Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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The leading destroyer-escort candidates

An American candidate apparently called the Sumners and the Batch III Hunts are preferred, with disagreement about the American ships' classification.

Convoy EscortEscort DestroyersHunt Class Destroyers
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Question

What was the ultimate destroyer escort?

Short answer

The American candidate appears to be the Sumners, with Batch III Hunts as the alternative and disagreement over the escort-destroyer category.

Notes

The preferred American candidate sounds like the Sumners, with the qualification that the choice applies to their own period. Batch III Hunt-class ships are the British alternative. The American ships receive more support in the comparison. Their category is disputed: one participant asks whether they are simply destroyers, while another calls them escort destroyers.