List of Fletcher-class destroyers

Summary


List of Fletcher-class destroyers and their dispositions. There were 175 of them built during World War II.[1]

Ships in class edit

Ships of the Fletcher destroyer class
Name Hull no. Builder Laid down Launched Commissioned / Recommissioned Decommissioned Fate
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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