01. Destroyers’ History
History of Destroyers
Destroyers fill several roles in the U.S. Navy. This type of ship is fast and easy to maneuver, earning it the nickname “greyhounds of the sea.” Destroyers were important ships during conflicts like World Wars I and II. During this period, shipbuilding companies commonly made ships using various asbestos products.
Destroyers protect against air attacks and submarines. Newer destroyers can launch guided missiles and often escort fleets. The Navy also assigns these smaller warships to sail independently.
The U.S. Navy put its first destroyer, the USS Bainbridge, into service in 1902. It saw action in World War I, where it protected shipping lanes in the Mediterranean Sea. During World War II, the U.S. Navy had over 200 active destroyers. Today, destroyers account for over 60 of the Navy’s approximately 300 warships.
Destroyers’ History at a Glance
- Other Names/Classes:
- Allen M. Sumner
- Aylwin
- Bagley
- Bainbridge
- Benham
- Benson
- Caldwell
- Cassin
- Charles F. Adams
- Clemson
- Farragut
- Fletcher
- Forrest Sherman
- Gearing
- Gleaves
- Gridley
- Kidd
- Mahan
- Mitscher
- O’Brien
- Paulding
- Porter
- Sampson
- Sims
- Smith
- Somers
- Spruance
- Truxtun
- Tucker
- Wickes
- Years of Operation: 1902 – Present
- Wartime Operations: World War I (WWI), World War II (WWII), the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Cold War and the Gulf War
- Size of Crew: Roughly 350
- Size of Ship: Up to 563 ft long and 55 ft wide (Kidd class), between 250 and 8,040 tons when full
- Noteworthy Ships:
- USS Agerholm (DD 826)
- USS Alfred A. Cunningham (DD 752)
- USS Bainbridge (DD 1)
- USS Benner (DD 807)
- USS Chevalier (DD 805)
- USS Goldsborough (DDG 20)
- USS Maury (DD 401)
- USS O’Bannon (DD 450)
- USS Perry (DD 11)
Notable Destroyers
Destroyers are smaller than aircraft carriers, battleships and cruisers. They are also faster, making them excellent escort vessels. These warships played significant roles in conflicts, from WWI to the Gulf War. Two notable WWII destroyers are the USS Benner and the USS Chevalier. Both may have had asbestos-containing materials on board.
USS Benner
The USS Benner was a Gearing-class destroyer that began its service toward the end of WWII. Construction took place at Bath Iron Works in Maine. This shipbuilding company often used asbestos-containing materials. These materials included asbestos insulation, boilers, gaskets and others.
Quick Ship Facts
- Shipyard: Bath Iron Works
- Year Built: 1944
- Years in Service: 1945 – 1970
One veteran who repaired and retrofitted the USS Benner in the 1950s noted asbestos use. The man said he saw asbestos-wrapped pipes throughout the ship.
The USS Benner played a role in both WWII and the Vietnam War. The Navy decommissioned the USS Benner in November 1970.
USS Chevalier
USS Chevalier launched from Bath Iron Works in 1944. The U.S. Navy put the ship into service in 1945. Records show Bath Iron Works began using asbestos in ship construction by the 1940s.
Quick Ship Facts
- Shipyard: Bath Iron Works
- Year Built: 1945
- Years in Service: 1945 – 1975
Reports suggest the ship had asbestos in several places. Sailors claimed pipes insulated with asbestos ran throughout the quarters. One veteran said the living quarters looked like “it had snowed in them” after the ship was attacked. Crew members also used asbestos gloves to remove the hot shell casings from the ship guns. Wear and tear on asbestos-containing protective gear can release dangerous fibers into the air.
USS Chevalier played an active role in war efforts, including WWII and the Korean War. The Navy decommissioned the ship in 1975.
02. List of Destroyers
Complete List of Destroyers
The U.S. military built hundreds of destroyers during the 20th century. Many of the destroyers commissioned and built before the 1980s used asbestos. The table below lists all U.S. Navy destroyers, including their years of service and status.
| Name | Commissioned | Retired | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| USS Aaron Ward (DD-132) | 4/21/1919 | 9/9/1940 | Transferred to Great Britain |
| USS Aaron Ward (DD-483) | 3/4/1942 | Sunk in Battle | |
| USS Aaron Ward (DD-773) | 10/28/1944 | 9/28/1945 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Abbot (DD-184) | 7/19/1919 | 9/23/1940 | Transferred to Great Britain |
| USS Abbot (DD-629) | 4/23/1943 | 3/26/1965 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Abel P. Upshur (DD-193) | 11/23/1920 | 9/9/1940 | Transferred to Great Britain |
| USS Abner Read (DD-526) | 2/5/1943 | Sunk in Battle | |
| USS Adams (DD-739) | 10/10/1944 | 12/1/1946 | Sold to Taiwan |
| USS Agerholm (DD-826) | 6/20/1946 | 12/1/1978 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Albert W. Grant (DD-649) | 11/24/1943 | 7/16/1945 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Alden (DD-211) | 11/24/1919 | 7/15/1945 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Alfred A. Cunningham (DD-752) | 11/23/1944 | 2/24/1971 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Allen (DD-66) | 1/24/1917 | 10/15/1945 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Allen M. Sumner (DD-692) | 1/26/1944 | 8/15/1973 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Ammen (DD-35) | 5/23/1911 | 5/22/1931 | Sold |
| USS Ammen (DD-527) | 3/20/1943 | 9/15/1960 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Anderson (DD-411) | 5/19/1939 | 8/28/1946 | Sunk in Testing |
| USS Anthony (DD-172) | 6/19/1919 | 6/30/1922 | Sunk |
