List of Fletcher-class destroyers
Appearance
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List of Fletcher-class destroyers and their dispositions. There were 175 of them built during World War II.[1]
Ships in class
Name | Hull no. | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned / Recommissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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Fletcher | DD-445 | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey | 2 October 1941 | 3 May 1942 | 30 June 1942 | 15 January 1947 | Sold for scrap, 22 February 1972[2] |
3 October 1949[3] | 1 October 1969 | ||||||
Radford | DD-446 | 2 October 1941 | 3 May 1942 | 22 July 1942 | 17 January 1946 | Sold for scrap October 1970 [1] | |
17 October 1949 | 10 November 1969[4] | ||||||
Jenkins | DD-447 | 27 November 1941 | 21 June 1942 | 31 July 1942 | 1 May 1946 | Sold for scrap, 17 February 1971 [2][5] | |
2 November 1951 | 2 July 1969 | ||||||
La Vallette | DD-448 | 27 November 1941 | 21 June 1942 | 12 August 1942 | 16 April 1946[6] | Sold to Peru as parts donor, 26 July 1974 scrapped [3][4] | |
Nicholas | DD-449 | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine | 3 March 1941 | 19 February 1942 | 4 June 1942 | 12 June 1946 | Sold for scrap, October 1970 [5] |
19 February 1951 | 30 January 1970 | ||||||
O'Bannon | DD-450 | 3 March 1941 | 19 February 1942 | 26 June 1942 | 21 May 1946 | Sold for scrap, 6 June 1970 [6] | |
19 February 1951 | 30 January 1970 | ||||||
Chevalier | DD-451 | 30 April 1941[7] | 11 April 1942 | 20 July 1942[8] | — | Sunk, Naval Battle of Vella Lavella, 6 October 1943[8] | |
Saufley | DD-465 | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey | 27 January 1942 | 19 July 1942 | 29 August 1942 | 12 June 1946 | Sunk as target, 20 February 1968 [7] |
15 December 1949 | 29 January 1965 | ||||||
Waller | DD-466 | 12 February 1942 | 15 August 1942 | 1 October 1942 | 10 June 1946 | Sunk as target, 17 June 1970 [8] | |
5 July 1950 | 15 July 1969 | ||||||
Strong | DD-467 | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine | 30 April 1941[9] | 17 May 1942 | 7 August 1942[9] | — | Sunk, 5 July 1943 [9][9] |
Taylor | DD-468 | 28 August 1941 | 7 June 1942 | 28 August 1942 | 31 May 1946 | Transferred to Italy, 2 July 1969 [10] | |
3 December 1951 | 3 June 1969 | ||||||
De Haven | DD-469 | 27 September 1941[10] | 28 June 1942 | 21 September 1942[11] | — | Sunk, 1 February 1943[11] | |
Bache | DD-470 | Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Staten Island, New York | 19 November 1941[12] | 7 July 1942 | 14 November 1942[12] | 4 February 1946[12] | Wrecked, 6 February 1968[12] |
1 October 1951[12] | 1 March 1968[12] | ||||||
Beale | DD-471 | 19 December 1941 | 24 August 1942 | 23 December 1942 | 11 April 1946 | Sunk as target, 24 June 1969 [11] | |
1 November 1951 | 30 September 1968 | ||||||
Guest | DD-472 | Boston Navy Yard | 27 September 1941 | 20 February 1942 | 15 December 1942 | 4 June 1946 | Transferred to Brazil, 5 June 1959 [12][13] |
Bennett | DD-473 | 10 December 1941 | 16 April 1942 | 9 February 1943 | 18 April 1946 | Transferred to Brazil, 15 December 1959 [14][15] | |
Fullam | DD-474 | 10 December 1941 | 16 April 1942 | 2 March 1943 | 15 January 1947 | Sunk as target, 7 July 1962 [16] | |
Hudson | DD-475 | 20 February 1942 | 3 June 1942 | 13 April 1943 | 31 May 1946 | Sold for scrap, 27 November 1973 [17][18] | |
Hutchins | DD-476 | 27 September 1941 | 20 February 1942 | 17 November 1942 | 30 November 1945 | Sold for scrap, January 1948 [19] | |
Pringle | DD-477 | Charleston Navy Yard | 31 July 1941 | 2 May 1942 | 15 September 1942 | — | Sunk, 16 April 1945 [20] |
