United States Navy — Destroyer class
Fletcher-class destroyer
Fletcher class
The class in numbers
- 175 Completed
- 9 Cancelled
- 19 Lost
- 4 Preserved
Design and service
- Type
- Destroyer
- Navy
- United States Navy
- Built
- 3 March 1941 to 22 February 1945
- In commission
- 4 June 1942 to 1971 (USN), 2001 (Mexico)
- Preceded by
- Gleaves-class destroyer
- Succeeded by
- Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer
- Operators
- Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Taiwan
- Builders
- Bethlehem
- San Francisco, CA (18)
- Staten Island, NY (15)
- San Pedro, CA (10)
- Bath Iron Works, ME (31)
- Federal Shipbuilding, NJ (29)
- Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding, WA (21)
- Boston Navy Yard, MA (14)
- Consolidated Steel, TX (12)
- Charleston Navy Yard, SC (10)
- Puget Sound Navy Yard, WA (8)
- Gulf Shipbuilding, AL (7)
- Subclasses
- Ariake-class destroyer, Zerstörer 1-class destroyer, Fante-class destroyer, Lepanto-class destroyer, Chungmu-class destroyer, Brown-class destroyer
Class specifications
Figures for the class as designed. Individual vessels varied, sometimes considerably — each vessel page carries its own configurations.
As built
- Displacement, standard
- 2,050 long tons (2,083 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 2,500 long tons (2,540 t)
- Length
- 112.55 m (369.3 ft) OA
- Speed
- 36.5 knots (67.6 km/h, 42 mph)
- Complement
- 329
- Armament
- Varied; see Armament
Roster
Holding 173 of the 175 hulls recorded for this class. Vessels transferred to another navy are catalogued under the navy that sailed them and appear there instead.
| Vessel | Pennant | Commissioned | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| USS Abbot (DD-629) | DD-629 | 1943 | Scrapped 1975 |
| USS Abner Read (DD-526) | DD-526 | 1943 | Sunk 1944 |
| USS Albert W. Grant | 1943 | Scrapped 1972 | |
| USS Ammen (DD-527) | DD-527 | 1943 | Scrapped 1961 |
| USS Anthony (DD-515) | DD-515 | 1943 | Target 1979 |
| USS Aulick (DD-569) | DD-569 | 1942 | Scrapped 1997 |
| USS Bache (DD-470) | DD-470 | 1942 | Wrecked 1968 |
| USS Beale (DD-471) | DD-471 | 1942 | Target 1969 |
| USS Bearss | 1944 | Scrapped 1976 | |
| USS Bell (DD-587) | DD-587 | 1943 | Target 1975 |
| USS Benham (DD-796) | DD-796 | 1943 | Scrapped 1980 |
| USS Bennett | 1943 | Scrapped 1978 | |
| USS Bennion | 1943 | Scrapped 1973 | |
| USS Black | 1943 | Scrapped 1971 | |
| USS Boyd | D-343 | 1943 | Scrapped |
| USS Bradford | 1943 | Scrapped | |
| USS Braine | DD-630 | 1943 | Target 1983 |
| USS Brown (DD-546) | DD-546 | 1943 | Scrapped |
| USS Brownson (DD-518) | DD-518 | 1943 | Sunk 1943 |
| USS Bryant | 1943 | Scrapped 1976 | |
| USS Bullard | 1943 | Scrapped 1973 | |
| USS Burns (DD-588) | DD-588 | 1943 | Target 1974 |
| USS Bush (DD-529) | DD-529 | 1943 | Sunk 1945 |
| USS Callaghan (DD-792) | DD-792 | 1943 | Sunk 1945 |
| USS Caperton | 1943 | Target | |
| USS Capps | 1943 | Scrapped | |
| USS Cassin Young | DD-793 | 1943 | Preserved |
| USS Charles Ausburne (DD-570) | DD-570 | 1942 | Scrapped |
| USS Charles J. Badger | 1943 | Transferred 1974 | |
| USS Charrette | DD-581 | 1943 | Transferred 1959 |
| USS Chauncey (DD-667) | DD-667 | 1943 | Scrapped 1974 |
| USS Chevalier (DD-451) | DD-451 | 1942 | Scuttled 1943 |
| USS Clarence K. Bronson | 1943 | Scrapped 1987 | |
| USS Claxton (DD-571) | DD-571 | 1942 | Transferred |
