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U.S. Navy [[ocean escort|destroyer escort]] of the [[John C. Butler-class]], commissioned on 28 Apr

*One or two [[Perry-class]] frigates, which are smaller, lighter [[ocean escort]]s, not as fast as the other ships, which are useful if the replenishment s

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...d on [[California-class]] [[cruiser]]s and [[Oliver Hazard Perry-class]] [[ocean escort|frigate]]s.

...but having gone through calling them "frigates" much larger than today's [[ocean escort]] frigates, and [[destroyer leader]]s. [[Burke-class]] destroyers operation

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...s have three and Ticonderoga-class cruisers have four AN/SPG-62's. Spanish ocean escort|F-100 frigates, versions of which are used by Australia, Norway and South K

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...(FFG-57)]] , an [[Oliver Hazard Perry-class]] "frigate" or light destroyer/ocean escort.

*'''F''': [[Ocean escort]]s, called frigates in the current [[United States Navy]] but having an ext

...e in the [[United States Navy]] and other navies. Functionally, they are [[ocean escort]]s, primarily for [[anti-submarine warfare]] with a local and limited [[ant

...ed by their own side's anti-submarine warfare forces. In October 1943, the ocean escort|destroyer escort ''USS Rowell'' sank the ''USS Seawolf''. A sister escort t

...for use against convoy escorts, such as [[destroyer]]s and less powerful [[ocean escort]]s.

...rable to many modern cruiser roles, but a modern frigate is sometimes an [[ocean escort]] lighter than a destroyer or cruiser, perhaps on a merchant-grade hull. Al ...e multirole but extremely strong antiair [[Burke-class]] destroyers. The "ocean escort" has had a wide range of names, but a fundamental mission of [[convoy]] esc

...lapped the "destroyer" role. Most common among these roles are cruiser and ocean escort. Another type of vessel, whose nomenclature is the root of "destroyer", ha ...ia, and Bronstein Classes, changed name and designation to frigates (FF). Ocean escort, however, is the generic name for ships that are in the convoy escort role,

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