United States Destroyers – Historic Warships

The first automotive torpedo was developed in 1866, and the torpedo boat was developed soon after. In 1898, while the Spanish–American War was being fought in the Caribbean and the Pacific, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt wrote that the Spanish torpedo boat destroyers were the only threat to the American Navy, and pushed for the acquisition of similar vessels. On 4 May 1898, the US Congress authorized the first sixteen torpedo boat destroyers and twelve seagoing torpedo boats for the United States Navy.

(Left to right) USS Coontz (DDG 40), USS King (DDG 41), USS Farragut (DDG 37), USS Ticoderoga

In World War I, the U.S. Navy began mass-producing destroyers, laying 273 keels of the Clemson and Wickes-class destroyers. The peacetime years between 1919 and 1941 resulted in many of these flush deck destroyers being laid up. Additionally, treaties regulated destroyer construction. The destroyers built in the 1930s under the treaties had stability problems that limited expansion of their armament in World War II. During World War II, the United States began building larger destroyers, but without stability problems.

The first major warship produced by the U.S. Navy after World War II (and in the Cold War) were “frigates”, the ships were originally designated destroyer leaders but reclassified in 1975 as guided missile cruisers (except the Farragut class became guided missile destroyers). These grew out of the last all-gun destroyers of the 1950s. In the middle 1970s the Spruance-class destroyers entered service, optimized for anti-submarine warfare. A special class of guided missile destroyers was produced for the Shah of Iran, but due to the Iranian Revolution these ships could not be delivered and were added to the U.S. Navy.

The Arleigh Burke class, introduced in 1991, has been the U.S. Navy’s only destroyer class in commission since 2005; construction continued through 2012 and was restarted in 2015. A further class, the Zumwalt, was launched in 2013. The Zumwalt class will number three ships. The Zumwalt-class destroyer program wasn’t “canceled” outright, but it was drastically cut down from a planned ~32 ships to just 3.

After the Zumwalt-class destroyer, the U.S. Navy did not immediately introduce a completely new destroyer class into service. Instead, the following developments took place:

Continued development of an existing class, The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer remained the backbone of the fleet.
Future successor (still in development), DDG(X) destroyer program, expected to become operational in the 2030s

Pre-World war I

Bainbridge class

During the Spanish-American War, future President Theodore Roosevelt, then Under Secretary of the Navy, noted that the greatest threat to the U.S. Navy was the Spanish destroyers. On his recommendation, the U.S. Congress authorized the construction of a number of destroyers for the U.S. Navy in 1898. These Bainbridge-class destroyers were a class of destroyers (TBDs) of the U.S. Navy, built between 1899 and 1903. It was the first class to be so designated and comprised the first 13 of the 16 TBDs approved by Congress in 1898 following the Spanish-American War (the remaining three approved destroyers formed the Truxtun class).

Name	Hull	Class	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Notes
USS Bainbridge	DD-1	Bainbridge	12-02-1903	15-09-1919	Sold to Henry A. Hitner's Sons Company for merchant conversion
USS Barry	DD-2	Bainbridge	24-11-1902	28-06-1919	Sold to Henry A. Hitner's Sons Company for merchant conversion
USS Chauncey	DD-3	Bainbridge	21-02-1903	--	Sunk in collision with British SS Rose on 19-11-1917
USS Dale	DD-4	Bainbridge	13-02-1903	09-07-1919	Sold to Henry A. Hitner's Sons Company
USS Decatur	DD-5	Bainbridge	19-05-1902	20-06-1919	Sold to Henry A. Hitner's Sons Company
USS Hopkins	DD-6	Bainbridge	23-09-1903	20-06-1919	Sold to Denton Shore Lumber Co., Tampa, FLorida
USS Hull	DD-7	Bainbridge	20-05-1903	07-07-1919	Sold to Henry A. Hitner's Sons Company
USS Lawrence	DD-8	Bainbridge	07-04-1903	20-06-1919	Sold to Henry A. Hitner's Sons Company
USS Macdonough	DD-9	Bainbridge	05-09-1903	03-09-1919	Sold to Henry A. Hitner's Sons Company for scrapping
USS Paul Jones	DD-10	Bainbridge	19-07-1902	15-09-1919	Sold to Henry A. Hitner's Sons Company for scrapping
USS Perry	DD-11	Bainbridge	04-09-1902	02-07-1919	Sold to Henry A. Hitner's Sons Company for scrapping
USS Preble	DD-12	Bainbridge	14-12-1903	11-07-1919	Sold to Henry A. Hitner's Sons Company for scrapping
USS Stewart	DD-13	Bainbridge	01-12-1902	09-07-1919	Sold to Henry A. Hitner's Sons Company for scrapping

Tuxtun and Smith class

Three Truxtun-class destroyers were built for the United States Navy. Part of the original 16 destroyers authorized by Congress on 4 May 1898. They were commissioned in 1902. They were very similar to their Bainbridge-class contemporaries, except for mounting six 6-pounder (57 mm) guns instead of five. They were considered the most successful destroyers of that time, and were succeeded by the larger Smith class. The Truxtuns escorted convoys during World War I. All were decommissioned in 1919 and converted to merchant vessels in 1920.

The Smith-class destroyers were the first ocean-going torpedo-boat destroyers in the United States Navy, and the first to be driven by steam turbines instead of the reciprocating engines fitted in the earlier and much smaller torpedo-boat destroyers. Flusser and Reid are sometimes considered to be Flusser-class ships. All of the ships served as convoy escorts in World War I, and several attacked U-boats.