Stanly | DD-478 | 15 September 1941 | May 2, 1942 | 15 October 1942 | October 1946 | Sold for scrap, 16 December 1971 [21] | |
Stevens | DD-479 | 30 December 1941 | 24 June 1942 | 1 February 1943 | 2 July 1946 | Sold for scrap, 27 November 1973 [22][23] | |
Halford | DD-480 | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard | 3 June 1941 | 29 October 1942 | 10 April 1943 | 15 May 1946 | Sold for scrap, 2 April 1970 [24] |
Leutze | DD-481 | 3 June 1941 | 29 October 1942 | 4 March 1944 | 6 December 1945 | Sold for scrap, 17 June 1947 [25] | |
Watson | DD-482 | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey | — | Contract cancelled 7 January 1946[13] | |||
Philip | DD-498 | 7 May 1942[14] | 13 October 1942 | 21 November 1942[14] | 1 February 1946[15] | Sank in a storm, 2 February 1972[15] | |
30 June 1950[14] | 30 September 1968[14] | ||||||
Renshaw | DD-499 | 7 May 1942 | 13 October 1942 | 5 December 1942 | February 1947 | Sold for scrap, October 1970 [26][27] | |
June 1950 | 14 February 1970 | ||||||
Ringgold | DD-500 | 25 June 1942 | 11 November 1942 | 30 December 1942 | 23 March 1946 | Transferred to West German Navy, 14 July 1959 [28][29] | |
Schroeder | DD-501 | 25 June 1942 | 11 November 1942 | 1 January 1943 | 29 April 1946 | Sold for scrap, 1 January 1974 [30][31] | |
Sigsbee | DD-502 | 22 July 1942 | 7 December 1942 | 23 January 1943 | 31 March 1947 | Sold for scrap, 31 July 1975 [32][33] | |
Conway | DD-507 | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine | 5 November 1941 | 16 August 1942 | 9 October 1942 | 25 June 1946 | Sunk as a target 26 June 1970 [34] |
8 November 1950 | 15 November 1969 | ||||||
Cony | DD-508 | 24 December 1941 | 16 August 1942 | 30 October 1942 | 18 June 1946 | Sunk as a target, 20 March 1970 [35] | |
17 November 1949 | 2 July 1969 | ||||||
Converse | DD-509 | 23 February 1942 | 30 August 1942 | 20 November 1942 | 23 April 1946 | Transferred to Spain, 1 July 1959 [36][37] | |
Eaton | DD-510 | 17 March 1942 | 20 September 1942 | 4 December 1942 | 21 June 1946 | Sunk as target, 27 March 1970 [38] | |
11 December 1951 | 30 May 1969 | ||||||
Foote | DD-511 | 14 April 1942 | 11 October 1942 | 22 December 1942 | 18 April 1946 | Sold for scrap, 2 January 1974 [39][40] | |
Spence | DD-512 | 18 May 1942[16] | 27 October 1942 | 8 January 1943[16] | — | Foundered, 18 December 1944[16] | |
Terry | DD-513 | 8 June 1942 | 22 November 1942 | 26 January 1943 | 11 July 1947 | Transferred to Peru 26 July 1974 for spare parts [41][42] | |
Thatcher | DD-514 | 20 June 1942[17] | 6 December 1942 | 10 February 1943[17] | 23 November 1945[17] | Sold for scrap, 23 January 1948[17] | |
Anthony | DD-515 | 17 August 1942 | 20 December 1942 | 26 February 1943 | 17 April 1946 | Transferred to West Germany, 17 January 1958 [43][44] | |
Wadsworth | DD-516 | 18 August 1942 | 10 January 1943 | 16 March 1943 | 18 April 1946 | Transferred to West Germany, 6 October 1959 [45][46] | |
Walker | DD-517 | 31 August 1942 | 31 January 1943 | 3 April 1943 | 31 May 1946 | Sold to Italy, 2 July 1969 [47] | |
15 September 1950 | 2 July 1969 | ||||||
Brownson | DD-518 | Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Staten Island, New York | 15 February 1942[18] | 24 September 1942 | 3 February 1943[18] | — | Sunk, 26 December 1943[18] |
Daly | DD-519 | 29 April 1942 | 24 October 1942 | 10 March 1943 | 18 April 1946 | Sold for scrap, 22 April 1976 [48][49] | |
6 July 1951 | 2 May 1960 | ||||||
Isherwood | DD-520 | 12 May 1942 | 24 November 1942 | 12 April 1943 | 1 February 1946 | Loaned to Peru, 8 October 1961 [50][51] | |
5 April 1951 | 11 September 1961 | ||||||
