List of Fletcher-class destroyers

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

Ships in class

Ship Name	Hull No.	Builder	Laid down	Commissioned/ Recommissioned	Decommissioned	Fate
Fletcher	DD-445	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey	2 June 1941	30 June 1942	15 January 1947	Sold for scrap, 22 February 1972^[2]
Fletcher	DD-445		2 June 1941	3 October 1949^[3]	1 August 1969	Sold for scrap, 22 February 1972^[2]
Radford	DD-446		2 October 1941	22 July 1942	17 January 1946	Sold for scrap October 1970
Radford	DD-446		2 October 1941	17 October 1949	10 November 1969^[4]	Sold for scrap October 1970
Jenkins	DD-447		27 November 1941	31 July 1942	1 May 1946	Sold for scrap, 17 February 1971^[5]
Jenkins	DD-447		27 November 1941	22 November 1951	2 July 1969	Sold for scrap, 17 February 1971^[5]
La Vallette	DD-448		27 November 1941	12 August 1942	16 April 1946^[6]	Sold to Peru as parts donor, 26 July 1974 scrapped
Nicholas	DD-449	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine	3 March 1941	4 June 1942	12 June 1946	Sold for scrap, October 1970
Nicholas	DD-449		3 March 1941	19 February 1951	30 January 1970	Sold for scrap, October 1970
O'Bannon	DD-450		3 March 1941	26 June 1942	19 February 1951	Sold for scrap, 6 June 1970
O'Bannon	DD-450		3 March 1941	21 May 1946	30 January 1970	Sold for scrap, 6 June 1970
Chevalier	DD-451		30 April 1941^[7]	20 July 1942^[8]	N/A	Sunk, Naval Battle of Vella Lavella, 6 October 1943^[8]
Saufley	DD-465	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey	27 January 1942	29 August 1942	12 June 1946	Sunk as target, 20 February 1968
Saufley	DD-465		27 January 1942	15 December 1949	29 January 1965	Sunk as target, 20 February 1968
Waller	DD-466		12 February 1942	1 October 1942	10 June 1946	Sunk as target, 17 June 1970
Waller	DD-466		12 February 1942	5 July 1950	15 July 1969	Sunk as target, 17 June 1970
Strong	DD-467	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine	30 April 1941^[9]	7 August 1942^[9]	N/A	Sunk, 5 July 1943^[9]
Taylor	DD-468		28 August 1941	28 August 1942	31 May 1946	Transferred to Italy, 2 July 1969
Taylor	DD-468		28 August 1941	3 December 1951	3 June 1969	Transferred to Italy, 2 July 1969
De Haven	DD-469		27 September 1941^[10]	21 September 1942^[11]	N/A	Sunk, 1 February 1943^[11]
Bache	DD-470	Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Staten Island, New York	19 November 1941^[12]	14 November 1942^[12]	4 February 1946^[12]	Wrecked, 6 February 1968^[12]
Bache	DD-470		19 November 1941^[12]	1 October 1951^[12]	1 March 1968^[12]	Wrecked, 6 February 1968^[12]
Beale	DD-471		19 December 1941	23 December 1942	11 April 1946	Sunk as target, 24 June 1969
Beale	DD-471		19 December 1941	1 November 1951	30 September 1968	Sunk as target, 24 June 1969
Guest	DD-472	Boston Navy Yard	27 September 1941	15 December 1942	4 June 1946	Transferred to Brazil, 5 June 1959
Bennett	DD-473		10 December 1941	9 February 1943	18 April 1946	Transferred to Brazil, 15 December 1959
Fullam	DD-474		10 December 1941	2 March 1943	15 January 1947	Sunk as target, 7 July 1962
Hudson	DD-475		20 February 1942	13 April 1943	31 May 1946	Sold for scrap, 27 November 1973
Hutchins	DD-476		27 September 1941	17 November 1942	30 November 1945	Sold for scrap, January 1948
Pringle	DD-477	Charleston Navy Yard	31 July 1941	15 September 1942	N/A	Sunk, 16 April 1945
Stanly	DD-478		15 September 1941	15 October 1942	October 1946	Sold for scrap, 16 December 1971
Stevens	DD-479		30 December 1941	1 February 1943	2 July 1946	Sold for scrap, 27 November 1973
Halford	DD-480	Puget Sound Naval Shipyard	3 June 1941	10 April 1943	15 May 1946	Sold for scrap, 2 April 1970
Leutze	DD-481	Puget Sound Naval Shipyard	3 June 1941	4 March 1944	6 December 1945	Sold for scrap, 17 June 1947
Watson	DD-482	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey	N/A			Contract cancelled 7 January 1946^[13]
Philip	DD-498		7 May 1942^[14]	21 November 1942^[14]	1 February 1946^[15]	Sank in a storm, 2 February 1972^[15]