Name	Hull	Class	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Notes
USS Truxtun	DD-14	Truxtun	11-09-1902	18-07-1919	Sold to Henry A. Hitner's Sons Company for merchant conversion
USS Whipple	DD-15	Truxtun	21-10-1902	07-07-1919	Sold to Henry A. Hitner's Sons Company for merchant conversion
USS Worden	DD-16	Truxtun	31-12-1902	13-07-1919	Sold to Henry A. Hitner's Sons Company for merchant conversion
USS Smith	DD-17	Smith	26-11-1909	02-09-1919	Bombing target until sold 20-12-1921 to Joseph G. Hitner for scrapping
USS Lamson	DD-18	Smith	10-02-1910	15-07-1919	Sold November 1919 for scrapping
USS Preston	DD-19	Smith	21-12-1909	17-07-1919	Sold November 1919 for scrapping
USSFlusser	DD-20	Smith	28-10-1909	14-07-1919	Sold November 1919 for scrapping
USS Reid	DD-21	Smith	03-12-1909	31-07-1919	Sold November 1919 for scrapping

Paulding class

The Paulding-class destroyers were a series of United States Navy destroyers derived from the Smith class with the torpedo tubes increased from three to six via twin mounts. They were the first destroyers in the US Navy with oil-fired boilers. The 21 Pauldings doubled the number of destroyers in the US Navy. The Paulding class derived its name from the class’s lead ship, Paulding, named for Rear Admiral Hiram Paulding (1797–1878). Like the Smiths, they were nicknamed “flivvers” after the small and shaky Model T Ford once the larger “thousand tonner” destroyers entered service.

Name	Hull	Class	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Notes
USS Paulding	DD-22	Paulding	29-09-1910	august 1919	Transfered to USCG 1924–1930 as CG-17, scrapped in 1934
USS Drayton	DD-23	Paulding	29-10-1910	17-11-1919	Scrapped in 1935
USS Roe	DD-24	Paulding	17-10-1910	December 1919	Transfered to USCG 1924–1930 as CG-18, scrapped in 1934
USS Terry	DD-25	Paulding	18-10-1910	13-11-1919	Transfered to USCG 1924–1930 as CG-19, scrapped in 1934
USS Perkins	DD-26	Paulding	18-11-1910	05-12-1919	Scrapped in 1935
USS Sterett	DD-27	Paulding	15-12-1910	09-12-1919	Scrapped in 1935
USS McCall	DD-28	Paulding	23-10-1911	12-12-1919	Transfered to USCG 1924–1930 as CG-14, scrapped in 1934
USS Burrows	DD-29	Paulding	21-02-1911	12-12-1919	Transfered to USCG 1925–1931 as CG-10, scrapped in 1934
USS Warrington	DD-30	Paulding	20-03-1911	31-01-1920	Scrapped in 1935
USS Mayrant	DD-31	Paulding	12-07-1911	12-12-1919	Scrapped in 1935
USS Monaghan	DD-32	Paulding	21-06-1911	04-11-1919	Transfered to USCG 1925–1931 as CG-15, scrapped in 1934
USS Trippe	DD-33	Paulding	23-03-1911	06-11-1919	Ttransfered to USCG 1925–1931 as CG-20, scrapped in 1934
USS Walke	DD-34	Paulding	22-07-1911	12-12-1919	Scrapped in 1935
USS Ammen	DD-35	Paulding	23-05-1911	11-12-1919	Transfered to USCG 1925–1931 as CG-8, scrapped in 1934
USS Patterson	DD-36	Paulding	11-10-1911	01-01-1919	Transfered to USCG 1924–1930 as CG-16, scrapped in 1934
USS Fanning	DD-37	Paulding	21-06-1912	24-11-1919	Transfered to USCG 1924–1930 as CG-11, scrapped in 1934
USS Jarvis	DD-38	Paulding	22-10-1912	26-11-1919	Scrapped in 1935
USS Henley	DD-39	Paulding	06-12-1912	12-12-1919	Transfered to USCG 1925–1931 as CG-12, scrapped in 1934
USS Beale	DD-40	Paulding	30-08-1912	25-10-1919	Transfered to USCG 1924–1930 as CG-11, scrapped in 1934
USS Jouett	DD-41	Paulding	24-05-1912	21-11-1919	Transfered to USCG 1925–1931 as CG-9, scrapped in 1934
USS Jenkins	DD-42	Paulding	15-06-1912	31-10-1919	Scrapped in 1935

Cassin, Aylwin and O’Brien class

Name	Hull	Class	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Notes
USS Cassin	DD-43	Cassin	09-08-1913	29-03-1922	Transfered to USCG 1924–1933 as CG-1, scrapped in 1934
USS Cummings	DD-44	Cassin	19-09-1913	23-06-1922	Transfered to USCG 1924–1932 as CG-3, scrapped in 1934
USS Downes	DD-45	Cassin	11-02-1915	06-06-1922	Transfered to USCG 1924–1930 as CG-4, scrapped in 1934
USS Duncan	DD-46	Cassin	30-08-1913	01-08-1922	Scrapped in 1935
USS Aylwin	DD-47	Aylwin	17-01-1914	23-02-1921	Scrapped in 1935
USS Parker	DD-48	Aylwin	30-12-1913	06-06-1922	Scrapped in 1935
USS Benham	DD-49	Aylwin	20-01-1914	07-07-1922	Scrapped in 1935
USS Balch	DD-50	Aylwin	26-03-1914	20-06-1922	Scrapped in 1935
USS O'Brien	DD-51	O'Brien	22-05-1915	05-06-1922	Sold for Scrape 23-04-1935
USS Nicholson	DD-52	O'Brien	30-04-1915	26-05-1922	Sold for Scrape 30-06-1935
USS Winslow	DD-53	O'Brien	07-08-1915	05-06-1922	Sold for Scrape 30-06-1935
USS McDougal	DD-54	O'Brien	16-06-1914	26-05-1922	Ttransfered to USCG 1924–1933 as CG-6, scrapped in 1935
USS Cushing	DD-55	O'Brien	14-08-1915	07-08-1920	Sold for Scrape 30-06-1936
USS Ericson	DD-56	O'Brien	14-08-1915	16-06-1922	Sold for Scrape 22-08-1934

Four destroyers comprised the Cassin class. All served as convoy escorts during World War I. The Cassins were the first of five “second-generation” destroyer classes that were front-line ships of the Navy until the 1930s. They were known as “thousand tonners” for their normal displacement, while the previous classes were nicknamed “flivvers” for their small size.

The Aylwin class was a class of four destroyers, all served as convoy escorts during World War I. The Aylwins were the second of five “second-generation” destroyer classes that were front-line ships of the Navy until the 1920s. They were known as “thousand tonners”. All were scrapped in 1935 to comply with the London Naval Treaty. These ships were built concurrently with the Cassin class and in some references are considered to be in that class. In design and armament they were essentially repeats of the Cassin class.