Kimberly | DD-521 | 27 July 1942 | 4 February 1943 | 22 May 1943 | 5 February 1947 | Loaned to Taiwan, 1 June 1967 [52][53] | |
8 February 1951 | 15 January 1954 | ||||||
Luce | DD-522 | 24 August 1942 | 6 March 1943 | 21 June 1943 | — | Sunk, 4 May 1945 [54] | |
Abner Read | DD-526 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California | 30 October 1941 | 18 August 1942 | 5 February 1943 | Sunk, 1 November 1944 [55] | |
Ammen | DD-527 | 29 November 1941 | 17 September 1942 | 20 March 1943 | 15 April 1946 | Sold for scrap, 20 April 1961 [56] | |
5 April 1951 | 15 September 1960 | ||||||
Mullany | DD-528 | 15 January 1942 | 10 October 1942 | 23 April 1943 | 14 February 1946 | Transferred to Taiwan, 6 October 1971 [57] | |
8 March 1951 | 6 October 1971 | ||||||
Bush | DD-529 | 12 February 1942 | 27 October 1942 | 10 May 1943 | — | Sunk, 6 April 1945 [58] | |
Trathen | DD-530 | 17 March 1942 [59] | 22 October 1942 | 28 May 1943 | 18 January 1946 | Used as target hulk November 1973, scrapped [60][61] | |
1 August 1951 | 11 May 1965 | ||||||
Hazelwood | DD-531 | 11 April 1942 | 20 November 1942 | 18 June 1943 | 18 January 1946 | Sold for scrap 14 April 1976 [62][63] | |
12 September 1951 | 19 March 1965 | ||||||
Heermann | DD-532 | 8 May 1942 | 5 December 1942 | 6 July 1943 | 12 June 1946 | Transferred to Argentina, 14 August 1961.[64][65] | |
12 September 1951 | 20 December 1957 | ||||||
Hoel | DD-533 | 4 June 1942 | 19 December 1942 | 19 July 1943 | — | Sunk, Battle off Samar, 25 October 1944 [66] | |
McCord | DD-534 | 17 March 1942 [67] | 10 January 1943 | 19 August 1943 | 15 January 1947 | Sold for scrap 2 January 1974 [68][69] | |
1 August 1951 | 9 June 1954 | ||||||
Miller | DD-535 | 18 August 1942 | 15 February 1943 | 31 August 1943 | 19 December 1945 | Sold for scrap, 31 July 1975 [70][71] | |
19 May 1951 | 30 June 1964 | ||||||
Owen | DD-536 | 17 September 1942 | 21 March 1943 | 20 September 1943 | 10 December 1946 | Sold for scrap, 27 November 1973 [72][73] | |
17 August 1951 | 27 May 1958 | ||||||
The Sullivans | DD-537 | 10 October 1942 | 4 April 1943 | 30 September 1943 | 10 January 1946 | Donated to Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park, Buffalo, New York [74][75] | |
6 July 1951 | 7 January 1965 | ||||||
Stephen Potter | DD-538 | 27 October 1942 | 28 April 1943 | 21 October 1943 | 21 September 1945 | Sold for scrap, 27 November 1973 [76][77] | |
29 March 1951 | 21 April 1958 | ||||||
Tingey | DD-539 | 22 October 1942 | 28 May 1943 | 25 November 1943 | March 1946 | Sunk as target, May 1966 [78] | |
27 January 1951 | 30 November 1963 | ||||||
Twining | DD-540 | 20 November 1942 | 11 July 1943 | 1 December 1943 | 14 June 1946 | Sold to Taiwan, 16 August 1971 [79] | |
10 June 1950 | 1 July 1971 | ||||||
Yarnall | DD-541 | 5 December 1942 | 25 July 1943 | 30 December 1943 | 15 January 1947 | Loaned to Taiwan, 10 June 1968 [80][81] | |
28 February 1951 | 30 September 1958 | ||||||
Boyd | DD-544 | Bethlehem Steel Company, San Pedro, California, Terminal Island | 2 April 1942 | 29 October 1942 | 8 May 1943 | 15 January 1947 | Transferred to Turkey, 1 October 1969 [82][83] |
24 November 1950 | 1 October 1969 | ||||||
Bradford | DD-545 | 28 April 1942 | 12 December 1942 | 12 June 1943 | 11 July 1946 | Transferred to Hellenic Navy, 27 September 1962 [84][85] | |
27 October 1950 | 28 September 1961 | ||||||
Brown | DD-546 | 27 June 1942 | 21 February 1943 | 10 July 1943 | 1 August 1946 | Transferred to Hellenic Navy, 27 September 1962 [86][87] | |
27 October 1950 | 9 February 1962 | ||||||
Cowell | DD-547 | 7 September 1942 | 18 March 1943 | 23 August 1943 | 22 July 1946 | Transferred to Argentina, 17 August 1971 [88][89] | |