Philip	DD-498		7 May 1942^[14]	30 June 1950^[14]	30 September 1968^[14]	Sank in a storm, 2 February 1972^[15]
Renshaw	DD-499		7 May 1942	5 December 1942	February 1947	Sold for scrap, October 1970
Renshaw	DD-499		7 May 1942	June 1950	14 February 1970	Sold for scrap, October 1970
Ringgold	DD-500		25 June 1942	30 December 1942	23 March 1946	Transferred to West German Navy, 14 July 1959
Schroeder	DD-501		25 June 1942	1 January 1943	29 April 1946	Sold for scrap, 1 January 1974
Sigsbee	DD-502		22 July 1942	23 January 1943	31 March 1947	Sold for scrap, 31 July 1975
Conway	DD-507	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine	5 November 1941	9 October 1942	25 June 1946	Sunk as a target 26 June 1970
Conway	DD-507		5 November 1941	8 November 1950	15 November 1969	Sunk as a target 26 June 1970
Cony	DD-508		24 December 1941	30 October 1942	18 June 1946	Sunk as a target, 20 March 1970
Cony	DD-508		24 December 1941	17 November 1949	2 July 1969	Sunk as a target, 20 March 1970
Converse	DD-509		23 February 1942	20 November 1942	23 April 1946	Transferred to Spain, 1 July 1959
Eaton	DD-510		17 March 1942	4 December 1942	21 June 1946	Sunk as target, 27 March 1970
Eaton	DD-510		17 March 1942	11 December 1951	30 May 1969	Sunk as target, 27 March 1970
Foote	DD-511		14 April 1942	22 December 1942	18 April 1946	Sold for scrap, 2 January 1974
Spence	DD-512		18 May 1942^[16]	8 January 1943^[16]	N/A	Foundered, 18 December 1944^[16]
Terry	DD-513		8 June 1942	26 January 1943	11 July 1947	Transferred to Peru 26 July 1974 for spare parts
Thatcher	DD-514		20 June 1942^[17]	10 February 1943^[17]	23 November 1945^[17]	Sold for scrap, 23 January 1948^[17]
Anthony	DD-515		17 August 1942	26 February 1943	17 April 1946	Transferred to West Germany, 17 January 1958
Wadsworth	DD-516		18 August 1942	16 March 1943	18 April 1946	Transferred to West Germany, 6 October 1959
Walker	DD-517		31 August 1942	3 April 1943	31 May 1946	Sold to Italy, 2 July 1969
Walker	DD-517		31 August 1942	15 September 1950	2 July 1969	Sold to Italy, 2 July 1969
Brownson	DD-518	Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Staten Island, New York	15 February 1942^[18]	3 February 1943^[18]	N/A	Sunk, 26 December 1943^[18]
Daly	DD-519		29 April 1942	10 March 1943	18 April 1946	Sold for scrap, 22 April 1976
Daly	DD-519		29 April 1942	6 July 1951	2 May 1960	Sold for scrap, 22 April 1976
Isherwood	DD-520		12 May 1942	12 April 1943	1 February 1946	Loaned to Peru, 8 October 1961
Isherwood	DD-520		12 May 1942	5 April 1951	11 September 1961	Loaned to Peru, 8 October 1961
Kimberly	DD-521		27 July 1942	22 May 1943	5 February 1947	Loaned to Taiwan, 1 June 1967
Kimberly	DD-521		27 July 1942	8 February 1951	15 January 1954	Loaned to Taiwan, 1 June 1967
Luce	DD-522		24 August 1942	21 June 1943	N/A	Sunk, 4 May 1945
Abner Read	DD-526	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California	30 October 1941	5 February 1943	N/A	Sunk, 1 November 1944
Ammen	DD-527		29 November 1941	20 March 1943	15 April 1946	Sold for scrap, 20 April 1961
Ammen	DD-527		29 November 1941	5 April 1951	15 September 1960	Sold for scrap, 20 April 1961
Mullany	DD-528		15 January 1942	23 April 1943	14 February 1946	Transferred to Taiwan, 6 October 1971
Mullany	DD-528		15 January 1942	8 March 1951	6 October 1971	Transferred to Taiwan, 6 October 1971
Bush	DD-529		12 February 1942	10 May 1943	N/A	Sunk, 6 April 1945
Trathen	DD-530		17 March 1942	28 May 1943	18 January 1946	Used as target hulk November 1973, scrapped
Trathen	DD-530		17 March 1942	1 August 1951	11 May 1965	Used as target hulk November 1973, scrapped
Hazelwood	DD-531		11 April 1942	18 June 1943	18 January 1946	Sold for scrap 14 April 1976
Hazelwood	DD-531		11 April 1942	12 September 1951	19 March 1965	Sold for scrap 14 April 1976
Heermann	DD-532		8 May 1942	6 July 1943	12 June 1946	Transferred to Argentina, 14 August 1961.
Heermann	DD-532		8 May 1942	12 September 1951	20 December 1957	Transferred to Argentina, 14 August 1961.