| USS Anthony (DD-515) | 2/26/1943 | 4/17/1946 | Transferred to Germany |
| USS Arnold J. Isbell (DD-869) | 1/5/1946 | 2/1/1974 | Transferred to Greece |
| USS Arthur W. Radford (DD-968) | 4/16/1977 | 3/18/2003 | Awaiting Disposal |
| USS Aulick (DD-258) | 7/26/1919 | 10/8/1940 | Transferred to Great Britain |
| USS Aulick (DD-569) | 10/27/1942 | 4/18/1946 | Transferred to Greece |
| USS Ault (DD-698) | 5/31/1944 | 7/16/1973 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Aylwin (DD-355) | 3/1/1935 | 10/16/1945 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Aylwin (DD-47) | 1/17/1914 | 2/23/1921 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Babbitt (DD-128) | 10/24/1919 | 1/25/1946 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Bache (DD-470) | 11/14/1942 | 2/26/1968 | Dismantled |
| USS Badger (DD-126) | 5/29/1919 | 7/20/1945 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Bagley (DD-185) | 8/27/1919 | 9/23/1940 | Transferred to Great Britain |
| USS Bagley (DD-386) | 6/12/1937 | 6/13/1946 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Bailey (DD-269) | 6/27/1919 | 11/26/1940 | Transferred to Great Britain |
| USS Bailey (DD-492) | 5/11/1942 | 5/2/1946 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Bainbridge (DD-1) | 2/12/1903 | 7/3/1919 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Bainbridge (DD-246) | 2/9/1921 | 7/21/1945 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Balch (DD-363) | 10/20/1936 | 10/19/1945 | Scrapped |
| USS Balch (DD-50) | 3/26/1914 | 6/20/1922 | Scrapped |
| USS Baldwin (DD-624) | 4/30/1943 | 6/20/1946 | Scuttled |
| USS Ballard (DD-267) | 6/5/1919 | 12/5/1946 | Sold |
| USS Bancroft (DD-256) | 6/30/1919 | 9/24/1940 | Transferred to Canada |
| USS Bancroft (DD-598) | 4/30/1942 | 5/18/1946 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Barker (DD-213) | 12/27/1919 | 7/18/1945 | Sold |
| USS Barney (DD-149) | 3/14/1919 | 11/30/1945 | Sold |
| USS Barney (DD-956) | 8/11/1962 | 12/17/1990 | Scrapped |
| USS Barry (DD-2) | 11/24/1902 | 6/28/1919 | Sold |
| USS Barry (DD-248) | 11/15/1921 | 6/21/1945 | Sunk By Kamikazes |
| USS Barry (DD-933) | 9/7/1956 | 11/5/1982 | Museum Ship |
| USS Barton (DD-599) | 5/29/1942 | Sunk in Battle | |
| USS Barton (DD-722) | 12/30/1943 | 9/30/1968 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Basilone (DD-824) | 7/26/1949 | 11/1/1977 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Bausell (DD-845) | 2/7/1946 | 5/30/1978 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Beale (DD-40) | 8/30/1912 | 10/18/1930 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Beale (DD-471) | 12/23/1942 | 9/30/1968 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Bearss (DD-654) | 4/12/1944 | 10/1/1963 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Beatty (DD-640) | 5/7/1942 | Sunk By Torpedoes | |
| USS Beatty (DD-756) | 3/31/1945 | 7/14/1972 | Transferred to Venezuela |
| USS Belknap (DD-251) | 4/28/1919 | 8/4/1945 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Bell (DD-587) | 3/4/1943 | 6/14/1946 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Bell (DD-95) | 7/31/1918 | 6/21/1922 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Benham (DD-49) | 1/20/1914 | 7/7/1922 | Scrapped, Sold |
| USS Benham (DD-397) | 2/2/1939 | Sunk in Battle | |
| USS Benham (DD-796) | 12/20/1943 | 6/30/1960 | Sold to Peru |
| USS Benner (DD-807) | 2/13/1945 | 11/20/1970 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Bennett (DD-473) | 2/9/1943 | 4/18/1946 | Transferred to Brazil |
| USS Bennion (DD-662) | 12/14/1943 | 6/20/1946 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Benson (DD-421) | 7/25/1940 | 3/18/1946 | Transferred to Taiwan |
| USS Bernadou (DD-153) | 5/19/1919 | 7/17/1945 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Biddle (DD-151) | 4/22/1919 | 10/5/1945 | Sold |
| USS Biddle (DD-955) | 4/5/1962 | 10/31/1989 | Scrapped |
| USS Bigelow (DD-942) | 11/1/1957 | 11/5/1982 | Sunk in Training |
| USS Billingsley (DD-293) | 3/1/1920 | 5/1/1930 | Sold |
| USS Black (DD-666) | 5/21/1943 | 9/26/1969 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Blakeley (DD-150) | 5/8/1919 | 7/21/1945 | Sold |
| USS Blandy (DD-943) | 11/26/1957 | 11/5/1982 | Scrapped |
| USS Blue (DD-387) | 8/14/1937 | Sunk in Battle | |
| USS Blue (DD-744) | 3/20/1944 | 1/27/1971 | Sunk in Training |
| USS Boggs (DD-136) | 9/23/1918 | 3/20/1946 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Bordelon (DD-881) | 6/5/1945 | 2/1/1977 | Transferred to Iran |
| USS Borie (DD-215) | 3/24/1920 | Sunk after Collision | |
| USS Borie (DD-704) | 9/21/1944 | 7/1/1972 | Transferred to Argentina |
| USS Boyd (DD-544) | 5/8/1943 | 10/1/1969 | Transferred to Turkey |
| USS Boyle (DD-600) | 8/15/1942 | 3/29/1946 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Bradford (DD-545) | 6/12/1943 | 2/9/1962 | Transferred to Greece |
| USS Braine (DD-630) | 5/11/1943 | 8/17/1971 | Transferred to Argentina |
| USS Branch (DD-197) | 7/26/1920 | 8/11/1922 | Sunk By Torpedoes |
| USS Breck (DD-283) | 12/1/1919 | 5/1/1930 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Breckinridge (DD-148) | 2/27/1919 | 11/30/1945 | Sold |
| USS Breese (DD-122) | 1/15/1946 | Sold | |
| USS Brinkley Bass (DD-887) | 10/1/1945 | 12/3/1973 | Transferred to Brazil |
| USS Briscoe (DD-977) | 6/3/1978 | 10/2/2003 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Bristol (DD-453) | 10/22/1941 | Sunk By Torpedoes | |
| USS Bristol (DD-857) | 3/17/1945 | 11/21/1969 | Sold to China |