21 September 1951 | 17 August 1971 | ||||||
Capps | DD-550 | Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation, Chickasaw, Alabama | 12 June 1941 | 31 May 1942 | 23 June 1943 | 15 January 1947 | Transferred to Spain, 15 May 1957 [90][91] |
David W. Taylor | DD-551 | 12 June 1941 | 4 July 1942 | 18 September 1943 | 17 August 1946 | Leased to Spain, 15 May 1957 [92][93] | |
Evans | DD-552 | 21 July 1941 | 4 October 1942 | 11 December 1943 | 7 November 1945 | Sold for scrap, 11 February 1947 [94] | |
John D. Henley | DD-553 | 21 July 1941 | 15 November 1942 | 2 February 1944 | 30 April 1946 | Sold for scrap, May 1970 [95] | |
Franks | DD-554 | Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation, Seattle, Washington | 8 March 1942 | 7 December 1942 | 30 July 1943 | 31 May 1946 | Sold for scrap, 1 August 1973 [96][97] |
Haggard | DD-555 | 27 March 1942 | 9 February 1943 | 31 August 1943 | 1 November 1945 | Sold for scrap, 3 March 1946 [98] | |
Hailey | DD-556 | 11 April 1942 | 9 March 1943 | 30 September 1943 | 27 January 1946 | Loaned to Brazil, 20 July 1961 [99][100] | |
27 April 1951 | 3 November 1960 | ||||||
Johnston | DD-557 | 6 May 1942 | 25 March 1943 | 27 October 1943 | — | Sunk, Battle off Samar 25 October 1944 [101] | |
Laws | DD-558 | 19 May 1942 | 22 April 1943 | 18 November 1943 | 10 December 1946 | Sold for scrap, 3 December 1973 [102][103] | |
2 November 1951 | 30 March 1964 | ||||||
Longshaw | DD-559 | 16 June 1942 | 4 June 1943 | 4 December 1943 | — | Ran aground, 18 May 1945 [104] | |
Morrison | DD-560 | 30 June 1942 | 4 July 1943 | 18 December 1943 | Sunk, 4 May 1945 [105] | ||
Prichett | DD-561 | 20 July 1942 | 31 July 1943 | 15 January 1944 | 14 March 1946 | Transferred to Italy, 17 January 1970 [106] | |
17 August 1951 | 10 January 1970 | ||||||
Robinson | DD-562 | 12 August 1942 | 28 August 1943 | 31 January 1944 | 12 June 1946 | Sunk as target, 13 April 1982 [107][108] | |
3 August 1951 | 1 April 1964 | ||||||
Ross | DD-563 | 7 September 1942 | 10 September 1943 | 21 February 1944 | 4 June 1946 | Sunk as a target, 26 January 1978 [109][110] | |
27 October 1951 | 6 November 1959 | ||||||
Rowe | DD-564 | 7 December 1942 | 30 September 1943 | 13 March 1944 | 31 January 1947 | Sunk as a target, 23 February 1978 [111][112] | |
5 October 1951 | 6 November 1959 | ||||||
Smalley | DD-565 | 14 February 1943 | 27 October 1943 | 31 March 1944 | 18 July 1946 | Sold for scrap, 4 January 1966 [113] | |
3 July 1951 | 30 September 1957 | ||||||
Stoddard | DD-566 | 10 March 1943 | 19 November 1943 | 15 April 1944 | 8 July 1946 | Sunk in an exercise, 22 July 1997 [114][115] | |
9 March 1951 | 26 September 1969 | ||||||
Watts | DD-567 | 26 March 1943 | 31 December 1943 | 29 April 1944 | 12 April 1946 | Sold for scrap, 5 September 1974 [116][117] | |
6 July 1951 | 26 September 1969 | ||||||
Wren | DD-568 | 24 April 1943 | 29 January 1944 | 20 May 1944 | 13 July 1946 | Sold for scrap, 22 October 1975 [118][119] | |
7 September 1951 | 30 December 1963 | ||||||
Aulick | DD-569 | Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas | 14 May 1941 | 2 March 1942 | 27 October 1942 | 18 April 1946 | Transferred to Hellenic Navy, 21 August 1959 [120][121] |
Charles Ausburne | DD-570 | 14 May 1941 | 16 March 1942 | 24 November 1942 | 18 April 1946 | Transferred to West Germany, 12 April 1960 [122] | |
Claxton | DD-571 | 25 June 1941 | 1 April 1942 | 8 December 1942 | 18 April 1946 | Transferred to West Germany, 16 December 1959 [123][124] | |
Dyson | DD-572 | 25 June 1941 | 15 April 1942 | 30 December 1942 | 31 March 1947 | Transferred to West Germany, 17 February 1960 [125][126] | |