Hoel	DD-533		4 June 1942	19 July 1943	N/A	Sunk, Battle off Samar, 25 October 1944
McCord	DD-534		17 March 1942	19 August 1943	15 January 1947	Sold for scrap 2 January 1974
McCord	DD-534		17 March 1942	1 August 1951	9 June 1954	Sold for scrap 2 January 1974
Miller	DD-535		18 August 1942	31 August 1943	19 December 1945	Sold for scrap, 31 July 1975
Miller	DD-535		18 August 1942	19 May 1951	30 June 1964	Sold for scrap, 31 July 1975
Owen	DD-536		17 September 1942	20 September 1943	10 December 1946	Sold for scrap, 27 November 1973
Owen	DD-536		17 September 1942	17 August 1951	27 May 1958	Sold for scrap, 27 November 1973
The Sullivans	DD-537		10 October 1942	30 September 1943	10 January 1946	Donated to Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park, Buffalo, New York
The Sullivans	DD-537		10 October 1942	6 July 1951	7 January 1965
Stephen Potter	DD-538		27 October 1942	21 October 1943	21 September 1945	Sold for scrap, 27 November 1973
Stephen Potter	DD-538		27 October 1942	29 March 1951	21 April 1958	Sold for scrap, 27 November 1973
Tingey	DD-539		22 October 1942	25 November 1943	March 1946	Sunk as target, May 1966
Tingey	DD-539		22 October 1942	27 January 1951	30 November 1963	Sunk as target, May 1966
Twining	DD-540		20 November 1942	1 December 1943	14 June 1946	Sold to Taiwan, 16 August 1971
Twining	DD-540		20 November 1942	10 June 1950	1 July 1971	Sold to Taiwan, 16 August 1971
Yarnall	DD-541		5 December 1942	30 December 1943	15 January 1947	Loaned to Taiwan, 10 June 1968
Yarnall	DD-541		5 December 1942	28 February 1951	30 September 1958	Loaned to Taiwan, 10 June 1968
Boyd	DD-544	Bethlehem Steel Company, San Pedro, California, Terminal Island	2 April 1942	8 May 1943	15 January 1947	Transferred to Turkey, 1 October 1969
Boyd	DD-544		2 April 1942	24 November 1950	1 October 1969	Transferred to Turkey, 1 October 1969
Bradford	DD-545		28 April 1942	12 June 1943	11 July 1946	Transferred to Hellenic Navy, 27 September 1962
Bradford	DD-545		28 April 1942	27 October 1950	28 September 1961	Transferred to Hellenic Navy, 27 September 1962
Brown	DD-546		27 June 1942	10 July 1943	1 August 1946	Transferred to Hellenic Navy, 27 September 1962
Brown	DD-546		27 June 1942	27 October 1950	9 February 1962	Transferred to Hellenic Navy, 27 September 1962
Cowell	DD-547		7 September 1942	23 August 1943	22 July 1946	Transferred to Argentina, 17 August 1971
Cowell	DD-547		7 September 1942	21 September 1951	17 August 1971	Transferred to Argentina, 17 August 1971
Capps	DD-550	Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation, Chickasaw, Alabama	12 June 1941	23 June 1943	15 January 1947	Transferred to Spain, 15 May 1957
David W. Taylor	DD-551		12 June 1941	18 September 1943	17 August 1946	Leased to Spain, 15 May 1951
Evans	DD-552		21 July 1941	11 December 1943	7 November 1945	Sold for scrap, 11 February 1947
John D. Henley	DD-553		21 July 1941	2 February 1944	30 April 1946	Sold for scrap, May 1970
Franks	DD-554	Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation, Seattle, Washington	8 March 1942	30 July 1943	31 May 1946	Sold for scrap, 1 August 1973
Haggard	DD-555		27 March 1942	31 August 1943	1 November 1945	Sold for scrap, 1946
Hailey	DD-556		11 April 1942	30 September 1943	27 January 1946	Loaned to Brazil, 20 July 1961
Hailey	DD-556		11 April 1942	27 April 1951	3 November 1960	Loaned to Brazil, 20 July 1961
Johnston	DD-557		6 May 1942	27 October 1943	N/A	Sunk, Battle off Samar 25 October 1944
Laws	DD-558		19 May 1942	18 November 1943	10 December 1946	Sold for scrap, 3 December 1973
Laws	DD-558		19 May 1942	2 November 1951	30 March 1964	Sold for scrap, 3 December 1973
Longshaw	DD-559		16 June 1942	4 December 1943	N/A	Ran aground, 18 May 1945
Morrison	DD-560		30 June 1942	18 December 1943	N/A	Sunk, 4 May 1945
Prichett	DD-561		20 July 1942	15 January 1944	14 March 1946	Transferred to Italy, 17 January 1970
Prichett	DD-561		20 July 1942	17 August 1951	10 January 1970	Transferred to Italy, 17 January 1970