| USS Brooks (DD-232) | 6/18/1920 | 8/2/1945 | Sold |
| USS Broome (DD-210) | 10/31/1919 | 5/20/1946 | Sold |
| USS Brown (DD-546) | 7/10/1943 | 2/9/1962 | Transferred to Greece |
| USS Brownson (DD-518) | 2/3/1942 | Sunk in Battle | |
| USS Brownson (DD-868) | 11/17/1945 | 1/1/1976 | Sold |
| USS Bruce (DD-329) | 9/29/1920 | 5/1/1930 | Used for Testing |
| USS Brush (DD-745) | 4/17/1944 | 10/27/1969 | Transferred to Taiwan |
| USS Bryant (DD-665) | 12/4/1943 | 1/15/1947 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Buchanan (DD-131) | 1/20/1919 | 9/9/1940 | Transferred to Great Britain |
| USS Buchanan (DD-484) | 3/21/1942 | 12/11/1948 | Transferred to Turkey |
| USS Buck (DD-420) | 5/15/1940 | Sunk By Torpedoes | |
| USS Buck (DD-761) | 6/28/1946 | 7/16/1973 | Transferred to Brazil |
| USS Bullard (DD-660) | 4/9/1943 | 12/20/1946 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Bulmer (DD-222) | 8/16/1920 | 8/16/1946 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Burns (DD-171) | 8/7/1919 | 6/2/1930 | Scrapped, Sold |
| USS Burns (DD-588) | 4/3/1943 | 6/25/1946 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Burrows (DD-29) | 2/21/1911 | 2/14/1931 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Bush (DD-166) | 2/19/1919 | 6/21/1922 | Sold |
| USS Bush (DD-529) | 5/10/1943 | Sunk in Battle | |
| USS Butler (DD-636) | 8/15/1942 | 11/8/1945 | Sold |
| USS Caldwell (DD-605) | 6/10/1942 | 4/24/1946 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Caldwell (DD-69) | 12/1/1917 | 6/27/1922 | Sold |
| USS Callaghan (DD-792) | 11/27/1943 | Sunk in Battle | |
| USS Callaghan (DD-994) | 8/29/1981 | 3/31/1998 | Sold to Taiwan |
| USS Caperton (DD-650) | 6/30/1943 | 4/27/1960 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Capps (DD-550) | 6/23/1943 | 1/15/1947 | Loaned to Spain |
| USS Carmick (DD-493/DMS-33) | 12/28/1942 | 2/13/1954 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Caron (DD-970) | 10/1/1977 | 10/15/2001 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Carpenter (DD-825) | 12/15/1949 | 2/20/1981 | Transferred to Turkey |
| USS Case (DD-285) | 12/8/1919 | 10/22/1930 | Stripped, Sold |
| USS Case (DD-370) | 9/15/1936 | 12/13/1945 | Sold |
| USS Cassin (DD-372) | 8/21/1936 | 12/17/1945 | Sold |
| USS Cassin (DD-43) | 8/9/1913 | 6/30/1933 | Sold |
| USS Cassin Young (DD-793) | 12/31/1943 | 4/29/1960 | Museum Ship |
| USS Champlin (DD-104) | 11/11/1918 | 6/7/1922 | Sunk in Testing |
| USS Champlin (DD-601) | 9/12/1942 | 1/31/1947 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Chandler (DD-206) | 9/5/1919 | 11/21/1945 | Sold |
| USS Chandler (DD-996) | 3/13/1982 | 9/23/1999 | Sold to Taiwan |
| USS Charles Ausburn (DD-294) | 3/23/1920 | 5/1/1930 | Sold |
| USS Charles Ausburne (DD-570) | 11/24/1942 | 4/18/1946 | Transferred to Germany |
| USS Charles F. Adams (DD-952) | 9/10/1960 | 11/20/1992 | Museum Ship |
| USS Charles F. Hughes (DD-428) | 9/5/1940 | 3/18/1946 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Charles H. Roan (DD-853) | 9/12/1946 | 1/1/1973 | Transferred to Turkey |
| USS Charles J. Badger (DD-657) | 7/23/1943 | 12/20/1957 | Sold to Chile |
| USS Charles P. Cecil (DD-835/DDR-835) | 6/29/1945 | 10/1/1979 | Sold to Greece |
| USS Charles R. Ware (DD-865) | 7/21/1945 | Sunk as Target | |
| USS Charles S. Sperry (DD-697) | 5/17/1944 | 12/15/1973 | Sold to Chile |
| USS Charrette (DD-581) | 5/18/1943 | 1/15/1947 | Transferred to Greece |
| USS Chase (DD-323) | 3/10/1921 | 5/15/1930 | Scrapped |
| USS Chauncey (DD-296) | 6/25/1919 | 10/26/1923 | Sold |
| USS Chauncey (DD-3) | 11/20/1902 | Sunk | |
| USS Chauncey (DD-667) | 5/31/1943 | 5/14/1954 | Placed |
| USS Chevalier (DD-451) | 7/20/1942 | Sunk in Battle | |
| USS Chevalier (DD-805) | 1/9/1945 | 7/1/1972 | Transferred to South Korea |
| USS Chew (DD-106) | 12/12/1918 | 10/15/1945 | Sold |
| USS Childs (DD-241) | 10/22/1920 | 12/10/1945 | Sold |
| USS Clarence K. Bronson (DD-668) | 6/11/1943 | 6/29/1960 | Transferred to Turkey |
| USS Clark (DD-361) | 5/20/1936 | 10/23/1945 | Scrapped |
| USS Claxton (DD-140) | 9/13/1919 | 12/5/1940 | Transferred to Great Britain |
| USS Claxton (DD-571) | 12/8/1942 | 4/18/1946 | Transferred to Germany |
| USS Clemson (DD-186) | 12/29/1919 | 10/12/1945 | Sold |
| USS Coghlan (DD-326) | 3/31/1921 | 5/1/1930 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Coghlan (DD-606) | 7/10/1942 | 3/31/1947 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Cogswell (DD-651) | 8/17/1943 | 10/1/1969 | Transferred to Turkey |
| USS Colahan (DD-658) | 8/23/1944 | 8/1/1966 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Cole (DD-155) | 6/19/1919 | 11/1/1945 | Sold |
| USS Colhoun (DD-801) | 7/8/1944 | Sunk in Battle | |
| USS Colhoun (DD-85/APD-2) | 6/13/1918 | 6/28/1922 | Sunk in Battle |
| USS Collett (DD-730) | 5/16/1944 | 12/18/1970 | Transferred to Argentina |
| USS Compton (DD-705) | 11/4/1944 | 9/17/1972 | Transferred to Brazil |
| USS Comte de Grasse (DD-974) | 8/5/1978 | 6/5/1998 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Cone (DD-866) | 8/18/1945 | Transferred to Pakistan | |
| USS Conner (DD-582) | 6/8/1943 | 1/20/1946 | Transferred to Hellenic Navy |
| USS Conner (DD-72) | 1/12/1918 | 10/23/1940 | Transferred to Great Britain |
| USS Conolly (DD-979) | 10/14/1978 | 9/18/1998 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Converse (DD-291) | 4/28/1920 | 5/1/1930 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Converse (DD-509) | 11/20/1942 | 4/23/1946 | Transferred to Spain |
