth ShapingNo
- Automated Damage ControlYes
◇Fleet Status3MOD.3
- Completed26
- Under Construction0
- Lost1
03 / History
SERVICE LIFESPANStill in Service
- 1944Production started
- 1949Production ended
82
years in service
5
years in production
26
units produced
4
countries operating
ⓘ The producing country still actively operates it.
04 / Operators
Operator Countries4country
05 / MASS Score
DESTROYERS RANKING Destroyers · World War II
MASS RANKINGSMASS ↗
100DESTROYERS7WORLD WAR II · DESTROYERS253UNITED KINGDOM · ALL WEAPONS392PERFORMANCE/PRICE · DESTROYERS
ⓘ Rankings are within theDestroyerscategory.
📖 TERMS ON THIS PAGE3terms
Anti-Submarine Warfare. Capability to detect, track, and engage submarines.
Automated Damage Control is a shipboard system that detects, assesses, and mitigates combat damage on aircraft carriers using sensors and software to enhance response speed and reduce crew workload.
A mechanical device that converts steam pressure into rotational energy, used to drive shipboard generators or propulsion systems.
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