Robinson	DD-562		12 August 1942	31 January 1944	12 June 1946	Sunk as target, 13 April 1982
Robinson	DD-562		12 August 1942	3 August 1951	1 April 1964	Sunk as target, 13 April 1982
Ross	DD-563		7 September 1942	21 February 1944	4 June 1946	Sunk as a target, 26 January 1978
Ross	DD-563		7 September 1942	27 October 1951	6 November 1959	Sunk as a target, 26 January 1978
Rowe	DD-564		7 December 1942	13 March 1944	31 January 1947	Sunk as a target, 23 February 1978
Rowe	DD-564		7 December 1942	5 October 1951	6 November 1959	Sunk as a target, 23 February 1978
Smalley	DD-565		14 February 1943	31 March 1944	July 18, 1946	Sold for scrap, 4 January 1966
Smalley	DD-565		14 February 1943	3 July 1951	30 September 1957	Sold for scrap, 4 January 1966
Stoddard	DD-566		10 March 1943	15 April 1944	8 July 1946	Sunk in an exercise, 22 July 1997
Stoddard	DD-566		10 March 1943	9 March 1951	26 September 1969	Sunk in an exercise, 22 July 1997
Watts	DD-567		26 March 1943	29 April 1944	12 April 1946	Sold for scrap, 5 September 1974
Watts	DD-567		26 March 1943	6 July 1951	26 September 1969	Sold for scrap, 5 September 1974
Wren	DD-568		24 April 1943	20 May 1944	13 July 1946	Sold for scrap, 22 October 1975
Wren	DD-568		24 April 1943	7 September 1951	30 December 1963	Sold for scrap, 22 October 1975
Aulick	DD-569	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas	14 May 1941	27 October 1942	18 April 1946	Transferred to Hellenic Navy, 21 August 1959
Charles Ausburne	DD-570		14 May 1941	24 November 1942	18 April 1946	Transferred to West Germany, 12 April 1960
Claxton	DD-571		25 June 1941	8 December 1942	18 April 1946	Transferred to West Germany, 16 December 1959
Dyson	DD-572		25 June 1941	30 December 1942	31 March 1947	Transferred to West Germany, 17 February 1960
Harrison	DD-573		25 June 1941	25 January 1943	1 April 1946	Sold to Mexico, 19 Aug 1970
John Rodgers	DD-574		25 July 1941	9 February 1943	25 May 1946	Transferred to Mexico, 19 Aug 1970
McKee	DD-575		2 March 1942	31 March 1943	25 February 1946	Sold for scrap, 2 January 1974
Murray	DD-576		16 March 1942	20 April 1943	27 March 1946	Sold for scrap, 16 August 1966
Murray	DD-576		16 March 1942	16 October 1951	1 June 1965	Sold for scrap, 16 August 1966
Sproston	DD-577		1 April 1942	19 May 1943	18 January 1946	Sold for scrap, 15 September 1971
Sproston	DD-577		1 April 1942	15 September 1950	30 September 1968	Sold for scrap, 15 September 1971
Wickes	DD-578		15 April 1942	16 June 1943	20 December 1945	Sunk as target 8 April 1974
William D. Porter	DD-579		7 May 1942	6 July 1943	N/A	Sunk, 10 June 1945
Young	DD-580		7 May 1942	31 July 1943	January 1947	Sunk as a target, 6 March 1970
Charrette	DD-581	Boston Navy Yard	20 February 1942	18 May 1943	15 January 1947	Transferred to Hellenic Navy, 16 June 1959
Conner	DD-582		6 April 1942	8 June 1943	5 July 1946	Transferred to Hellenic Navy, 15 September 1959
Hall	DD-583		16 April 1942	6 July 1943	10 December 1946	Transferred to Hellenic Navy, 9 February 1960
Halligan	DD-584		9 November 1942	19 August 1943	N/A	Lost to mine, 26 March 1945
Haraden	DD-585		9 November 1942	16 September 1943	2 July 1946	Sunk as a target, November 1973
Newcomb	DD-586		19 March 1943	10 November 1943	20 November 1945	Scrapped, October 1947
Bell	DD-587	Charleston Navy Yard	30 December 1941	4 March 1943	14 June 1946	Sunk as target, 11 May 1975
Burns	DD-588		9 May 1942	3 April 1943	25 June 1946	Sunk as a target, 20 June 1974
Izard	DD-589		9 May 1942	15 May 1943	31 May 1946	Sold for scrap, 2 April 1970
Paul Hamilton	DD-590		20 January 1943	25 October 1943	24 September 1945	Sold for scrap, 2 April 1970
Twiggs	DD-591		20 January 1943	4 November 1943	N/A	Sunk, 16 June 1945
Howorth	DD-592	Puget Sound Naval Shipyard	26 November 1941	3 April 1944	30 April 1946	Sunk as target, March 1962
Killen	DD-593		26 November 1941	4 May 1944	9 July 1946	Sunk as a target, 15 April 1975
Hart	DD-594		10 August 1943	4 November 1944	31 May 1946	Sold for scrap, 3 December 1973
