The first destroyers were armed with torpedoes and guns of varying weights. The first examples wielded by the United States were the steam-powered Bainbridge and Truxtun class of the early 20th ...
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Truxtun (DDG 103) completed an intense at-sea training period, Feb. 7. Truxtun’s completion of a sustainment exercise (SUSTEX) provided opportuniti ...
They were the crews of the destroyer USS Truxtun and the supply ship USS Pollux, which rammed into the cliffs of the Burin Peninsula during a blinding snowstorm. The two ships were part of a ...