The O’Brien class of destroyers was a class of six ships designed by and built shortly before the United States entered World War I. The O’Brien class was the third of five classes of destroyers that were known as the “thousand tonners”. The design of what became the O’Brien class was an incremental development of the Aylwin class, which itself was similar to the first of the thousand tonners, the Cassin class. The key difference in the O’Brien class was the increase in torpedo size. All six ships operated in the Atlantic or Caribbean until the U.S. entrance into World War I, when all six were sent overseas to Queenstown, Ireland, for convoy escort duties. Several of the ships rescued passengers and crew from ships sunk by U-boats, and several had encounters with U-boats themselves. All six members of the class had returned to the United States in January 1919.

Tucker and Sampson class

Name	Hull	Class	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Notes
USS Tucker	DD-57	Tucker	11-04-1916	16-05-2921	Transfered to USCG 1926–1933 as CG-23, scrapped in 1936
USS Conyngham	DD-58	Tucker	21-01-1922	23-06-1922	Transfered to USCG 1924–1933 as CG-2, scrapped in 1934
USS Porter	DD-59	Tucker	17-04-1916	23-06-1922	Transfered to USCG 1924–1933 as CG-7, scrapped in 1934
USS Wadsworth	DD-60	Tucker	23-07-1915	03-06-1922	Sold for Scrape 30-06-1936
USS Jacob Jones	DD-61	Tucker	10-02-1916	--	Sunk 06-12-17, torpedoed by German submarine U-53
USS Wainwright	DD-62	Tucker	12-05-1916	03-06-1922	Transfered to USCG 1926–1934 as CG-24, scrapped in 1934
USS Sampson	DD-63	Sampson	20-01-1914	15-06-1921	Sold for Scrape 08-09-1936
USS Rowan	DD-64	Sampson	26-03-1914	14-06-1922	Sold for Scrape 20-04-1939
USS Davis	DD-65	Sampson	22-05-1915	20-06-1922	Ttransfered to USCG 1926–1933 as CG-6, scrapped in 1935
USS Allen	DD-66	Sampson	30-04-1915	15-10-1945	Sold for Scrape 26-09-1946
USS Wilkes	DD-67	Sampson	07-08-1915	05-06-1922	Ttransfered to USCG 1926–1934 as CG-6, scrapped in 1934
USS Shaw	DD-68	Sampson	16-06-1914	21-06-1922	Ttransfered to USCG 1924–1933 as CG-6, scrapped in 1934

The Tucker class of destroyers was a ship class of six ships designed by and built shortly before the United States entered World War I. The Tucker class was the fourth of five classes of destroyers that were known as the “thousand tonners”. All six ships operated in the Atlantic or Caribbean until the U.S. entrance into World War I, when all six were sent overseas to Queenstown, Ireland, for convoy escort duties. Between 1924 and 1926, four of the five (all but Wadsworth) were commissioned into the United States Coast Guard to help enforce Prohibition as a part of the “Rum Patrol”.

The Sampson-class destroyers served in the United States Navy during World War I. Commissioned in 1916 and 1917, the class was a modification of the O’Brien and Tucker classes. The Sampsons were the final six ships of the 26 “thousand tonner” destroyers. They were the largest and most heavily armed of the “thousand tonners”.

World War I

Prior to entering World War I in 1917, the United States began producing destroyers to a new design with a continuous sheer strake, collectively referred to as “flush deckers”. Six prototypes of the Caldwell class were dissimilar: three had three stacks; two of these also had three screws. The others of this and the 267 ships of the mass-production Wickes and Clemson classes that followed all had two screws. As built, they also had four stacks, which gave rise to the nicknames “four stackers” or “four pipers”. Eleven shipyards participated in their construction, which peaked in 1917 and 1918.

Caldwell class

The Caldwell class was a class of six “flush deck” destroyers built during World War I and shortly after. Four served as convoy escorts in the Atlantic; the other two were completed too late for wartime service. Two were scrapped during the 1930s, but four survived to serve throughout World War II, three of these in service with the Royal Navy under the Destroyers for Bases Agreement and the fourth as a high speed transport.

Name	Hull	Class	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Notes
USS Caldwell	DD-69	Caldwell	01-12-1917	27-06-1922	Scrapped in 1936
USS Craven	DD-70	Caldwell	19-10-1918 09-08-1940	15-06-1922 23-10-1940	Transferred to Royal Navy as HMS Lewes 23-10-1940, Scutteled 1946
USS Gwin	DD-71	Caldwell	20-03-1920	28-06-1922	Scrapped in 1939
USS Conner	DD-72	Caldwell	12-01-1918 23-08-1940	21-06-1922 23-10-1940	Transferred to Royal Navy as HMS Leeds, Scrapped March 1947
USS Stockton	DD-73	Caldwell	26-11-1917 16-08-1940	26-06-1922 23-10-1940	Transferred to Royal Navy as HMS Ludlow, Destroyed as target 1945
USS Manley	DD-74	Caldwell	15-10-1917 01-05-1930	14-06-1922 19-11-1945	, Re-designated AG-28, APD-1 and DD-74, Scrapped in 1946

Wickes class

The Wickes-class destroyers were a class of 111 destroyers built by the U.S. Navy in 1917–1919. Together with the six preceding ships of the Caldwell class and the succeeding 156 subsequent Clemson-class destroyers, they were grouped as the “flush-deck” or “four-stack” type. Only a few were completed in time to serve in World War I, including USS Wickes, the lead ship of the class. While some were scrapped in the 1930s, the rest served throughout World War II. Most of these were converted to other uses; nearly all in U.S. service had half their boilers and one or more stacks removed to increase fuel and range or accommodate troops. Others were transferred to the British Royal Navy and the Royal Canadian Navy, some of which were later transferred to the Soviet Navy. All were scrapped within a few years after World War II.