Metcalf	DD-595		10 August 1943	18 November 1944	March 1946	Sold for scrap, 6 June 1972
Shields	DD-596		10 August 1943	8 February 1945	15 July 1950	Transferred to Brazil, 1 July 1972
Shields	DD-596		10 August 1943	14 June 1946	1 July 1972	Transferred to Brazil, 1 July 1972
Wiley	DD-597		10 August 1943	22 February 1945	15 May 1946	Sold for scrap, 2 April 1970
Abbot	DD-629	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine	21 September 1942	23 April 1943	21 May 1946	Sold for scrap, 31 July 1975
Abbot	DD-629		21 September 1942	26 February 1951	26 March 1965	Sold for scrap, 31 July 1975
Braine	DD-630		12 October 1942	11 May 1943	26 July 1946	Transferred to Argentina, 17 August 1971
Braine	DD-630		12 October 1942	6 April 1951	17 August 1971	Transferred to Argentina, 17 August 1971
Erben	DD-631		28 October 1942	28 May 1943	31 May 1946	Transferred to South Korea, 16 May 1963
Erben	DD-631		28 October 1942	19 May 1951	27 June 1958	Transferred to South Korea, 16 May 1963
Hale	DD-642		23 November 1942	15 June 1943	15 January 1947	Transferred to Colombia, 23 January 1961
Hale	DD-642		23 November 1942	24 March 1951	30 July 1960	Transferred to Colombia, 23 January 1961
Sigourney	DD-643		7 December 1942	29 June 1943	20 March 1946	Sold for scrap, 31 July 1975
Sigourney	DD-643		7 December 1942	7 September 1951	1 May 1960	Sold for scrap, 31 July 1975
Stembel	DD-644		21 December 1942	16 July 1943	31 May 1946	Loaned to Argentina, 7 August 1961
Stembel	DD-644		21 December 1942	9 November 1951	27 May 1958	Loaned to Argentina, 7 August 1961
Albert W. Grant	DD-649	Charleston Navy Yard	30 December 1942	24 November 1943	16 July 1946	Sold for scrap, May 30, 1972
Caperton	DD-650	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine	11 January 1943	30 July 1943	6 July 1946	Sunk as a target in the 1980s
Caperton	DD-650		11 January 1943	6 April 1951	27 April 1960	Sunk as a target in the 1980s
Cogswell	DD-651		1 February 1943	17 August 1943	30 April 1946	Transferred to Turkey, 1 October 1969
Cogswell	DD-651		1 February 1943	7 January 1951	1 October 1969	Transferred to Turkey, 1 October 1969
Ingersoll	DD-652		18 February 1943	31 August 1943	19 July 1946	Sunk as a target, 19 May 1974
Ingersoll	DD-652		18 February 1943	4 May 1951	20 January 1970	Sunk as a target, 19 May 1974
Knapp	DD-653		8 March 1943	16 September 1943	5 July 1946	Sold for scrap, 27 August 1973
Knapp	DD-653		8 March 1943	3 May 1951	4 March 1957	Sold for scrap, 27 August 1973
Bearss	DD-654	Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation, Chickasaw, Alabama	14 July 1942	12 April 1944	31 January 1947	Sold for scrap, 14 April 1976
Bearss	DD-654		14 July 1942	7 September 1951	30 December 1963	Sold for scrap, 14 April 1976
John Hood	DD-655		12 October 1942	7 June 1944	3 July 1946	Sold for scrap, 12 April 1976
John Hood	DD-655		12 October 1942	3 August 1951	30 June 1964	Sold for scrap, 12 April 1976
Van Valkenburgh	DD-656		15 November 1942	2 August 1944	12 April 1946	Transferred to Turkey, 28 February 1967
Van Valkenburgh	DD-656		15 November 1942	8 March 1951	26 February 1954	Transferred to Turkey, 28 February 1967
Charles J. Badger	DD-657	Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Staten Island, New York	24 September 1942	23 July 1943	21 May 1946	Sold to Chile for parts, 10 May 1974
Charles J. Badger	DD-657		24 September 1942	10 September 1951	20 December 1957	Sold to Chile for parts, 10 May 1974
Colahan	DD-658		24 October 1942	23 August 1943	14 June 1946	Sunk as a target, 18 December 1966
Colahan	DD-658		24 October 1942	16 December 1950	1 August 1966	Sunk as a target, 18 December 1966
Dashiell	DD-659	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey	1 October 1942	20 March 1943	30 March 1946	Sold for scrap, 21 September 1975
Dashiell	DD-659		1 October 1942	3 May 1951	29 April 1960	Sold for scrap, 21 September 1975
Bullard	DD-660		16 October 1942	9 April 1943	20 December 1946	Sold for scrap, 3 December 1973
