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Definitions of destroyers in various dictionaries:
noun - a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship
noun - a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to
DESTROYERS - In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, maneuverable long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group...
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| Tin Can Sailors is the name of a group of sailors who served on these ships that defend warships from attack |
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| Plural form of destroyer. |
| a small, fast warship, especially one equipped for a defensive role against submarines and aircraft. |
| A small, fast warship, especially one equipped for a defensive role against submarines and aircraft. |
| A person or thing that destroys something. |
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| In naval terminology, a Destroyer is a fast, maneuverable long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller powerful short-range attackers. They were originally developed in the late 19th century as a defense against torpedo boats, and by the time of the Russo-Japanese War in 1904, these "torpedo boat destroyers" (TBDs) were "large, swift, and powerfully armed torpedo boats designed to destroy other torpedo boats." Although the term "destroyer" had been used interchangeably with "TBD" and "torpedo boat destroyer" by navies since 1892, the term "torpedo boat destroyer" had been generally shortened to simply "destroyer" by nearly all navies by the First World War.Before World War II destroyers were light vessels with little endurance for unattended ocean operations; typically a number of destroyers and a single destroyer tender operated together. After the war, the advent of the guided missile allowed destroyers to |