Talk:Samuel B. Roberts/@comment-28781449-20180423150942/@comment-1017333-20180423191152

>What people have been calling DE's are more correctly identified as Frigates.

You are technically correct (the best kind of correct).

However, Frigate doesn't have a useful definitive meaning in circa 1940 US naval parlance. For instance, it could easily refer to a 5500 ton DL. It is a reasonable term in British Parlance, but Sloop would probably be better. Similarly, is is a reasonable term after the 1970 changes, but Small Frigate would be better. Here is an example of small frigate being used. However, in the 1940s FS refers to a type of army supply vessel. Instead the US used terms like PCE to refer to this sort of ship, as seen here.