Kidd	DD-661		16 October 1942	23 April 1943	10 December 1946	Museum ship
Kidd	DD-661		16 October 1942	28 March 1951	19 June 1964	Museum ship
Bennion	DD-662	Boston Navy Yard	19 March 1943	14 December 1943	20 June 1946	Sold for scrap, 30 May 1973
Heywood L. Edwards	DD-663		4 July 1943	26 January 1944	1 July 1946	Transferred to Japan, 10 March 1959
Richard P. Leary	DD-664		4 July 1943	23 February 1944	10 December 1946	Transferred to Japan, 10 March 1959
Bryant	DD-665	Charleston Navy Yard	30 December 1942	4 December 1943	15 January 1947	Sunk as a target, 24 August 1969
Black	DD-666	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey	14 November 1942	21 May 1943	5 August 1946	Sold for scrap, 17 February 1971
Black	DD-666		14 November 1942	18 July 1951	26 September 1969	Sold for scrap, 17 February 1971
Chauncey	DD-667		14 November 1942	31 May 1943	19 December 1945	Sold for scrap, 2 January 1974
Chauncey	DD-667		14 November 1942	18 July 1950	14 May 1954	Sold for scrap, 2 January 1974
Clarence K. Bronson	DD-668		9 December 1942	11 June 1943	16 July 1946	Transferred to Turkey, 14 January 1967
Clarence K. Bronson	DD-668		9 December 1942	7 June 1951	29 June 1960	Transferred to Turkey, 14 January 1967
Cotten	DD-669		8 February 1943	24 July 1943	15 July 1946	Sold for scrap, 31 July 1975
Cotten	DD-669		8 February 1943	3 July 1951	2 May 1960	Sold for scrap, 31 July 1975
Dortch	DD-670		2 March 1943	7 August 1943	19 July 1946	Transferred to Argentina, 1 August 1961
Dortch	DD-670		2 March 1943	4 May 1951	13 December 1957	Transferred to Argentina, 1 August 1961
Gatling	DD-671		3 March 1943	19 August 1943	16 July 1946	Sold for scrap, 22 February 1977
Gatling	DD-671		3 March 1943	4 June 1951	2 May 1960	Sold for scrap, 22 February 1977
Healy	DD-672		4 March 1943	3 September 1943	11 July 1946	Sold for scrap, 12 April 1976
Healy	DD-672		4 March 1943	3 August 1951	11 March 1958	Sold for scrap, 12 April 1976
Hickox	DD-673		12 March 1943	10 September 1943	10 December 1946	Transferred to South Korea, 15 November 1968
Hickox	DD-673		12 March 1943	19 May 1951	20 December 1957	Transferred to South Korea, 15 November 1968
Hunt	DD-674		31 March 1943	22 September 1943	15 December 1945	Sold for scrap, 14 August 1975
Hunt	DD-674		31 March 1943	31 October 1951	30 December 1963	Sold for scrap, 14 August 1975
Lewis Hancock	DD-675		31 March 1943	29 September 1943	10 January 1946	Transferred to Brazil, 1 August 1967
Lewis Hancock	DD-675		31 March 1943	19 May 1951	8 December 1957	Transferred to Brazil, 1 August 1967
Marshall	DD-676		29 April 1943	16 October 1943	December 1945	Sold for scrap, July 1970
Marshall	DD-676		29 April 1943	27 April 1951	19 July 1969	Sold for scrap, July 1970
McDermut	DD-677		14 June 1943	19 November 1943	15 January 1947	Sold for scrap, 4 January 1966
McDermut	DD-677		14 June 1943	29 December 1950	16 December 1963	Sold for scrap, 4 January 1966
McGowan	DD-678		30 June 1943	20 December 1943	30 April 1946	Transferred to Spain, 1 December 1960
McGowan	DD-678		30 June 1943	6 July 1951	30 November 1960	Transferred to Spain, 1 December 1960
McNair	DD-679		30 June 1943	30 December 1943	28 May 1946	Sold for scrap, 10 June 1976
McNair	DD-679		30 June 1943	6 July 1951	30 December 1963	Sold for scrap, 10 June 1976
Melvin	DD-680		6 July 1943	24 November 1943	31 May 1946	Sold for scrap, 14 August 1975
Melvin	DD-680		6 July 1943	26 February 1951	13 January 1954	Sold for scrap, 14 August 1975
Hopewell	DD-681	Bethlehem Steel Company, San Pedro, California, Terminal Island	29 October 1942	30 September 1943	15 January 1947	Sunk as target, 11 February 1972
Hopewell	DD-681		29 October 1942	28 March 1951	2 January 1970	Sunk as target, 11 February 1972
Porterfield	DD-682		12 December 1942	30 October 1943	15 July 1946	Sunk as a target, 18 July 1982
Porterfield	DD-682		12 December 1942	27 April 1951	7 November 1969	Sunk as a target, 18 July 1982
Stockham	DD-683	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California	19 December 1942	11 February 1944	30 August 1946	Sunk as target 17 February 1977