Harrison | DD-573 | 25 June 1941 | 4 May 1942 | 25 January 1943 | 1 April 1946 | Sold to Mexico, 19 Aug 1970 [127] | |
John Rodgers | DD-574 | 25 July 1941 | 7 May 1942 | 9 February 1943 | 25 May 1946 | Transferred to Mexico, 19 Aug 1970 [128][129] | |
McKee | DD-575 | 2 March 1942 | 2 August 1942 | 31 March 1943 | 25 February 1946 | Sold for scrap, 2 January 1974 [130][131] | |
Murray | DD-576 | 16 March 1942 | 16 August 1942 | 20 April 1943 | 27 March 1946 | Sold for scrap, 16 August 1966 [132] | |
16 October 1951 | 1 June 1965 | ||||||
Sproston | DD-577 | 1 April 1942 | 31 August 1942 | 19 May 1943 | 18 January 1946 | Sold for scrap, 15 September 1971 [133] | |
15 September 1950 | 30 September 1968 | ||||||
Wickes | DD-578 | 15 April 1942 | 13 September 1942 | 16 June 1943 | 20 December 1945 | Sunk as target 8 April 1974 [134][135] | |
William D. Porter | DD-579 | 7 May 1942 | 27 September 1942 | 6 July 1943 | — | Sunk, 10 June 1945 [136] | |
Young | DD-580 | 7 May 1942 | 15 October 1942 | 31 July 1943 | January 1947 | Sunk as a target, 6 March 1970 [137] | |
Charrette | DD-581 | Boston Navy Yard | 20 February 1942 | 3 June 1942 | 18 May 1943 | 15 January 1947 | Transferred to Hellenic Navy, 16 June 1959 [138][139] |
Conner | DD-582 | 6 April 1942 | 18 July 1942 | 8 June 1943 | 5 July 1946 | Transferred to Hellenic Navy, 15 September 1959 [140][141] | |
Hall | DD-583 | 16 April 1942 | 18 July 1942 | 6 July 1943 | 10 December 1946 | Transferred to Hellenic Navy, 9 February 1960 [142][143] | |
Halligan | DD-584 | 9 November 1942 | 19 March 1943 | 19 August 1943 | — | Lost to mine, 26 March 1945 [144] | |
Haraden | DD-585 | 9 November 1942 | 19 March 1943 | 16 September 1943 | 2 July 1946 | Sunk as a target, November 1973 [145][146] | |
Newcomb | DD-586 | 19 March 1943 | 4 July 1943 | 10 November 1943 | 20 November 1945 | Scrapped, October 1947 [147] | |
Bell | DD-587 | Charleston Navy Yard | 30 December 1941 | 24 June 1942 | 4 March 1943 | 14 June 1946 | Sunk as target, 11 May 1975 [148][149] |
Burns | DD-588 | 9 May 1942 | 8 August 1942 | 3 April 1943 | 25 June 1946 | Sunk as a target, 20 June 1974 [150][151] | |
Izard | DD-589 | 9 May 1942 | 8 August 1942 | 15 May 1943 | 31 May 1946 | Sold for scrap, 2 April 1970 [152] | |
Paul Hamilton | DD-590 | 20 January 1943 | 7 April 1943 | 25 October 1943 | 24 September 1945 | Sold for scrap, 2 April 1970 [153] | |
Twiggs | DD-591 | 20 January 1943 | 7 April 1943 | 4 November 1943 | — | Sunk, 16 June 1945 [154] | |
Howorth | DD-592 | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard | 26 November 1941 | 10 January 1943 | 3 April 1944 | 30 April 1946 | Sunk as target, 8 March 1962 [155] |
Killen | DD-593 | 26 November 1941 | 10 January 1943 | 4 May 1944 | 9 July 1946 | Sunk as a target, 15 April 1975 [156] | |
Hart | DD-594 | 10 August 1943 | 25 September 1944 | 4 November 1944 | 31 May 1946 | Sold for scrap, 3 December 1973 [157][158] | |
Metcalf | DD-595 | 10 August 1943 | 25 September 1944 | 18 November 1944 | March 1946 | Sold for scrap, 6 June 1972 [159] | |
Shields | DD-596 | 10 August 1943 | 25 September 1944 | 8 February 1945 | 14 June 1946 | Transferred to Brazil, 1 July 1972 [160] | |
15 July 1950 | 1 July 1972 | ||||||
Wiley | DD-597 | 10 August 1943 | 25 September 1944 | 22 February 1945 | 15 May 1946 | Sold for scrap, 2 April 1970 [161] | |
Abbot | DD-629 | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine | 21 September 1942 | 17 February 1943 | 23 April 1943 | 21 May 1946 | Sold for scrap, 31 July 1975 [162][163] |
26 February 1951 | 26 March 1965 | ||||||