Hull	Name	Hull	Name	Hull	Name	Hull	Name
DD-75	USS Wickes	DD-76	USS Philip	DD-77	USS Woolsey	DD-78	USS Evans
DD-79	USS Little	DD-80	USS Kimberly	DD-81	USS Sigourney	DD-82	USS Gregory
DD-83	USS Stringham	DD-84	USS Dyer	DD-85	USS Colhoun	DD-86	USS Stevens
DD-87	USS McKee	DD-88	USS Robinson	DD-89	USS Ringgold	DD-90	USS McKean
DD-91	USS Harding	DD-92	USS Gridley	DD-93	USS Fairfax	DD-94	USS Taylor
DD-95	USS Bell	DD-96	USS Stribling	DD-97	USS Murray	DD-98	USS Israel
DD-99	USS Luce	DD-100	USS Maury	DD-101	USS Lansdale	DD-102	USS Mahan
DD-103	USS Schley	DD-104	USS Champlin	DD-105	USS Mugford	DD-106	USS Chew
DD-107	USS Hazelwood	DD-108	USS Williams	DD-109	USS Crane	DD-110	USS Hart
DD-111	USS Ingraham	DD-112	USS Ludlow	DD-113	USS Rathburne	DD-114	USS Talbot
DD-115	USS Waters	DD-116	USS Dent	DD-117	USS Dorsey	DD-118	USS Lea
DD-119	USS Lamberton	DD-120	USS Radford	DD-121	USS Montgomery	DD-122	USS Breese
DD-123	USS Gamble	DD-124	USS Ramsay	DD-125	USS Tattnall	DD-126	USS Badger
Dd-127	USS Twiggs	DD-128	USS Babbitt	DD-129	USS DeLong	DD-130	USS Jacob Jones
DD-131	USS Buchanan	DD-132	USS Aaron Ward	DD-133	USS Hale	DD-134	USS Crowninshield
DD-135	USS Tillman	DD-136	USS Boggs	DD-137	USS Kitty	DD-138	USS Kennison
DD-139	USS Ward	DD-140	USS Claxton	DD-141	USS Hamilton	DD-142	USS Tarbell
DD-143	USS Yarnall	DD-144	USS Upshur	DD-145	USS Greer	DD-146	USS Elliot
DD-147	USS Roper	DD-148	USS Breckinridge	DD-149	USS Barney	DD-150	USS Blakely
DD-151	USS Biddle	DD-152	USS Du Pont	DD-153	USS Bernadou	DD-154	USS Ellis
DD-155	USS Cole	DD-156	USS J. Fred Talbot	DD-157	USS Dickerson	DD-158	USS Leary
DD-159	USS Schenck	DD-160	USS Herbert	DD-161	USS Palmer	DD-162	USS Tatcher
Dd-163	USS Walker	DD-164	USS Crosby	DD-165	USS Meredith	DD-166	USS Bush
DD-167	USS Cowell	DD-168	USS Maddox	DD-169	USS Foote	DD-170	USS Kalk
DD-171	USS Burns	DD-172	USS Anthony	DD-173	USS Sproston	DD-174	USS Rizal
DD-175	USS Mackenzie	DD-176	USS Renshaw	DD-177	USS O"Bannon	DD-178	USS Hogan
DD-179	USS Howard	DD-180	USS Stansbury	Dd181	USS Hopewell	DD-182	USS Thomas
DD-183	USS Haraden	DD-184	USS Abott	DD-185	USS Bagley

Clemson class

The Clemson class was a series of 156 destroyers (six more were cancelled and never begun) built at the end of World War I, the majority of which served with the United States Navy from after World War I and through World War II. The Clemson-class ships were commissioned by the United States Navy from 1919 to 1922. The Clemson class was a minor redesign of the Wickes class for greater fuel capacity and was the last pre-World War II class of flush-deck destroyers to be built for the United States. Until the Fletcher-class destroyer, the Clemsons were the most numerous class of destroyers commissioned in the United States Navy and were known colloquially as “flush-deckers”, “four-stackers” or “four-pipers”.

Hull	Name	Hull	Name	Hull	Name	Hull	Name
DD-186	USS Clempson	DD-187	USS Dahlgren	DD-188	USS Goldsborough	DD-189	USS Semmes
DD-190	USS Satterlee	DD-191	USS Mason	DD-192	USS Graham	DD-193	USS Abel P. Upshur
DD-194	USS Hunt	DD-195	USS W.C.Wood	DD-196	USS G.E.Badger	DD-197	USS Branch
DD-198	USS Herndon	DD-199	USS Dallas	DD-200	USS <unnamed>	DD-201	USS <unnamed>
DD-202	USS <unnamed>	DD-203	USS <unnamed>	DD-204	USS <unnamed>	DD-205	USS <unnamed>
DD-206	USS Chandler	DD-207	USS Southhard	DD-208	USS Hovey	DD-209	USS Long
DD-210	USS Broome	DD-211	USS Alden	DD-212	USS S. Thompson	DD-213	USS Barker
DD-214	USS Tracy	DD-215	USS Borie	DD-216	USS J.D. Edwards [	DD-217	USS Whipple
DD-218	USS Parrott	DD-219	USS Edsall	DD-220	USS MacLeish	DD-221	USS Simpson
DD-222	USS Bulmer	DD-223	USS McCormick	DD-224	USS Stewart	DD-225	USS Pope
DD-226	USS Peary	DD-227	USS Pillsbury	DD-228	USS Ford	DD-229	USS Truxtun
DD-230	USS Paul Jones	DD-231	USS Hatfield	DD-232	USS Brooks	DD-233	USS Gilmer
DD-234	USS Fox	DD-235	USS Kane	DD-236	USS Humphreys	DD-237	USS McFarland
Dd-238	USS J.K. Paulding	DD-239	USS Overton	DD-240	USS Sturtevant	DD-241	USS Childs
DD-242	USS King	DD-243	USS Sands	DD-244	USS Williamson	DD-245	USS Reuben James
DD-246	USS Bainbridge	DD-247	USS Goff	DD-248	USS Barry	DD-249	USS Hopkins
DD-250	USS Lawrence	DD-251	USS Belknap	DD-252	USS McCook	DD-253	USS McCalla
DD-254	USS Rodgers	DD-255	USS Osmond Ingram	DD-256	USS Bancroft	DD-257	USS Welles
DD-258	USS Aulic	DD-259	USS Turner	DD-260	USS Gillis	DD-261	USS Delphy
DD-262	USS McDermut	DD-263	USS Laub	DD-264	USS McLanahan	DD-265	USS Edwards
DD-266	USS Greene	DD-267	USS Ballard	DD-268	USS Shubrick	DD-269	USS Bailey
DD-270	USS Thornton	DD-271	USS Morris	DD-272	USS Tingey	DD-273	USS Swasey
Dd-274	USS Meade	DD-275	USS Sinclair	DD-276	USS MccCawley	DD-277	USS Moody
DD-278	USS Henshaw	DD-279	USS Meyer	DD-280	USS Doyen	DD-281	USS Sharkey
DD-282	USS Toucey	DD-283	USS Breck	DD-284	USS Isherwood	DD-285	USS Case
DD-286	USS Lardner	DD-287	USS Putnam	DD-288	USS Worden	DD-289	USS Flusser
DD-290	USS Dale	DD-291	USS Converse	DD-292	USS Reid	DD-293	USS Billingsley
DD-294	USS Charles Ausburn	DD-295	USS Osborne	DD-296	USS Chauncey	DD-297	USS Fuller
DD-298	USS Percival	DD-299	USS J.F. Burnes	DD-300	USS Faragut	DD-301	USS Somers
DD-302	USS Stoddert	DD-303	USS Reno	DD-304	USS Farquhar	DD-305	USS Thompson
DD-306	USS Kennedy	DD-307	USS Paul Hamilton	DD-308	USS William Jones	DD-309	USS Woodbury
DD-310	USS S.P. Lee	DD-311	USS Nicholas	DD-312	USS Young	DD-313	USS Zeilin
DD-314	USS Yarborough	DD-315	USS Lavallette	DD-316	USS Sloat	DD-317	USS Wood
DD-318	USS Shrik	DD-319	USS Kidder	DD-320	USS Selfridge	DD-321	USS Marcus
DD-322	USS Mervine	DD-323	USS Chase	DD-324	USS Robert Smith	DD-325	USS Mullany
DD-326	USS Coghalan	DD-327	USS Preston	DD-328	USS Lamson	DD-329	USS Bruce
DD-330	USS Hull	DD-331	USS Macdonough	DD-332	USS Farenholt	DD-333	USS Sumner
DD-334	USS Corry	DD-335	USS Melvin	DD-336	USS Litchfield	DD-337	USS Zane
DD-338	USS Wasmuth	DD-339	USS Trever	DD-340	USS Perry	DD-341	USS Decatur
DD-342	USS Hulbert	DD-343	USS Noa	DD-344	USS W.B. Preston	DD-345	USS Preble
DD-346	USS Sicard	DD-347	USS Pruitt