Stockham	DD-683		19 December 1942	14 November 1951	2 September 1957	Sunk as target 17 February 1977
Wedderburn	DD-684		10 January 1943	9 March 1944	April 4, 1946	Sold for scrap, 25 January 1972
Wedderburn	DD-684		10 January 1943	21 November 1950	1 October 1969	Sold for scrap, 25 January 1972
Picking	DD-685	Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Staten Island, New York	24 November 1942	21 September 1943	20 December 1945	Sunk as a target, 27 February 1997
Picking	DD-685		24 November 1942	26 January 1951	6 September 1969	Sunk as a target, 27 February 1997
Halsey Powell	DD-686		February 3, 1943	25 October 1943	10 December 1946	Transferred to the Republic of Korea, 27 April 1968
Halsey Powell	DD-686		February 3, 1943	27 April 1951	27 April 1968	Transferred to the Republic of Korea, 27 April 1968
Uhlmann	DD-687		6 March 1943	22 November 1943	14 June 1946	Sold for scrap, 21 March 1974
Uhlmann	DD-687		6 March 1943	23 May 1950	15 July 1972	Sold for scrap, 21 March 1974
Remey	DD-688	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine	22 March 1943	30 September 1943	10 December 1946	Sold for scrap, 10 June 1976
Remey	DD-688		22 March 1943	14 November 1951	30 December 1963	Sold for scrap, 10 June 1976
Wadleigh	DD-689		5 April 1943	19 October 1943	20 June 1946	Transferred to Chile, 26 July 1972
Wadleigh	DD-689		5 April 1943	3 October 1951	28 June 1962	Transferred to Chile, 26 July 1972
Norman Scott	DD-690		26 April 1943	5 November 1943	30 April 1946	Sold for scrap, 3 December 1973
Mertz	DD-691		10 May 1943	19 November 1943	23 April 1946	Sold for scrap, 16 December 1971
Callaghan	DD-792	Bethlehem Steel Company, San Pedro, California, Terminal Island	21 February 1943	27 November 1943	N/A	Sunk, 28 July 1945
Cassin Young	DD-793		18 March 1943	31 December 1943	28 May 1946	Museum ship at the former Boston Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts
Cassin Young	DD-793		18 March 1943	8 September 1951	29 April 1960
Irwin	DD-794		2 May 1943	14 February 1944	31 May 1946	Transferred to Brazil, 10 May 1968
Irwin	DD-794		2 May 1943	26 February 1951	10 January 1958	Transferred to Brazil, 10 May 1968
Preston	DD-795		13 June 1943	20 March 1944	24 April 1946	Transferred to Turkey, 15 November 1969
Preston	DD-795		13 June 1943	26 January 1951	15 November 1969	Transferred to Turkey, 15 November 1969
Benham	DD-796	Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Staten Island, New York	23 April 1943	20 December 1943	18 October 1946	Loaned to Peru, 15 December 1960
Benham	DD-796		23 April 1943	24 March 1951	30 June 1960	Loaned to Peru, 15 December 1960
Cushing	DD-797		3 May 1943	17 January 1944	3 February 1947	Loaned to Brazil, 20 July 1961
Cushing	DD-797		3 May 1943	17 August 1951	8 November 1960	Loaned to Brazil, 20 July 1961
Monssen	DD-798		1 June 1943	14 February 1944	30 April 1946	Sold for scrap, 21 October 1963
Monssen	DD-798		1 June 1943	31 October 1951	September 1957 or 11 December 1957	Sold for scrap, 21 October 1963
Jarvis	DD-799	Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation, Seattle, Washington	7 June 1943	3 June 1944	29 June 1946	Transferred to Spain, 3 November 1960
Jarvis	DD-799		7 June 1943	8 February 1951	24 October 1960	Transferred to Spain, 3 November 1960
Porter	DD-800		6 July 1943	24 June 1944	3 July 1946	Sold for scrap, 21 March 1974
Porter	DD-800		6 July 1943	9 February 1951	10 August 1953	Sold for scrap, 21 March 1974
Colhoun	DD-801		3 August 1943	8 July 1944	N/A	Sunk, 6 April 1945
Gregory	DD-802		13 August 1943	29 July 1944	15 January 1947	Sunk as a target, 4 March 1971
Gregory	DD-802		13 August 1943	27 April 1951	1 February 1964	Sunk as a target, 4 March 1971
Little	DD-803		13 September 1943	19 August 1944	N/A	Sunk, 3 May 1945
Rooks	DD-804		27 October 1943	2 September 1944	11 June 1946	Transferred to Chile, 26 July 1962
Rooks	DD-804		27 October 1943	19 May 1951	26 July 1962	Transferred to Chile, 26 July 1962