Braine | DD-630 | 12 October 1942 | 7 March 1943 | 11 May 1943 | 26 July 1946 | Transferred to Argentina, 17 August 1971 [164][165] | |
6 April 1951 | 17 August 1971 | ||||||
Erben | DD-631 | 28 October 1942 | 21 March 1943 | 28 May 1943 | 31 May 1946 | Transferred to South Korea, 16 May 1963 [166][167] | |
19 May 1951 | 27 June 1958 | ||||||
Hale | DD-642 | 23 November 1942 | 4 April 1943 | 15 June 1943 | 15 January 1947 | Transferred to Colombia, 23 January 1961 [168][169] | |
24 March 1951 | 30 July 1960 | ||||||
Sigourney | DD-643 | 7 December 1942 | 24 April 1943 | 29 June 1943 | 20 March 1946 | Sold for scrap, 31 July 1975 [170][171] | |
7 September 1951 | 1 May 1960 | ||||||
Stembel | DD-644 | 21 December 1942 | 8 May 1943 | 16 July 1943 | 31 May 1946 | Loaned to Argentina, 7 August 1961 [172][173] | |
9 November 1951 | 27 May 1958 | ||||||
Albert W. Grant | DD-649 | Charleston Navy Yard | 30 December 1942 | 29 May 1943 | 24 November 1943 | 16 July 1946 | Sold for scrap, 30 May 1972 [174] |
Caperton | DD-650 | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine | 11 January 1943 | 22 May 1943 | 30 July 1943 | 6 July 1946 | Sunk as a target in the 1980s [175][176] |
6 April 1951 | 27 April 1960 | ||||||
Cogswell | DD-651 | 1 February 1943 | 5 June 1943 | 17 August 1943 | 30 April 1946 | Transferred to Turkey, 1 October 1969 [177] | |
7 January 1951 | 1 October 1969 | ||||||
Ingersoll | DD-652 | 18 February 1943 | 28 June 1943 | 31 August 1943 | 19 July 1946 | Sunk as a target, 19 May 1974 [178][179] | |
4 May 1951 | 20 January 1970 | ||||||
Knapp | DD-653 | 8 March 1943 | 10 July 1943 | 16 September 1943 | 5 July 1946 | Sold for scrap, 27 August 1973 [180][181] | |
3 May 1951 | 4 March 1957 | ||||||
Bearss | DD-654 | Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation, Chickasaw, Alabama | 14 July 1942 | 25 July 1943 | 12 April 1944 | 31 January 1947 | Sold for scrap, 14 April 1976 [182][183] |
7 September 1951 | 30 December 1963 | ||||||
John Hood | DD-655 | 12 October 1942 | 25 October 1943 | 7 June 1944 | 3 July 1946 | Sold for scrap, 12 April 1976 [184][185] | |
3 August 1951 | 30 June 1964 | ||||||
Van Valkenburgh | DD-656 | 15 November 1942 | 19 December 1943 | 2 August 1944 | 12 April 1946 | Transferred to Turkey, 28 February 1967 [186][187] | |
8 March 1951 | 26 February 1954 | ||||||
Charles J. Badger | DD-657 | Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Staten Island, New York | 24 September 1942 | 3 April 1943 | 23 July 1943 | 21 May 1946 | Sold to Chile for parts, 10 May 1974 [188][189] |
10 September 1951 | 20 December 1957 | ||||||
Colahan | DD-658 | 24 October 1942 | 3 May 1943 | 23 August 1943 | 14 June 1946 | Sunk as a target, 18 December 1966 [190] | |
16 December 1950 | 1 August 1966 | ||||||
Dashiell | DD-659 | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey | 1 October 1942 | 6 February 1943 | 20 March 1943 | 30 March 1946 | Sold for scrap, 21 September 1975 [191][192] |
3 May 1951 | 29 April 1960 | ||||||
Bullard | DD-660 | 16 October 1942 | 28 February 1943 | 9 April 1943 | 20 December 1946 | Sold for scrap, 3 December 1973 [193][194] | |
Kidd | DD-661 | 16 October 1942 | 28 February 1943 | 23 April 1943 | 10 December 1946 | Museum ship [195][196] | |
28 March 1951 | 19 June 1964 | ||||||
Bennion | DD-662 | Boston Navy Yard | 19 March 1943 | 4 July 1943 | 14 December 1943 | 20 June 1946 | Sold for scrap, 30 May 1973 [197] |
Heywood L. Edwards | DD-663 | 4 July 1943 | 6 October 1943 | 26 January 1944 | 1 July 1946 | Transferred to Japan, 10 March 1959 [198][199] | |
Richard P. Leary | DD-664 | 4 July 1943 | 6 October 1943 | 23 February 1944 | 10 December 1946 | Transferred to Japan, 10 March 1959 [200][201] | |