| USS Conway (DD/DDE-507) | 10/9/1942 | 11/15/1969 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Cony (DD/DDE-508) | 10/30/1942 | Sunk as Target | |
| USS Conyngham (DD-371) | 11/4/1936 | 12/20/1946 | Sunk in Testing |
| USS Conyngham (DD-58) | 1/21/1916 | 6/30/1933 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Cooper (DD-695) | 3/27/1944 | Sunk By Torpedoes | |
| USS Corry (DD-334) | 5/25/1921 | 4/24/1930 | Stripped, Sold |
| USS Corry (DD-463) | 12/18/1941 | Sunk By Mine | |
| USS Corry (DD-817) | 2/27/1946 | 2/27/1981 | Transferred to Greece |
| USS Cotten (DD-669) | 7/24/1943 | 5/2/1960 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Cowell (DD-167) | 3/17/1919 | 9/23/1940 | Transferred to Great Britain |
| USS Cowell (DD-547) | 8/23/1943 | 8/17/1971 | Transferred to Argentina |
| USS Cowie (DD-632) | 6/1/1942 | 4/21/1947 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Crane (DD-109) | 4/18/1919 | 11/14/1945 | Sold |
| USS Craven (DD-382) | 9/2/1937 | 4/19/1946 | Sold |
| USS Craven (DD-70) | 10/19/1918 | 10/23/1940 | Transferred to Great Britain |
| USS Crosby (DD-164) | 1/24/1919 | 9/28/1945 | Sold |
| USS Crowninshield (DD-134) | 8/6/1919 | 9/9/1940 | Transferred to Great Britain |
| USS Cummings (DD-365) | 11/25/1936 | 12/14/1945 | Sold |
| USS Cummings (DD-44) | 9/19/1913 | 5/23/1932 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Cushing (DD-376) | 8/28/1936 | Sunk in Battle | |
| USS Cushing (DD-55) | 8/21/1915 | 9/7/1920 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Cushing (DD-797) | 1/17/1944 | 11/8/1960 | Transferred to Brazil |
| USS Cushing (DD-985) | 9/21/1979 | 9/21/2005 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Dahlgren (DD-187) | 1/6/1920 | 12/14/1945 | Sold |
| USS Dale (DD-290) | 2/16/1920 | 5/1/1930 | Sunk |
| USS Dale (DD-353) | 6/17/1935 | 10/16/1945 | Sold |
| USS Dale (DD-4) | 10/24/1902 | 7/9/1919 | Sold |
| USS Dallas (DD-199) | 10/29/1920 | 7/28/1945 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Daly (DD-519) | 3/10/1943 | 5/2/1960 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Damato (DD-871) | 4/27/1946 | 9/30/1980 | Transferred to Pakistan |
| USS Dashiell (DD-659) | 3/20/1943 | 4/29/1960 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS David R. Ray (DD-971) | 11/19/1977 | 2/28/2002 | Sunk as Target |
| USS David W. Taylor (DD-551) | 9/18/1943 | 8/17/1946 | Transferred to Spain |
| USS Davis (DD-395) | 11/9/1938 | 10/19/1945 | Sold |
| USS Davis (DD-65) | 10/5/1916 | 6/30/1933 | Sold |
| USS Davis (DD-937) | 3/6/1957 | 12/20/1982 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Davison (DD-618) | 9/11/1942 | 6/24/1949 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS De Haven (DD-469) | 9/21/1942 | Sunk in Battle | |
| USS De Haven (DD-727) | 3/31/1944 | 1/1/1973 | Transferred to South Korea |
| USS Decatur (DD-341) | 8/9/1922 | 7/28/1945 | Sold |
| USS Decatur (DD-5) | 5/19/1902 | 6/20/1919 | Sold |
| USS Decatur (DD-936) | 12/7/1956 | 6/30/1983 | Sunk as Target |
| USS DeLong (DD-129) | 9/20/1919 | 3/18/1922 | Sold |
| USS Delphy (DD-261) | 11/30/1918 | 10/26/1923 | Sold as Wreck |
| USS Dennis J. Buckley (DD-808) | 3/2/1945 | 7/2/1973 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Dent (DD-116) | 9/9/1916 | 12/4/1945 | Sold |
| USS Dewey (DD-349) | 10/4/1934 | 10/19/1945 | Sold |
| USS Deyo (DD-989) | 3/22/1980 | 11/6/2003 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Dickerson (DD-157) | 9/3/1919 | 6/25/1922 | Sunk By Kamikazes |
| USS Doran (DD-634) | 8/4/1942 | 1/29/1947 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Dorsey (DD-117) | 9/16/1918 | 12/8/1945 | Destroyed |
| USS Dortch (DD-670) | 8/7/1943 | 12/13/1957 | Transferred to Argentina |
| USS Douglas H. Fox (DD-779) | 12/26/1944 | 12/15/1973 | Transferred to Chile |
| USS Downes (DD-375) | 1/15/1937 | 12/17/1945 | Sold |
| USS Downes (DD-45) | 2/11/1915 | 5/22/1931 | Scrapped, Sold |
| USS Doyen (DD-280) | 12/18/1919 | 2/25/1930 | Scrapped |
| USS Doyle (DD-494/DMS-34) | 1/27/1943 | 5/19/1955 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Drayton (DD-23) | 10/29/1910 | 11/17/1919 | Sold |
| USS Drayton (DD-366) | 9/1/1936 | 10/9/1945 | Sold |
| USS Drexler (DD-741) | 11/14/1944 | Sunk By Kamikazes | |
| USS Du Pont (DD-152) | 4/30/1919 | 5/2/1946 | Sold |
| USS Du Pont (DD-941) | 7/1/1957 | 3/4/1983 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Duncan (DD-46) | 8/30/1913 | 8/9/1921 | Scrapped |
| USS Duncan (DD-485) | 4/16/1942 | Sunk in Battle | |
| USS Duncan (DD-874) | 2/25/1945 | 1/15/1971 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Dunlap (DD-384) | 6/12/1937 | 12/14/1945 | Sold |
| USS Dyer (DD-84) | 7/1/1918 | 6/7/1922 | Sold |
| USS Dyson (DD-572) | 5/21/1945 | 1/27/1981 | Sold to Greece |
| USS Dyson (DD-572) | 12/30/1942 | 3/31/1947 | Transferred to Germany |
| USS Earle (DD-635) | 9/1/1942 | 5/17/1947 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Eaton (DD-510/DDE-510) | 12/4/1942 | 5/30/1969 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Eberle (DD-430) | 12/4/1940 | 1/21/1951 | Transferred to Greece |
| USS Edison (DD-439) | 1/31/1941 | 5/18/1946 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Edsall (DD-219) | 11/26/1920 | Sunk in Battle | |
| USS Edson (DD-946) | 11/7/1958 | 12/15/1988 | Museum Ship |
| USS Edwards (DD-265) | 4/24/1919 | 10/8/1940 | Transferred to Great Britain |
| USS Edwards (DD-619) | 9/18/1942 | 4/11/1946 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Ellet (DD-398) | 2/17/1939 | 10/29/1945 | Sold |