Interwar

Farragut class

Name	Hull	Class	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Notes
USS Farragut	DD-348	Farragut class	18-06-1934	23-10-1945	Sold for scrap, 14-08-1947, Scrapped 1947
USS Dewey	DD-349	Farragut class	04-10-1934	19-10-1945	Sold for scrap, 20-12-1946, Scrapped 1946
USS Hull	DD-350	Farragut class	11-01-1935	--	Lost in Typhoon Cobra, 18-12-1944
USS MacDonough	DD-351	Farragut class	15-3-1935	22-10-1945	Sold for scrap, 20-12-1946, Scrapped 1946
USS Worden	DD-352	Farragut class	15-01-1935	--	Grounded and sunk near Amchitka, Alaska, 12-01-1943
USS Dale	DD-353	Farragut class	17-01-1935	16-10-1945	Sold for scrap, 20-12-1946, Scrapped 1946
USS Monaghan	DD-354	Farragut class	19-04-1935	--	Lost in Typhoon Cobra, 18-12-1944
USS Aylwin	DD-355	Farragut class	01-03-1935	16-10-1945	Sold for scrap, 20-12-1946, Scrapped 1946

Porter class

Name	Hull	Class	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Notes
USS Porter	DD-356	Porter class	27-08-1936	--	Lost in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 26-10-1942
USS Selfridge	DD-357	Porter class	25-11-1936	15-10-1945	Sold for scrap, 20-12-1946, Scrapped 1946
USS McDougal	DD-358	Porter class	23-12-1936	24-06-1946	Sold for scrap 02-08-1949. Scrapped 1949
USS Winslow	DD-359	Porter class	17-02-1937	28-06-1950	Sold for scrap 23-02-1959
USS Phelps	DD-360	Porter class	26-02-1936	06-11-1945	Sold for scrap 10-08-1947, scrapped 1947
USS Clark	DD-361	Porter class	20-05-1936	23-10-1945	Scrapped 29-03-1946
USS Moffett	DD-362	Porter class	28-08-1936	02-11-1945	Sold for scrapping 16-05-1947, Scrapped 1947
USS Balch	DD-363	Porter class	20-10-1936	19-10-1945	Scrapped in 1946

Mahan class

Name	Hull	Class	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Notes
USS Mahan	DD-364	Mahan class	18-09-1936	--	Damaged on 07-12-1944 by kamikaze attack; Sunk by a US destroyer
USS Cummings	DD-365	Mahan class	25-11-1936	14-12-1945	Sold for scrap on 17-07-1947
USS Drayton	DD-366	Mahan class	01-09-1936	09-10-1945	Sold for scrap on 20-12-1946
USS Lamson	DD-367	Mahan class	21-10-1936	29-07-1946	Sunk in the 1946 Operation Crossroads nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll
USS Flusser	DD-368	Mahan class	01-10-1936	16-12-1946	Sold for scrap on 06-01-1948
USS Reid	DD-369	Mahan class	02-11-1936	--	Sunk on 11-12-1944 by kamikazes
USS Case	DD-370	Mahan class	15-09-1936	13-12-1945	Sold for scrap on 31-12-1947
USS Conyngham	DD-371	Mahan class	04-11-1936	20-12-1946	Used in Oper. Crossroads, 1946 and destroyed by sinking in July 1948
USS Cassin	DD-372	Mahan class	21-08-1936 05-02-1944	07-12-1941 17-12-1945	Scrapped Pearl Harbor October 1942. Machinery reused in new hull
USS Shaw	DD-373	Mahan class	18-09-1936	02-10-1945	Scrapped in July 1946
USS Tucker	DD-374	Mahan class	23-07-1936	--	Struck mine on 02-08-1942; exploded and sank
USS Downes	DD-375	Mahan class	15-01-1937 15-11-1943	20-06-1942 17-12-1945	Scrapped Pearl Harbor October 1942. Machinery reused in new hull
USS Cushing	DD-376	Mahan class	28-08-1936	--	Sunk during Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on 13-11-1942
USS Perkins	DD-377	Mahan class	18-09-1936	--	Sunk on 29-11-1943, when rammed by an Australian troopship
USS Smith	DD-378	Mahan class	19-09-1936	28-06-1946	Struck from US Navy records on 25 February 1947
USS Preston	DD-379	Mahan class	27-10-1936	--	Sunk during Naval Battle of Guadalcanal 14-11-1942
USS Dunlap	DD-384	Mahan class	12-06-1937	14-12-1945	Sold for scrap on 31-12-1947
USS Fanning	DD-385	Mahan class	08-10-1937	14-12-1945	Sold for scrap 06-01-1948

