Board Thread:Game Updates/@comment-3502824-20180328015558/@comment-32647310-20180330133832

Well, there is a difference between a Destroyer Escort (DE) and Escort Desroyer (DDE)

Destroyer Escorts are/were budget destroyers meant for endurance and escorting non-military vessels

Escort Destroyers are/were destroyers modified to function as an escort for fleet operations.

Kaibokans (IJN) and Frigates (RN) fall into the same design and role as USN DEs (such as Sammy B.)

What I really see happening is that if the new USN is the Hoel or Johnston, she will be a DD. If the new USN ship is Sammy B, then DE.