| USS Elliot (DD-146) | 1/25/1919 | 10/12/1945 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Elliot (DD-967) | 1/22/1977 | 12/2/2003 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Ellis (DD-154) | 6/7/1919 | 10/31/1945 | Sold |
| USS Ellyson (DD-454) | 11/28/1941 | 10/19/1954 | Transferred to Japan |
| USS Emmons (DD-457) | 12/5/1941 | Sunk By Kamikazes | |
| USS Endicott (DD-495) | 2/25/1943 | 8/17/1954 | Sold |
| USS English (DD-696) | 5/4/1944 | 5/15/1970 | Transferred to Taiwan |
| USS Epperson (DD-719) | 3/19/1949 | 1/30/1976 | Transferred to Pakistan |
| USS Erben (DD-631) | 5/28/1943 | 6/27/1958 | Transferred to South Korea |
| USS Ericsson (DD-440) | 3/13/1941 | 3/15/1946 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Ericsson (DD-56) | 8/14/1915 | 5/23/1932 | Scrapped, Sold |
| USS Ernest G. Small (DD-838) | 8/21/1945 | Transferred to China | |
| USS Eugene A. Greene (DD-711) | 6/8/1945 | 8/31/1972 | Transferred to Spain |
| USS Evans (DD-552) | 12/11/1943 | 11/7/1945 | Sold |
| USS Evans (DD-78) | 11/11/1918 | 10/23/1940 | Transferred to Great Britain |
| USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830) | 4/6/1945 | 8/1/1972 | Transferred to South Korea |
| USS Eversole (DD-789) | 5/10/1946 | Transferred to Turkey | |
| USS Fairfax (DD-93) | 4/6/1918 | 11/26/1940 | Transferred to Great Britain |
| USS Fanning (DD-37) | 6/21/1912 | 11/24/1930 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Fanning (DD-385) | 10/8/1937 | 12/14/1945 | Sold |
| USS Farenholt (DD-332) | 5/10/1921 | 2/20/1930 | Scrapped, Sold |
| USS Farenholt (DD-491) | 4/2/1942 | 4/26/1946 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Farquhar (DD-304) | 8/5/1920 | 2/20/1930 | Scrapped, Sold |
| USS Farragut (DD-300) | 6/4/1920 | 4/1/1930 | Scrapped, Sold |
| USS Farragut (DD-348) | 6/18/1934 | 10/23/1945 | Sold |
| USS Fechteler (DD-870) | 3/2/1946 | 9/11/1970 | Scrapped |
| USS Fife (DD-991) | 5/31/1980 | 2/23/2003 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Fiske (DD-842/DDR-842) | 11/28/1945 | 4/1/1952 | Transferred to Turkey |
| USS Fitch (DD-462) | 2/3/1942 | 2/24/1956 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Fletcher (DD-445) | 6/30/1942 | 8/1/1969 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Fletcher (DD-992) | 7/12/1980 | 10/1/2004 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Floyd B. Parks (DD-884) | 7/31/1945 | 7/2/1973 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Flusser (DD-20) | 10/28/1909 | 7/14/1919 | Sold |
| USS Flusser (DD-289) | 2/25/1920 | 5/1/1930 | Scrapped |
| USS Flusser (DD-368) | 10/1/1936 | 12/16/1946 | Sold |
| USS Foote (DD-169) | 3/21/1919 | 9/23/1940 | Transferred to Great Britain |
| USS Foote (DD-511) | 12/22/1942 | 4/18/1946 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Forrest (DD-461) | 1/13/1942 | 11/30/1945 | Sold |
| USS Forrest Royal (DD-872) | 6/29/1946 | 3/27/1971 | Sold to Turkish Navy |
| USS Forrest Sherman (DD-931) | 11/9/1955 | 11/5/1982 | Museum Ship |
| USS Fox (DD-234) | 5/17/1920 | 11/29/1945 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754) | 2/3/1945 | 12/14/1949 | Sunk after Collision |
| USS Frank Knox (DD-742) | 12/11/1944 | 1/30/1971 | Transferred to Greece |
| USS Frankford (DD-497) | 3/31/1943 | 3/4/1946 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Franks (DD-554) | 7/30/1943 | 5/31/1946 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Frazier (DD-607) | 7/30/1942 | 4/15/1946 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Fred T. Berry (DD-858) | 5/12/1945 | 9/1/1970 | Sunk |
| USS Fullam (DD-474) | 3/2/1943 | 1/15/1947 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Fuller (DD-297) | 2/28/1920 | 10/26/1923 | Wrecked |
| USS Furse (DD-882) | 7/10/1945 | 8/31/1972 | Loaned to Spain |
| USS Gainard (DD-706) | 11/23/1944 | 2/26/1971 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Gamble (DD-123) | 11/29/1918 | 6/1/1945 | Sunk |
| USS Gansevoort (DD-608) | 8/25/1942 | 2/1/1946 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Gatling (DD-671) | 8/19/1943 | 5/2/1960 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Gearing (DD-710) | 5/3/1945 | 1/1/1973 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS George E. Badger (DD-196) | 7/28/1920 | 10/3/1945 | Scrapped |
| USS George K. MacKenzie (DD-836) | 7/13/1945 | 9/30/1976 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Gherardi (DD-637) | 9/15/1942 | 12/17/1955 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Gillespie (DD-609) | 9/18/1942 | 4/17/1946 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Gillis (DD-260) | 9/3/1919 | 10/15/1945 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Gilmer (DD-233) | 4/30/1920 | 2/5/1946 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Gleaves (DD-423) | 6/14/1940 | 5/8/1946 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Glennon (DD-620) | 10/8/1942 | Sunk in Battle | |
| USS Glennon (DD-840) | 10/4/1945 | 10/1/1976 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Goff (DD-247) | 1/19/1921 | 7/21/1945 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Goldsborough (DD-188) | 1/26/1920 | 10/11/1945 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Goodrich (DD-831) | 4/24/1945 | 11/30/1969 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Graham (DD-192) | 3/13/1920 | 3/31/1922 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Grayson (DD-435) | 2/14/1941 | 2/4/1947 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Greene (DD-266) | 5/9/1919 | 11/23/1945 | Stripped for Salvage |