Gridley class

Name	Hull	Class	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Notes
USS Gridley	DD-380	Gridley class	24-06-1937	18-04-1946	Sold for scrap 20-08-1947, Scrapped 1947
USS Craven	DD-382	Gridley class	02-09-1937	19-04-1946	Sold for scrap 02-10-1947, Scrapped 1947
USS McCall	DD-400	Gridley class	22-06-1938	30-11-1945	Scrapped 1947
USS Maury	DD-401	Gridley class	05-08-1938	19-10-1945	Sold for scrap 13-06-1946, Scrapped 1946

Bagley class

Name	Hull	Class	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Notes
USS Bagley	DD-386	Bagley class	12-06-1937	14-08-1946	Sold for scrap on 08-09-1947
USS Blue	DD-387	Bagley class	14-08-1937	--	Sunk by enemy action off Guadalcanal on 22-08-1942
USS Helm	DD-388	Bagley class	16-10-1937	26-06-1946	Sold for scrap on 02-10-1947
USS Mugford	DD-389	Bagley class	16-08-1937	29-08-1946	Scuttled off Kwajalein, 22 March 1948
USS Ralph Talbot	DD-390	Bagley class	14-10-1937	29-08-1946	Scuttled off Kwajalein, 08 March 1948
USS Henley	DD-391	Bagley class	14-08-1937	--	Sunk by enemy action off New Guinea on 03-10-1943
USS Patterson	DD-392	Bagley class	22-09-1937	08-11-1945	Sold for scrap on 18-08-1947
USS Jarvis	DD-393	Bagley class	27-10-1937	--	Sunk by enemy action off Guadalcanal on 09-08-1942

Somers class

Name	Hull	Class	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Notes
USS Somers	DD-381	Somers class	01-12-1937	28-10-1945	Sold for scrap in 1947
USS Warrington	DD-383	Somers class	09-02-1938	--	Lost in a hurricane north of the Bahamas on 13-09-1944
USS Sampson	DD-394	Somers class	19-08-1938	01-11-1945	Sold for scrap on 29-03-1946
USS Davis	DD-395	Somers class	09-11-1938	19-10-1945	Sold for scrap on 24-11-1947
USS Jouett	DD-396	Somers class	25-01-1939	01-11-1945	Scrapped in 1946

Benham class

Name	Hull	Class	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Notes
USS Benham	DD-397	Benham class	02-02-1939	--	Torpedoed by Japanese at Naval Battle of Guadalcanal 15-11-1942
USS Ellet	DD-398	Benham class	17-02-1939	29-10-1945	Sold for scrap on 01-08-1947
USS Lang	DD-399	Benham class	30-03-1939	16-10-1945	Sold for scrap on 31-10-1947
USS Mayrant	DD-401	Benham class	13-09-1939	28-08-1946	Damaged by atomic tests at Bikini Atoll, July 1946, Scuttled 04-04-'48
USS Trippe	DD-402	Benham class	01-11-1939	28-08-1946	Damaged by atomic tests at Bikini Atoll, July 1946. Scuttled 03-02-'48
USS Rhind	DD-403	Benham class	10-11-1939	26-08-1946	Damaged by atomic tests at Bikini Atoll, July 1946. Scuttled 22-03-'48
USS Rowan	DD-405	Benham class	23-09-1939	--	Torpedoed by German E-boats while on convoy duty on 11-09-1943
USS Stack	DD-406	Benham class	20-11-1939	29-08-1946	Damaged by atomic tests at Bikini Atoll, July 1946. Sunk 24-04-1948
USS Sterett	DD-407	Benham class	15-08-1939	02-11-1945	Sold for scrap on 10-08-1947
USS Wilson	DD-408	Benham class	05-07-1939	29-08-1946	Damaged by atomic tests at Bikini Atoll, July 1946. Scuttled 08-03-'48

Sims class

Name	Hull	Class	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Notes
USS Sims	DD-409	Sims class	01-08-1939	--	Sunk by Japanese aircraft in the Battle of the Coral Sea, 07-05-1942
USS Hughes	DD-410	Sims class	21-09-1939	28-08-1946	Damaged by atomic tests at Bikini Atoll, July 1946. Sunk 16-10-1948.
USS Anderson	DD-411	Sims class	19-05-1939	28-08-1946	Sunk during by atomic tests (Test "Able"), at Bikini Atoll, 01-07-1946
USS Hammann	DD-412	Sims class	11-08-1939	--	Sunk by I-168 during the Battle of Midway on 06-06-1942. (80 killed).
USS Mustin	DD-413	Sims class	15-09-1939	29-08-1946	Damaged by atomic tests at Bikini Atoll, July 1946. Scuttled 18-04-'48
USS Russell	DD-414	Sims class	03-11-1939	15-11-1945	Sold for scrap in September 1947
USS O'Brien	DD-415	Sims class	02-03-1940	--	Torpedoed by I-19, 15-09-1942. Sank 19-10-1942 after departing Suva.
USS Walke	DD-416	Sims class	27-04-1940	--	Torpedoed by the destroyer Ayanami, Battle of Guadalcanal, 15-11-'42
USS Morris	DD-417	Sims class	05-03-1940	09-11-1945	Sold for scrap on 02-08-1947
USS Roe	DD-418	Sims class	05-01-1940	30-10-1945	Sold for scrap in August 1947
USS Wainwright	DD-419	Sims class	15-04-1940	29-08-1946	Damaged by atomic tests at Bikini Atoll, July 1946. Sunk 05-07-1948.
USS Buck	DD-420	Sims class	15-05-1940	--	Sunk by U-616 off Salerno, Italy, 09-10-1943 (150 killed).