| USS Cogswell | 1943 | Scrapped 1981 | |
| USS Colahan | 1943 | Target 1966 | |
| USS Colhoun (DD-801) | DD-801 | 1944 | Sunk 1945 |
| USS Conner (DD-582) | DD-582 | 1943 | Scrapped 1997 |
| USS Converse (DD-509) | DD-509 | 1942 | Scrapped 1988 |
| USS Conway (DD-507) | DD-507 | 1942 | Target 1970 |
| USS Cony | 1942 | Target 1970 | |
| USS Cotten | 1943 | Scrapped 1975 | |
| USS Cowell (DD-547) | DD-547 | 1943 | Scrapped 1982 |
| USS Cushing (DD-797) | DD-797 | 1944 | Scrapped 1982 |
| USS Daly | 1943 | Scrapped 1976 | |
| USS Dashiell | 1943 | Scrapped | |
| USS David W. Taylor | D22 | 1943 | Scrapped |
| USS De Haven (DD-469) | DD-469 | 1942 | Sunk 1943 |
| USS Dortch | 1943 | Scrapped 1977 | |
| USS Dyson | 1942 | Transferred 1982 | |
| USS Eaton | 1942 | Target 1970 | |
| USS Erben | DD-631 | 1943 | Scrapped 1993 |
| USS Evans (DD-552) | DD-552 | 1943 | Scrapped 1947 |
| USS Fletcher (DD-445) | DD-445 | 1942 | Scrapped 1972 |
| USS Foote (DD-511) | DD-511 | 1942 | Scrapped 1974 |
| USS Franks | 1943 | Scrapped 1973 | |
| USS Fullam | 1943 | Target 1962 | |
| USS Gatling | 1943 | Scrapped 1977 | |
| USS Gregory (DD-802) | DD-802 | 1944 | 1971 |
| USS Guest | 1942 | Target 1983 | |
| USS Haggard | 1943 | Scrapped 1946 | |
| USS Hailey | DD-556 | 1943 | Target 1982 |
| USS Hale (DD-642) | DD-642 | 1943 | Scrapped |
| USS Halford | 1943 | Scrapped 1970 | |
| USS Hall (DD-583) | DD-583 | 1943 | Scrapped 1997 |
| USS Halligan | 1943 | Sunk 1945 | |
| USS Halsey Powell | DD-686 | 1943 | Scrapped 1982 |
| USS Haraden (DD-585) | DD-585 | 1943 | Target 1973 |
| USS Harrison (DD-573) | DD-573 | 1943 | |
| USS Hart (DD-594) | DD-594 | 1944 | Scrapped 1973 |
| USS Hazelwood (DD-531) | DD-531 | 1943 | Scrapped 1976 |
| USS Healy | 1943 | Scrapped 1976 | |
| USS Heermann | DD-532 | 1943 | Scrapped 1982 |
| USS Heywood L. Edwards | DD-663 | 1944 | Scrapped 1976 |
| USS Hickox | DD-673 | 1943 | Scrapped 1989 |
| USS Hoel (DD-533) | DD-533 | 1943 | Sunk 1944 |
| USS Hopewell (DD-681) | DD-681 | 1943 | Target 1972 |
| USS Howorth | DD-592 | 1944 | Target 1962 |
| USS Hudson (DD-475) | DD-475 | 1943 | Scrapped 1973 |
| USS Hunt (DD-674) | DD-674 | 1943 | Scrapped 1975 |
| USS Hutchins | 1942 | Scrapped 1948 | |
| USS Ingersoll (DD-652) | DD-652 | 1943 | Target 1974 |
| USS Irwin | 1944 | Sunk 1990 | |
| USS Isherwood (DD-520) | DD-520 | 1943 | Scrapped 1981 |
| USS Izard | 1943 | Scrapped 1970 | |
| USS Jarvis (DD-799) | DD-799 | 1944 | Scrapped |
| USS Jenkins (DD-447) | DD-447 | 1942 | Scrapped 1971 |
| USS John D. Henley | 1944 | Scrapped 1970 | |
| USS John Hood | 1944 | Scrapped 1976 | |
| USS John Rodgers (DD-574) | DD-574 | 1943 | Scrapped 2011 |
| USS Johnston (DD-557) | DD-557 | 1943 | Sunk 1944 |
| USS Kidd (DD-661) | DD-661 | 1943 | Preserved |
| USS Killen | 1944 | Target 1975 | |
| USS Kimberly (DD-521) | DD-521 | 1943 | Target 2003 |
| USS Knapp | 1943 | Preserved 1973 | |
| USS La Vallette (DD-448) | DD-448 | 1942 | Scrapped 1974 |
| USS Laws | 1943 | Scrapped 1973 | |
| USS Leutze | 1944 | Scrapped 1947 | |
| USS Lewis Hancock | 1943 | Scrapped 1989 | |
| USS Little (DD-803) | DD-803 | 1944 | Sunk 1945 |
| USS Longshaw | 1943 | Scuttled 1945 | |
| USS Luce (DD-522) | DD-522 | 1943 | Sunk 1945 |
| USS Marshall | 1943 | Scrapped 1970 | |
| USS McCord | 1943 | Scrapped 1974 | |
| USS McDermut (DD-677) | DD-677 | 1943 | Scrapped 1966 |