Bryant | DD-665 | Charleston Navy Yard | 30 December 1942 | 29 May 1943 | 4 December 1943 | 15 January 1947 | Sunk as a target, 24 August 1969 [202] |
Black | DD-666 | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey | 14 November 1942 | 28 March 1943 | 21 May 1943 | 5 August 1946 | Sold for scrap, 17 February 1971 [203][204] |
18 July 1951 | 26 September 1969 | ||||||
Chauncey | DD-667 | 14 November 1942 | 28 March 1943 | 31 May 1943 | 19 December 1945 | Sold for scrap, 2 January 1974 [205][206] | |
18 July 1950 | 14 May 1954 | ||||||
Clarence K. Bronson | DD-668 | 9 December 1942 | 18 April 1943 | 11 June 1943 | 16 July 1946 | Transferred to Turkey, 14 January 1967 [207][208] | |
7 June 1951 | 29 June 1960 | ||||||
Cotten | DD-669 | 8 February 1943 | 12 June 1943 | 24 July 1943 | 15 July 1946 | Sold for scrap, 31 July 1975 [209][210] | |
3 July 1951 | 2 May 1960 | ||||||
Dortch | DD-670 | 2 March 1943 | 20 June 1943 | 7 August 1943 | 19 July 1946 | Transferred to Argentina, 1 August 1961 [211][212] | |
4 May 1951 | 13 December 1957 | ||||||
Gatling | DD-671 | 3 March 1943 | 20 June 1943 | 19 August 1943 | 16 July 1946 | Sold for scrap, 22 February 1977 [213][214] | |
4 June 1951 | 2 May 1960 | ||||||
Healy | DD-672 | 4 March 1943 | 4 July 1943 | 3 September 1943 | 11 July 1946 | Sold for scrap, 12 April 1976 [215][216] | |
3 August 1951 | 11 March 1958 | ||||||
Hickox | DD-673 | 12 March 1943 | 4 July 1943 | 10 September 1943 | 10 December 1946 | Transferred to South Korea, 15 November 1968 [217][218] | |
19 May 1951 | 20 December 1957 | ||||||
Hunt | DD-674 | 31 March 1943 | 1 August 1943 | 22 September 1943 | 15 December 1945 | Sold for scrap, 14 August 1975 [219][220] | |
31 October 1951 | 30 December 1963 | ||||||
Lewis Hancock | DD-675 | 31 March 1943 | 1 August 1943 | 29 September 1943 | 10 January 1946 | Transferred to Brazil, 1 August 1967 [221][222] | |
19 May 1951 | 18 December 1957 | ||||||
Marshall | DD-676 | 29 April 1943 | 29 August 1943 | 16 October 1943 | December 1945 | Sold for scrap, July 1970 [223][224] | |
27 April 1951 | 19 July 1969 | ||||||
McDermut | DD-677 | 14 June 1943 | 17 October 1943 | 19 November 1943 | 15 January 1947 | Sold for scrap, 4 January 1966 [225] | |
29 December 1950 | 16 December 1963 | ||||||
McGowan | DD-678 | 30 June 1943 | 14 November 1943 | 20 December 1943 | 30 April 1946 | Transferred to Spain, 1 December 1960 [226][227] | |
6 July 1951 | 30 November 1960 | ||||||
McNair | DD-679 | 30 June 1943 | 14 November 1943 | 30 December 1943 | 28 May 1946 | Sold for scrap, 10 June 1976 [228][229] | |
6 July 1951 | 30 December 1963 | ||||||
Melvin | DD-680 | 6 July 1943 | 17 October 1943 | 24 November 1943 | 31 May 1946 | Sold for scrap, 14 August 1975 [230][231] | |
26 February 1951 | 13 January 1954 | ||||||
Hopewell | DD-681 | Bethlehem Steel Company, San Pedro, California, Terminal Island | 29 October 1942 | 2 May 1943 | 30 September 1943 | 15 January 1947 | Sunk as target, 11 February 1972 [232] |
28 March 1951 | 2 January 1970 | ||||||
Porterfield | DD-682 | 12 December 1942 | 13 June 1943 | 30 October 1943 | 15 July 1946 | Sunk as a target, 18 July 1982 [233][234] | |
27 April 1951 | 7 November 1969 | ||||||
Stockham | DD-683 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California | 19 December 1942 | 25 June 1943 | 11 February 1944 | 30 August 1946 | Sunk as target 17 February 1977 [235][236] |
14 November 1951 | 2 September 1957 | ||||||
Wedderburn | DD-684 | 10 January 1943 | 1 August 1943 | 9 March 1944 | April 4, 1946 | Sold for scrap, 25 January 1972 [237] | |
21 November 1950 | 1 October 1969 | ||||||