Gleaves class

Hull	Name	Hull	Name	Hull	Name	Hull	Name
DD-423	USS Gleaves	DD-424	USS Niblack	DD-429	USS Livermore	DD-430	USS Eberle
DD-431	USS Plunkett	DD-432	USS Kearny	DD-433	USS Gwin	DD-434	USS Merredith
DD-435	USS Grayson	DD-436	USS Monssen	DD-437	USS Woolsey	DD-438	USS Ludlow
DD-439	USS Edison	DD-440	USS Ericsson	DD-441	USS Wilkes	DD-442	USS Nicholson
DD-443	USS Swanson	DD-444	USS Ingraham	DD-453	USS Bristol	DD-454	USS Ellyson
DD-455	USS Hambleton	DD-456	USS Rodman	DD-457	USS Emmons	DD-458	USS Macomb
DD-461	USS Forrest	DD-462	USS Fitch	DD-463	USS Corry	DD-464	USS Hobson
DD-214	USS Tracy	DD-215	USS Borie	DD-216	USS J.D. Edwards [	DD-217	USS Whipple
DD-483	USS Aaron Ward	DD-484	USS Buchanan	DD-485	USS Duncan	DD-486	USS Lansdowne
DD-487	USS Lardner	DD-488	USS McCalla	DD-489	USS Mervine	DD-490	USS Quick
DD-493 DMS-33	USS Carmick	DD-494 DMS-34	USS Doyle	DD-495 DMS-35	USS Endicott	DD-496 DMS-36	USS McCook
DD-497	USS Frankford	DD-618	USS Davison	DD-619	USS Edwards	DD-620	USS Glennon
DD-621	USS Jeffers	DD-622	USS Maddox	DD-623	USS Nelson	DD-624	USS Baldwin
DD-625	USS Harding	DD-626	USS Satterlee	DD-627	USS Thompson	DD-628	USS Welles
DD-632	USS Cowie	DD-633	USS Knight	DD-634	USS Doran	DD-635	USS Earle
DD-636	USS Butler	DD-637	USS Gerardi	DD-638	USS Herndon	DD-639	USS Shubrick
DD-640	USS Beatty	DD-641	USS Tillman	DD-645	USS Steverson	DD-646	USS Stockton
DD-647	USS Thorn	DD-648	USS Turner

Benson class

Hull	Name	Hull	Name	Hull	Name	Hull	Name
DD-421	USS Benson	DD-422	USS Mayo	DD-425	USS Madison	DD-426	USS Lansdale
DD-427	USS H.P. Jones	DD-428	USS C.F. Hughes	DD-459	USS Laffey	DD-460	USS Woodsworth
DD-491	USS Farenholt	DD-492	USS Bailey	DD-598	USS Bancroft	DD-599	USS Barton
DD-600	USS Boyle	DD-601	USS Champlin	DD-602	USS Meade	DD-603	USS Murphy
DD-604	USS Parker	DD-605	USS Caldwell	DD-606	USS Coghlan	DD-607	USS Frazier
DD-608	USS Gansevoort	DD-609	USS Gillespie	DD-610	USS Hobby	DD-611	USS Kalk
DD-612	USS Kendrick	DD-613	USS Laub	DD-614	USS MacKenzie	DD-615	USS McLanaham
DD-616	USS Nields	DD-617	USS Ordronaux

World War II

Fletcher class

Hull	Name	Hull	Name	Hull	Name	Hull	Name
DD-445	USS Fletcher	DD-446	USS Radford	DD-447	USS Jenkins	DD-448	USS La Vallette
DD-449	USS Nicholas	DD-450	USS O' Bannon	DD-451	USS Chevalier	DD-465	USS Saufey
DD-466	USS Waller	DD-467	USS Strong	DD-468	USS Taylor	DD-469	USS De Haven
DD-470	USS Bache	DD-471	USS Beale	DD-472	USS Guest	DD-473	USS Bennett
DD-474	USS Fullam	DD-475	USS Hudson	DD-476	USS Hutchins	DD-478	USS Pringle
DD-479	USS Stevens	DD-480	USS Halford	DD-481	USS Leutze	DD-482	USS Watson
DD-498	USS Philip	DD-499	USS Renshaw	DD-500	USS Ringgold	DD-501	USS Schroeder
DD-502	USS Sigsbee	DD-507	USS Conway	DD-508	USS Cony	DD-509	USS Converse
DD-510	USS Eaton	DD-511	USS Foote	DD-512	USS Spence	DD-513	USS Terry
DD-514	USS Tatcher	DD-515	USS Anthony	DD-516	USS Wadsworth	DD-517	USS Walker
DD-518	USS Brownson	DD-519	USS Daly	DD-520	USS Isherwood	DD-521	USS Kinberly
DD-522	USS Luce	DD-526	USS Abner Read	DD-527	USS Ammen	DD-528	USS Mullany
DD-529	USS Bush	DD-530	USS Trathen	DD-531	USS Hazelwood	DD-532	USS Heermann
DD-533	USS Hoel	DD-534	USS McCord	DD-535	USS Miller	DD-536	USS Owen
DD-537	USS The Sullivans	DD-538	USS Stephen Potter	DD-539	USS Tingey	DD-540	USS Twining
DD-541	USS Yarnall	DD-544	USS Boyd	DD-545	USS Bradford	DD-546	USS Brown
DD-547	USS Cowell	DD-550	USS Capps	DD-551	USS David W. Taylor	DD-552	USS Evans
DD-553	USS John D. Henley	DD-554	USS Franks	DD-555	USS Haggard	DD-556	USS Haily
DD-557	USS Johnston	DD-558	USS Laws	DD-559	USS Longshaw	DD-560	USS Morrison
DD-561	USS Prichett	DD-562	USS Robinson	DD-563	USS Ross	DD-564	USS Rowe
DD-565	USS Smalley	DD-566	USS Stoddard	DD-567	USS Watts	DD-568	USS Wren
DD-569	USS Aulick	DD-570	USS Charles Ausburne	DD-571	USS Claxton	DD-572	USS Dyson
DD-573	USS Harrison	DD-574	USS John Rodgers	DD-575	USS McKee	DD-576	USS Murray
DD-577	USS Sproston	DD-578	USS Wickes	DD-579	USS W.D. Porter	DD-580	USS Young
DD-581	USS Charrette	DD-582	USS Conner	DD-583	USS Hall	DD-584	USS Halligan
DD-585	USS Haraden	DD-586	USS Newcomb	DD-587	USS Bell	DD-588	USS Burns
DD-589	USS Izard	DD-590	USS Paul Hamilton	DD-591	USS Twiggs	DD-592	USS Howorth
DD-593	USS Killen	DD-594	USS Hart	DD-595	USS Metcalf	DD-596	USS Shields
DD-597	USS Wiley	DD-629	USS Abbot	DD-630	USS Braine	DD-631	USS Erben
DD-642	USS Hale	DD-643	USS Sigourney	DD-644	USS Stembel	DD-649	USS Albert W. Grant
DD-650	USS Caperton	DD-651	USS Cogswell	DD-652	USS Ingersoll	DD-653	USS Knapp
DD-654	USS Bearss	DD-655	USS John Hood	DD-656	USS Van Valkenburgh	DD-657	USS Charles J. Badger
DD-658	USS Colahan	DD-659	USS Dashiell	DD-660	USS Bullard	DD-661	USS Kid
DD-662	USS Bennion	DD-663	USS H.L. Edwards	DD-664	USS Richard P. Leary	DD-665	USS Bryant
DD-666	USS Black	DD-667	USS Chauncey	DD-668	USS C.K. Bronson	DD-669	USS Cotton
DD-670	USS Dortch	DD-671	USS Gatling	DD-672	USS Healy	DD-673	USS Hickox
DD-674	USS Hunt	DD-675	USS Lewis hancock	DD-676	USS Marshall	DD-677	USS McDermut
DD-678	USS McGowan	DD-679	USS McNair	DD-680	USS Melvin	DD-681	USS Hopewell
DD-682	USS Porterfield	DD-683	USS Stockham	DD-684	USS Wedderburn	DD-685	USS Picking
DD-686	USS Halsey Powell	DD-687	USS Ulhmann	DD-688	USS Remey	DD-689	USS Wadleigh
DD-690	USS Norman Scott	DD-691	USS Mertz	DD-792	USS Callaghan	DD-793	USS Cassin Young
DD-794	USS Irwin	DD-795	USS Preston	DD-796	USS Benham	DD-797	USS Cushing
DD-798	USS Monsen	DD-799	USS JArvis	DD-800	USS Porter	DD-801	USS Colhoun
DD-802	USS Gregory	DD-803	USS Little	DD-804	USS Rooks

