Image Credits Black Rabbit Books Jason Knudson 14 19 23 DVIDS Petty Officer 1st Class Fred Gray IV 11 t Petty Officer 2nd Class Elliot Schaudt 24-25 Freepik andriistepaniuk 26 Brgfx 9 macrovector 9 Shutterstock TebNad 32 Wikimedia Commons DENNIS GRIGGS U.S Navy cover Don S. Montgomery USN Ret 14 MC1 Woody Shag Paschall U.S Navy 16-17 National Museum of the U.S. Navy 18-19 National Museum of the U.S. Navy 20-21 Petty Officer 1st Class Michelle Turner 12-13 United States Navy Huntington Ingalls Industries 4-5 U.S. Navy John F. Williams 22-23 U.S. Navy Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Chelsy Alamina 1 31 U.S. Navy Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Michael Starkey 3 11 b U.S. Navy Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan Sunderman 6-7 U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nicholas Russell 9 U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Ryan Jackson 29 Every effort has been made to contact copyright holders for material reproduced in this book Any omissions will be rectified in subsequent printings if notice is given to the publisher
CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 Ready to Defend 4 CHAPTER 2 Ship Bodyguard 8 CHAPTER 3 Types of Destroyers 18 CHAPTER 4 On Mission Other Resources 26 30
CHAPTER 1 Ready to DEFEND A destroyer sails fast It zig-zags across the open sea Its big radar scans the skies looking for danger Suddenly an alarm goes off An enemy has sent a missile And it is heading toward the ship 4
A destroyer is one of the most powerful ships in any navy 5