| USS Greer (DD-145) | 12/31/1918 | 7/19/1945 | Sold |
| USS Gregory (DD-802) | 7/29/1944 | 2/1/1964 | Used as Target |
| USS Gregory (DD-82) | 6/1/1918 | 7/7/1922 | Sunk in Battle |
| USS Gridley (DD-380) | 6/24/1937 | 4/18/1946 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Gridley (DD-92) | 3/8/1919 | 6/22/1922 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Guest (DD-472) | 12/15/1942 | 6/4/1946 | Transferred to Brazil |
| USS Gurke (DD-783) | 5/12/1945 | 1/30/1976 | Transferred to Greece |
| USS Gwin (DD-433) | 1/15/1941 | Sunk By Torpedoes | |
| USS Gwin (DD-71) | 3/18/1920 | 6/28/1922 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Gwin (DD-772) | 9/30/1944 | 4/3/1958 | Transferred to Turkey |
| USS Gyatt (DD-712) | 7/2/1945 | 10/22/1969 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Haggard (DD-555) | 8/31/1943 | 11/1/1945 | Scrapped |
| USS Hailey (DD-556) | 9/30/1943 | 11/3/1960 | Loaned to Brazil |
| USS Hale (DD-133) | 6/12/1919 | 9/9/1940 | Transferred to Great Britain |
| USS Hale (DD-642) | 6/15/1943 | 7/30/1960 | Transferred to Columbia |
| USS Halford (DD-480) | 4/10/1943 | 5/15/1946 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Hall (DD-583) | 7/6/1943 | 12/10/1946 | Loaned to Greece |
| USS Halligan (DD-584) | 8/19/1943 | Destroyed By Mine | |
| USS Halsey Powell (DD-686) | 10/25/1943 | 12/10/1946 | Transferred to Korea |
| USS Hambleton (DD-455) | 12/22/1941 | 1/15/1955 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Hamilton (DD-141) | 11/7/1919 | 10/16/1945 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Hammann (DD-412) | 8/11/1939 | Sunk By Torpedoes | |
| USS Hamner (DD-718) | 7/12/1946 | 10/1/1979 | Sold to Taiwan |
| USS Hank (DD-702) | 8/28/1944 | 7/1/1972 | Transferred to Argentina |
| USS Hanson (DD-832) | 5/11/1945 | Transferred to China | |
| USS Haraden (DD-183) | 6/7/1919 | 9/24/1940 | Transferred to Great Britain |
| USS Haraden (DD-585) | 9/16/1943 | 7/2/1946 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Harding (DD-625) | 5/25/1943 | 11/2/1945 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Harding (DD-91) | 1/24/1919 | 7/1/1922 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Harlan R. Dickson (DD-708) | 2/17/1945 | 7/1/1972 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Harold J. Ellison (DD-864) | 6/23/1945 | 10/1/1983 | Transferred to Pakistan |
| USS Harrison (DD-573) | 1/25/1943 | 4/1/1946 | Sold to Mexico |
| USS Harry E. Hubbard (DD-748) | 7/22/1944 | 10/1/1969 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Harry F. Bauer (DD-738) | 9/22/1944 | 3/12/1956 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Harry W. Hill (DD-986) | 11/17/1979 | 5/29/1988 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Hart (DD-110) | 5/26/1919 | 6/1/1931 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Hart (DD-594) | 11/4/1944 | 5/31/1946 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Harwood (DD-861) | 9/28/1945 | 2/1/1971 | Sold to Turkey |
| USS Hatfield (DD-231) | 4/16/1920 | 12/13/1946 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Hawkins (DD-873) | 2/10/1945 | 10/1/1979 | Transferred to Taiwan |
| USS Hayler (DD-997) | 3/5/1983 | 8/25/2003 | Sunk |
| USS Haynsworth (DD-700) | 6/22/1944 | 1/30/1970 | Transferred to Taiwan |
| USS Hazelwood (DD-107) | 2/20/1919 | 11/15/1930 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Hazelwood (DD-531) | 6/18/1943 | 3/19/1965 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Healy (DD-672) | 9/3/1943 | 3/11/1958 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Heermann (DD-532) | 7/6/1943 | 12/20/1957 | Transferred to Argentina |
| USS Helm (DD-388) | 10/16/1937 | 6/26/1946 | Used as Target |
| USS Henderson (DD-785) | 8/4/1945 | 9/30/1980 | Sold to Pakistan |
| USS Henley (DD-39) | 12/6/1912 | 5/8/1931 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Henley (DD-391) | 8/14/1937 | Sunk By Torpedoes | |
| USS Henley (DD-762) | 10/8/1946 | 7/1/1973 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Henry A. Wiley (DD-749) | 8/31/1944 | 1/29/1947 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Henry B. Wilson (DD-957) | 12/17/1960 | 10/2/1989 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Henry W. Tucker (DD-875) | 3/12/1945 | 12/3/1973 | Transferred to Brazil |
| USS Henshaw (DD-278) | 12/10/1919 | 3/11/1930 | Scrapped, Sold |
| USS Herbert (DD-160) | 11/21/1919 | 9/25/1945 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Herbert J. Thomas (DD-833/DDR-833) | 5/29/1945 | 12/4/1970 | Transferred to Taiwan |
| USS Herndon (DD-198) | 9/14/1920 | 9/9/1940 | Transferred to Great Britain |
| USS Herndon (DD-638) | 12/20/1942 | 5/8/1946 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Hewitt (DD-966) | 9/25/1976 | 7/19/2001 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Heywood L. Edwards (DD-663) | 1/26/1944 | 7/1/1946 | Loaned to Japan |
| USS Hickox (DD-673) | 9/10/1943 | 12/20/1957 | Transferred to South Korea |
| USS Higbee (DD-806) | 1/27/1945 | 7/15/1979 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Hilary P. Jones (DD-427) | 9/6/1940 | 2/6/1947 | Transferred to China |
| USS Hobby (DD-610) | 11/18/1942 | 2/1/1946 | Sunk in Training |
| USS Hobson (DD-464) | 1/22/1942 | Sunk after Collision | |
| USS Hoel (DD-533) | 7/29/1943 | Sunk in Battle | |
| USS Hogan (DD-178) | 10/1/1919 | 10/11/1945 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Holder (DD-819) | 5/18/1946 | 10/1/1976 | Transferred to Ecuador |