References

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Fletcher-class destroyers

Completed

Cancelled

Percival
Watson
Stevenson
Stockton
Thorn
Turner
DD-523 (Unnamed) – DD-525 (Unnamed)
DD-542 (Unnamed)
DD-543 (Unnamed)
DD-548 (Unnamed)
DD-549 (Unnamed)

Other operators

Argentine Navy Brown class	Almirante Brown (ex-Heermann) Espora (ex-Dortch) Rosales (ex-Stembel) Almirante Domecq García (ex-Braine) Almirante Storni (ex-Cowell)

Brazilian Navy Pará class	Pará (ex-Guest) Paraíba (ex-Bennett) Paraná (ex-Cushing) Pernambuco (ex-Hailey) Piauí (ex-Lewis Hancock) Santa Catarina (ex-Irwin) Maranhão (ex-Shields)

Chilean Navy	Blanco Encalada (ex-Wadleigh) Cochrane (ex-Rooks) (Charles J. Badger was purchased by the Chilean Navy for spare parts)

Republic of China Navy Heng Yang class	Kwei Yang (ex-Twining) Chiang Yang (ex-Mullany) An Yang (ex-Kimberly) Kun Yang (ex-Yarnall)

Colombian National Navy	Antioquia (ex-Hale)

German Navy	Zerstörer 1 (ex-Anthony) Zerstörer 2 (ex-Ringgold) Zerstörer 3 (ex-Wadsworth) Zerstörer 4 (ex-Claxton) Zerstörer 5 (ex-Dyson) Zerstörer 6 (ex-Charles Ausburne)

Hellenic Navy	Aspis (ex-Conner) Kimon (ex-Zerstörer 2) Lonchi (ex-Hall) Navarinon (ex-Brown) Nearchos (ex-Zerstörer 3) Sfendoni (ex-Aulick) Thyella (ex-Bradford) Velos (ex-Charrette) (Claxton and Dyson were purchased by the Hellenic Navy for spare parts)

Marina Militare Fante class	Geniere (ex-Pritchett) Lanciere (ex-Taylor) Fante (ex-Walker)

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force	Ariake (ex-Heywood L. Edwards) Yūgure (ex-Richard P. Leary)

Republic of Korea Navy	Chung Mu (ex-Erben) Seoul (ex-Halsey Powell) Pusan (ex-Hickox)

Mexican Navy	Cuauhtémoc (ex-Harrison) Cuitláhuac (ex-John Rodgers)

Peruvian Navy	Villar (ex-Benham) Almirante Guise (ex-Isherwood) (La Vallette and Terry were purchased by the Peruvian Navy for spare parts)

Spanish Navy	Lepanto (ex-Capps) Almirante Ferrandíz (ex-David W. Taylor) Almirante Valdés (ex-Converse) Alcalá Galiano (ex-Jarvis) Jorge Juan (ex-McGowan)

Turkish Navy	İstanbul (ex-Clarence K. Bronson) İzmir (ex-Van Valkenburgh) İzmit (ex-Cogswell) İskenderun (ex-Boyd) İçel (ex-Preston)

Preceded by: Gleaves class
Followed by: Allen M. Sumner class

List of destroyers of the United States Navy

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