| USS McGowan | 1943 | Scrapped | |
| USS McKee (DD-575) | DD-575 | 1943 | Scrapped 1974 |
| USS McNair | 1943 | Scrapped 1976 | |
| USS Melvin (DD-680) | DD-680 | 1943 | Scrapped 1975 |
| USS Mertz | 1943 | Scrapped 1971 | |
| USS Metcalf | 1944 | Scrapped 1972 | |
| USS Miller (DD-535) | DD-535 | 1943 | Scrapped 1975 |
| USS Monssen (DD-798) | DD-798 | 1944 | Scrapped 1963 |
| USS Morrison | 1943 | Sunk 1945 | |
| USS Mullany (DD-528) | DD-528 | 1943 | Sunk 2001 |
| USS Murray (DD-576) | DD-576 | 1943 | Scrapped 1966 |
| USS Newcomb | 1943 | Scrapped 1947 | |
| USS Nicholas (DD-449) | DD-449 | 1942 | Scrapped 1970 |
| USS Norman Scott | 1943 | Scrapped 1973 | |
| USS O’Bannon (DD-450) | DD-450 | 1942 | Scrapped 1970 |
| USS Owen | 1943 | Scrapped 1973 | |
| USS Paul Hamilton (DD-590) | DD-590 | 1943 | Scrapped 1970 |
| USS Philip (DD-498) | DD-498 | 1942 | Sunk 1972 |
| USS Picking | 1943 | Target 1997 | |
| USS Porter (DD-800) | DD-800 | 1944 | Scrapped 1974 |
| USS Preston (DD-795) | DD-795 | 1944 | Scrapped 1981 |
| USS Prichett | DD-561 | 1944 | Scrapped 1975 |
| USS Pringle | 1942 | Sunk 1945 | |
| USS Radford (DD-446) | DD-446 | 1942 | Scrapped 1970 |
| USS Remey | 1943 | Scrapped 1976 | |
| USS Renshaw (DD-499) | DD-499 | 1942 | Scrapped 1970 |
| USS Richard P. Leary | DD-664 | 1944 | Transferred 1974 |
| USS Ringgold (DD-500) | DD-500 | 1942 | Scrapped 1993 |
| USS Rooks | DD-804 | 1944 | Scrapped 1983 |
| USS Ross (DD-563) | DD-563 | 1944 | Target 1978 |
| USS Rowe | 1944 | Target 1978 | |
| USS Saufley | 1942 | Target 1968 | |
| USS Schroeder | 1943 | Scrapped 1974 | |
| USS Shields | 1945 | Scrapped 1990 | |
| USS Sigourney (DD-643) | DD-643 | 1943 | Scrapped 1975 |
| USS Sigsbee | 1943 | Scrapped 1975 | |
| USS Smalley | 1944 | Scrapped 1966 | |
| USS Spence | 1943 | Wrecked 1944 | |
| USS Sproston (DD-577) | DD-577 | 1943 | Scrapped 1971 |
| USS Stanly | 1942 | Scrapped 1972 | |
| USS Stembel | 1943 | Scrapped 1982 | |
| USS Stephen Potter | 1943 | Scrapped 1973 | |
| USS Stevens (DD-479) | DD-479 | 1943 | Scrapped 1973 |
| USS Stockham (DD-683) | DD-683 | 1944 | Target 1977 |
| USS Stoddard | 1944 | Sunk 1997 | |
| USS Strong (DD-467) | DD-467 | 1942 | Sunk 1943 |
| USS Taylor (DD-468) | DD-468 | 1942 | |
| USS Terry (DD-513) | DD-513 | 1943 | Transferred 1974 |
| USS Thatcher (DD-514) | DD-514 | 1943 | Scrapped 1948 |
| USS The Sullivans (DD-537) | DD-537 | 1943 | Preserved |
| USS Tingey (DD-539) | DD-539 | 1943 | Target 1966 |
| USS Trathen | 1943 | Scrapped 1973 | |
| USS Twiggs (DD-591) | DD-591 | 1943 | Sunk 1945 |
| USS Twining | DD-540 | 1943 | Target |
| USS Uhlmann | 1943 | Scrapped 1974 | |
| USS Van Valkenburgh | DD-656 | 1944 | Scrapped 1987 |
| USS Wadleigh | 1943 | Target 1991 | |
| USS Wadsworth (DD-516) | DD-516 | 1943 | Scrapped 1991 |
| USS Walker (DD-517) | DD-517 | 1943 | Scrapped 1977 |
| USS Waller | 1942 | Target 1970 | |
| USS Watts | 1944 | Scrapped 1974 | |
| USS Wedderburn | 1944 | Scrapped 1972 | |
| USS Wickes (DD-578) | DD-578 | 1943 | Target 1974 |
| USS Wiley | 1945 | Scrapped 1970 | |
| USS William D. Porter (DD-579) | DD-579 | 1943 | Sunk 1945 |
| USS Wren | 1944 | Scrapped 1975 | |
| USS Yarnall (DD-541) | DD-541 | 1943 | Target |
| USS Young (DD-580) | DD-580 | 1943 | Target 1970 |
Sources
- Facts harvested from Fletcher-class destroyer on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.