From 1971 to 1974, Destroyer Squadron 26 was selected by the Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Elmo Zumwalt, to evaluate a new manning concept in which ships would be manned and commanded by outstanding officers one rank junior to those normally assigned.
destroyer | The Sabre Squadron | No. 33 Squadron RAF | No. 263 Squadron RAF | Destroyer | squadron | Pacific Squadron | No. 45 Squadron RAF | No. 127 Squadron RAF | Conan the Destroyer | No. 617 Squadron RAF | No. 43 Squadron RAF | No. 38 Squadron RAF | No. 107 Squadron RAF | German East Asia Squadron | Far East Squadron | Type 45 destroyer | Squadron (aviation) | No. 77 Squadron RAAF | No. 71 Squadron RAF | No. 49 Squadron RAF | No. 48 Squadron RAF | No. 2 Squadron RAF | No. 233 Squadron RAF | No. 133 Squadron RAF | Korean Destroyer eXperimental | Kongō-class destroyer | German destroyer Z18 Hans Lüdemann | destroyer ''Kongō'' (DDG-173) | Asiatic Squadron |