Picking | DD-685 | Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Staten Island, New York | 24 November 1942 | 1 June 1943 | 21 September 1943 | 20 December 1945 | Sunk as a target, 27 February 1997 [238][239] |
26 January 1951 | 6 September 1969 | ||||||
Halsey Powell | DD-686 | 3 February 1943 | 30 June 1943 | 25 October 1943 | 10 December 1946 | Transferred to the Republic of Korea, 27 April 1968 [240][241] | |
27 April 1951 | 27 April 1968 | ||||||
Uhlmann | DD-687 | 6 March 1943 | 30 July 1943 | 22 November 1943 | 14 June 1946 | Sold for scrap, 21 March 1974 [242][243] | |
23 May 1950 | 15 July 1972 | ||||||
Remey | DD-688 | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine | 22 March 1943 | 25 July 1943 | 30 September 1943 | 10 December 1946 | Sold for scrap, 10 June 1976 [244][245] |
14 November 1951 | 30 December 1963 | ||||||
Wadleigh | DD-689 | 5 April 1943 | 7 August 1943 | 19 October 1943 | 20 June 1946 | Transferred to Chile, 26 July 1972 [246][247] | |
3 October 1951 | 28 June 1962 | ||||||
Norman Scott | DD-690 | 26 April 1943 | 28 August 1943 | 5 November 1943 | 30 April 1946 | Sold for scrap, 3 December 1973 [248][249] | |
Mertz | DD-691 | 10 May 1943 | 11 September 1943 | 19 November 1943 | 23 April 1946 | Sold for scrap, 16 December 1971 [250] | |
Callaghan | DD-792 | Bethlehem Steel Company, San Pedro, California, Terminal Island | 21 February 1943 | 1 August 1943 | 27 November 1943 | — | Sunk, 28 July 1945 [251] |
Cassin Young | DD-793 | 18 March 1943 | 12 September 1943 | 31 December 1943 | 28 May 1946 | Museum ship at the former Boston Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts [252][253] | |
8 September 1951 | 29 April 1960 | ||||||
Irwin | DD-794 | 2 May 1943 | 31 October 1943 | 14 February 1944 | 31 May 1946 | Transferred to Brazil, 10 May 1968 [254][255] | |
26 February 1951 | 10 January 1958 | ||||||
Preston | DD-795 | 13 June 1943 | 12 December 1943 | 20 March 1944 | 24 April 1946 | Transferred to Turkey, 15 November 1969 [256][257] | |
26 January 1951 | 15 November 1969 | ||||||
Benham | DD-796 | Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Staten Island, New York | 23 April 1943 | 30 August 1943 | 20 December 1943 | 18 October 1946 | Loaned to Peru, 15 December 1960 [258][259] |
24 March 1951 | 30 June 1960 | ||||||
Cushing | DD-797 | 3 May 1943 | 30 September 1943 | 17 January 1944 | 3 February 1947 | Loaned to Brazil, 20 July 1961 [260][261] | |
17 August 1951 | 8 November 1960 | ||||||
Monssen | DD-798 | 1 June 1943 | 30 October 1943 | 14 February 1944 | 30 April 1946 | Sold for scrap, 21 October 1963 [262][263] | |
31 October 1951 | September 1957 or 11 December 1957 | ||||||
Jarvis | DD-799 | Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation, Seattle, Washington | 7 June 1943 | 14 February 1944 | 3 June 1944 | 29 June 1946 | Transferred to Spain, 3 November 1960 [264][265] |
8 February 1951 | 24 October 1960 | ||||||
Porter | DD-800 | 6 July 1943 | 13 March 1944 | 24 June 1944 | 3 July 1946 | Sold for scrap, 21 March 1974 [266][267] | |
9 February 1951 | 10 August 1953 | ||||||
Colhoun | DD-801 | 3 August 1943 | 10 April 1944 | 8 July 1944 | — | Sunk, 6 April 1945 [268] | |
Gregory | DD-802 | 31 August 1943 | 8 May 1944 | 29 July 1944 | 15 January 1947 | Sunk as a target, 4 March 1971 [269] | |
27 April 1951 | 1 February 1964 | ||||||
Little | DD-803 | 13 September 1943 | 22 May 1944 | 19 August 1944 | — | Sunk, 3 May 1945 [270] | |
Rooks | DD-804 | 27 October 1943 | 6 June 1944 | 2 September 1944 | 11 June 1946 | Transferred to Chile, 26 July 1962 [271][272] | |
19 May 1951 | 26 July 1962 |
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