| USS Hollister (DD-788) | 3/29/1946 | 9/1/1979 | Transferred to Taiwan |
| USS Hopewell (DD-181) | 3/22/1919 | 9/23/1940 | Transferred to Great Britain |
| USS Hopewell (DD-681) | 9/30/1943 | 1/2/1970 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Hopkins (DD-249) | 3/21/1921 | 12/21/1945 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Hopkins (DD-6) | 9/23/1903 | 6/20/1919 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Hovey (DD-208) | 10/2/1919 | 2/1/1923 | Sunk in Battle |
| USS Howard (DD-179) | 1/29/1920 | 11/30/1945 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Howorth (DD-592) | 4/3/1944 | 4/30/1946 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Hudson (DD-475) | 4/13/1943 | 5/31/1946 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Hugh Purvis (DD-709) | 3/1/1945 | 6/15/1972 | Sold to Turkey |
| USS Hugh W. Hadley (DD-774) | 11/25/1944 | 12/15/1945 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Hughes (DD-410) | 9/21/1939 | 8/26/1946 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Hulburt (DD-342) | 10/27/1920 | 11/2/1945 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Hull (DD-330) | 4/26/1921 | 3/31/1930 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Hull (DD-350) | 1/11/1935 | Sunk in Typhoon | |
| USS Hull (DD-7) | 5/20/1903 | 7/7/1919 | Sold |
| USS Hull (DD-945) | 7/3/1958 | 7/11/1983 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Humphreys (DD-236) | 7/21/1920 | 10/26/1945 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Hunt (DD-194) | 9/30/1920 | 10/8/1940 | Transferred to Great Britain |
| USS Hunt (DD-674) | 9/22/1943 | 12/30/1963 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Hutchins (DD-476) | 11/17/1942 | 11/30/1945 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Hyman (DD-732) | 6/16/1944 | 11/16/1969 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Ingersoll (DD-652) | 8/31/1943 | 1/1/1970 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Ingersoll (DD-990) | 4/12/1980 | 7/24/1998 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Ingraham (DD-111) | 5/15/1919 | 6/29/1922 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Ingraham (DD-444) | 7/17/1941 | Sunk in Collision | |
| USS Ingraham (DD-694) | 3/10/1944 | 7/16/1971 | Transferred to Greece |
| USS Irwin (DD-794) | 2/14/1944 | 1/10/1958 | Transferred to Brazil |
| USS Isherwood (DD-284) | 12/4/1919 | 5/1/1930 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Isherwood (DD-520) | 4/12/1943 | 9/11/1961 | Transferred to Peru |
| USS Israel (DD-98) | 6/22/1918 | 7/7/1922 | Stripped, Sold |
| USS Izard (DD-589) | 5/15/1943 | 5/31/1946 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS J. Fred Talbott (DD-156) | 6/30/1919 | 5/21/1946 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS J. William Ditter (DD-751) | 10/28/1944 | 9/28/1945 | Scrapped |
| USS Jacob Jones (DD-130) | 10/20/1919 | Sunk By Torpedoes | |
| USS Jacob Jones (DD-61) | 2/10/1916 | Sunk By Torpedoes | |
| USS James C. Owens (DD-776) | 2/17/1945 | 7/15/1973 | Transferred to Brazil |
| USS James E. Kyes (DD-787) | 2/8/1946 | Transferred to Taiwan | |
| USS James K. Paulding (DD-238) | 11/29/1920 | 2/10/1931 | Scrapped |
| USS Jarvis (DD-38) | 10/22/1912 | 11/26/1919 | Scrapped, Sold |
| USS Jarvis (DD-393) | 10/27/1937 | Sunk By Japan | |
| USS Jarvis (DD-799) | 6/3/1944 | 10/24/1960 | Loaned to Spain |
| USS Jeffers (DD-621) | 11/5/1942 | 5/23/1955 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Jenkins (DD-42) | 6/15/1912 | 10/31/1919 | Scrapped |
| USS Jenkins (DD-447) | 7/31/1942 | 7/2/1969 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS John A. Bole (DD-755) | 3/3/1945 | 11/6/1970 | Transferred to Taiwan |
| USS John D. Edwards (DD-216) | 4/6/1920 | 7/28/1945 | Sold |
| USS John D. Ford (DD-228) | 12/30/1920 | 11/2/1945 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS John D. Henley (DD-553) | 2/2/1944 | 4/30/1946 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS John Francis Burnes (DD-299) | 5/1/1920 | 2/25/1930 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS John Hancock (DD-981) | 3/10/1979 | 10/16/2000 | Scrapped |
| USS John Hood (DD-655) | 6/7/1944 | 6/1/1964 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS John King (DD-953) | 2/4/1961 | 3/3/1990 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS John Paul Jones (DD-932) | 4/5/1956 | 12/15/1982 | Sunk as Target |
| USS John R. Craig (DD-885) | 8/20/1945 | Sunk as Target | |
| USS John Rodgers (DD-574) | 2/9/1943 | 5/25/1946 | Transferred to Mexico |
| USS John Rodgers (DD-983) | 7/14/1979 | 9/4/1998 | Scrapped |
| USS John S. McCain (DD-928) | 10/12/1953 | 4/29/1978 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS John W. Thomason (DD-760) | 10/11/1945 | 12/8/1970 | Transferred to Taiwan |
| USS John W. Weeks (DD-701) | 7/21/1944 | 8/12/1970 | Sunk as Target |
| USS John Young (DD-973) | 5/20/1978 | 9/30/2002 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Johnston (DD-557) | 10/27/1943 | Sunk in Battle | |
| USS Johnston (DD-821) | 8/23/1946 | 2/27/1981 | Transferred to China |
| USS Jonas Ingram (DD-938) | 7/19/1957 | 3/4/1983 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (DD-850) | 12/15/1945 | 7/1/1973 | Museum Ship |
| USS Jouett (DD-396 | 1/25/1939 | 11/1/1945 | Scrapped |
| USS Jouett (DD-41) | 4/24/1912 | 5/22/1931 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Kalk (DD-170) | 3/29/1919 | 9/23/1940 | Transferred to Great Britain |
