Destroyer escort (disambiguation)

Destroyer escort is the US Navy classification for a smaller, lightly armed warship designed to be used to escort convoys of merchant marine ships.

Destroyer escort may also refer to:

• Abukuma-class destroyer escort, a destroyer escort class of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force
• Captain-class frigate, a designation given to 78 frigates of the Royal Navy, constructed in the United States
• Chikugo-class destroyer escort, a destroyer escort class of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force
• F-class escort ship, a class of fleet escorts used by the Kriegsmarine roughly comparable to American destroyer escorts
• Ishikari-class destroyer escort, a destroyer escort class of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force
• Isuzu-class destroyer escort, a destroyer escort class of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force
• Mackenzie-class destroyer, a class of four escort destroyers operated by the Royal Canadian Navy
• Restigouche-class destroyer, a class of seven escort destroyers operated by the Royal Canadian Navy
• River-class destroyer escort, a class of six escort destroyers operated by the Royal Australian Navy
• St. Laurent-class destroyer, a class of seven escort destroyers operated by the Royal Canadian Navy
• V and W-class destroyer, a class of destroyer built for the Royal Navy under the War Emergency Programme of the First World War
• Yūbari-class destroyer escort, a destroyer escort class of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force