Allen M. Summer class

Hull	Name	Hull	Name	Hull	Name	Hull	Name
DD-692	USS Allen M. Summer	DD-693	USS Moale	DD-694	USS Ingraham	DD-695	USS Cooper
DD-696	USS English	DD-697	USS C.S. Sperry	DD-698	USS Ault	DD-699	USS Waldron
DD-700	USS Haynsworth	DD-701	USS John W. Weeks	DD-702	USS Hank	DD-703	USS Wallace L. Lind
DD-704	USS Borie	DD-705	USS Compton	DD-706	USS Gainard	DD-707	USS Soley
DD-708	USS Soley	DD-709	USS H.R. Dickson	DD-722	USS Barton	DD-723	USS Walke
DD-724	USS Laffey	DD-725	USS O'Brien	DD-726	USS Meredith	DD-727	USS De Haven
DD-728	USS Mansfield	DD-729	USS L.K. Swenson	DD-730	USS Collett	DD-731	USS Maddox
DD-732	USS Hyman	DD-733	USS Mannert L. Abele	DD-734	USS Purdy	DD-741	USS Drexler
DD-744	USS Blue	DD-745	USS Brush	DD-746	USS Taussig	DD-747	USS Samuel N. Moore
DD-748	USS Harry E. Hubbard	DD-752	USS A.A. Cunningham	DD-753	USS John R. Pierce	DD-754	USS Frank E. Evans
DD-755	USS John A. Bole	DD-756	USS Beatty	DD-757	USS Putnam	DD-758	USS Strong
DD-759	USS Lofberg	DD-760	USS J.W. Thomason	DD-761	USS Buck	DD-762	USS Henley
DD-770	USS Lowry	DD-774	USS Hugh W. Hadley	DD-775	USS Willard Keith	DD-776	USS James C. Owens
DD-777	USS Zellars	DD-778	USS Massey	DD-779	USS Douglas H. Fox	DD-780	USS Stormes
DD-781	USS R.K. Huntington	DD-857	USS Bristol

Robert H. Smith class

Name	Hull	Class	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Notes
USS Robert H. Smith	DM-23	Robert H. Smith	04-08-1944	29-01-1947	ex-DD-735, Struck, 26-02-1971
USS Thomas E. Frazer	DM-24	Robert H. Smith	22-08-1944	12-09-1955	ex-DD-736, Sold for scrap on 12-06-1974
USS Shannon	DM-25	Robert H. Smith	08-08-1944	24-10-1955	ex-DD-737, Sold for scrap in May 1973
USS Harry F. Bauer	DM-26	Robert H. Smith	22-09-1944	12-03-1956	ex-DD-738, Sold for scrap on 01-06-1974
USS Adams	DM-27	Robert H. Smith	10-10-1944	December 1946	ex-DD-739, Sold for scrap on 16-12-1971
USS Tolman	DM-28	Robert H. Smith	27-10-1944	29-01-1947	ex-DD-740, Sunk as a target on 25-01-1997
USS Henry A. Wiley	DM-29	Robert H. Smith	31-08-1944	29-01-1947	ex-DD-749, Sold for scrap on 30-05-1972
USS Shea	DM-30	Robert H. Smith	30-09-1944	09-04-1958	ex-DD-750, Sold for scrap on 01-09-1974
USS J. William Ditter	DM-31	Robert H. Smith	28-10-1944	28-09-1945	ex-DD-751, Scrapped in July 1946
USS Lindsey	DM-32	Robert H. Smith	20-08-1944	25-05-1946	ex-DD-771, Sunk as a target on 01-05-1972
USS Gwin	DM-33	Robert H. Smith	30-09-1944 08-07-1952	03-09-1946 03-04-1958	ex-DD-772, Transferred to Turkey on 15-08-1971
USS Aaron Ward	DM-34	Robert H. Smith	28-10-1944	28-09-1945	ex-DD-773, Stricken on 11-10-1945, sold for scrap in 1946