| USS Kalk (DD-611) | 10/17/1942 | 5/3/1946 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Kane (DD-235) | 6/11/1920 | 1/24/1946 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Kearny (DD-432) | 9/13/1940 | 3/7/1946 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Kendrick (DD-612) | 9/12/1942 | 3/31/1947 | Destroyed |
| USS Kennedy (DD-306) | 8/16/1920 | 5/1/1930 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Kenneth D. Bailey (DD-713) | 7/31/1945 | 1/20/1970 | Sold to Iran |
| USS Kennison (DD-138) | 4/2/1919 | 11/21/1945 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Keppler (DD-765) | 5/23/1947 | 7/1/1972 | Sold to Turkey |
| USS Kidd (DD-993) | 3/27/1981 | 3/12/1998 | Sold to Taiwan |
| USS Kidd (DD-661) | 4/23/1943 | 6/19/1964 | Museum Ship |
| USS Kidder (DD-319) | 2/7/1921 | 3/18/1930 | Scrapped, Sold |
| USS Killen (DD-593) | 5/4/1944 | 7/9/1946 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Kilty (DD-137) | 12/17/1918 | 11/2/1945 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Kimberly (DD-80) | 4/26/1918 | 6/30/1922 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Kimberly (DD-521) | 5/22/1943 | 1/15/1954 | Loaned to China |
| USS King (DD-242) | 12/16/1920 | 10/23/1945 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Kinkaid (DD-965) | 1/10/1976 | 1/7/2003 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Knapp (DD-653) | 9/16/1943 | 3/4/1957 | Preserved as Museum |
| USS Knight (DD-633) | 6/23/1942 | 3/19/1947 | Sunk as Target |
| USS La Vallette (DD-315) | 12/24/1920 | 4/19/1930 | Scrapped |
| USS La Vallette (DD-448) | 8/12/1942 | 4/16/1946 | Sold to Peru |
| USS Laffey (DD-459) | 3/31/1942 | Sunk in Battle | |
| USS Laffey (DD-724) | 2/8/1944 | 3/29/1975 | Museum Ship |
| USS Lamberton (DD-119) | 8/22/1918 | 12/13/1946 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Lamson (DD-18) | 2/10/1910 | 7/15/1919 | Sold |
| USS Lamson (DD-328) | 4/19/1921 | 5/1/1930 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Lamson (DD-367) | 10/21/1936 | Sunk in Testing | |
| USS Lang (DD-399) | 3/30/1939 | 10/16/1945 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Lansdale (DD-101) | 10/26/1918 | 3/24/1931 | Stripped, Sold |
| USS Lansdale (DD-426) | 9/17/1940 | Sunk By Torpedoes | |
| USS Lansdale (DD-766) | Used for Repairs | ||
| USS Lansdowne (DD-486) | 4/29/1942 | 5/2/1946 | Transferred to Turkey |
| USS Lardner (DD-286) | 12/10/1919 | 5/1/1930 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Lardner (DD-487) | 5/13/1942 | 5/16/1946 | Transferred to Turkey |
| USS Laub (DD-263) | 3/17/1919 | 10/8/1940 | Transferred to Great Britain |
| USS Laub (DD-613) | 10/24/1942 | 2/2/1946 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Lawrence (DD-250) | 4/18/1921 | 10/24/1945 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Lawrence (DD-8) | 4/7/1903 | 6/20/1919 | Sold |
| USS Lawrence (DD-954) | 1/6/1962 | 3/1/1990 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Laws (DD-558) | 11/18/1943 | 3/30/1964 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Lea (DD-118) | 10/2/1918 | 7/20/1945 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Leary (DD-158) | 12/5/1919 | 6/29/1922 | Sunk By Torpedoes |
| USS Leary (DD-879) | 5/7/1945 | 10/31/1973 | Transferred to Spain |
| USS Leftwich (DD-984) | 8/25/1979 | 3/27/1998 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Leonard F. Mason (DD-852) | 6/28/1946 | Sold to China | |
| USS Leutze (DD-481) | 3/4/1944 | 12/6/1945 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Lewis Hancock (DD-675) | 9/29/1943 | 12/18/1957 | Transferred to Brazil |
| USS Lindsey (DD-771) | 8/20/1944 | 5/25/1946 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Litchfield (DD-336) | 5/12/1920 | 11/5/1945 | Scrapped |
| USS Little (DD-79) | 4/6/1918 | Sunk in Battle | |
| USS Little (DD-803) | 8/19/1944 | Sunk By Kamikazes | |
| USS Livermore (DD-429) | 10/7/1940 | 5/15/1950 | Used for Parts |
| USS Lloyd Thomas (DD-764) | 3/21/1947 | 10/12/1972 | Transferred to Taiwan |
| USS Lofberg (DD-759) | 4/26/1945 | 1/15/1971 | Transferred to Taiwan |
| USS Long (DD-209) | 10/20/1919 | 12/30/1922 | Sunk By Torpedoes |
| USS Longshaw (DD-559) | 12/4/1943 | Destroyed | |
| USS Lowry (DD-770) | 7/23/1944 | 10/31/1973 | Transferred to Brazil |
| USS Luce (DD-522) | 6/21/1943 | Sunk By Kamikazes | |
| USS Luce (DD-99) | 9/11/1918 | 1/31/1931 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Ludlow (DD-112) | 12/23/1918 | 5/24/1930 | Scrapped, Sold |
| USS Ludlow (DD-438) | 3/5/1941 | 1/22/1951 | Transferred to Greece |
| USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD-729) | 5/2/1944 | 2/12/1971 | Transferred to Taiwan |
| USS Lynde McCormick (DD-958) | 6/3/1961 | 10/1/1991 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Macdonough (DD-331) | 4/30/1921 | 1/8/1930 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Macdonough (DD-351) | 3/15/1935 | 10/22/1945 | Sold |
| USS Macdonough (DD-9) | 9/5/1903 | 9/3/1919 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS MacKenzie (DD-175) | 7/25/1919 | 9/24/1940 | Transferred to Canada |
| USS MacKenzie (DD-614) | 11/21/1942 | 2/4/1946 | Sunk as Target |
| USS MacLeish (DD-220) | 8/2/1920 | 3/8/1946 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Macomb (DD-458) | 1/26/1942 | 10/19/1954 | Transferred to Japan |
| USS Maddox (DD-168) | 3/10/1919 | 9/23/1940 | Transferred to Great Britain |
| USS Maddox (DD-622) | 10/31/1942 | Sunk in Battle | |
| USS Maddox (DD-731) | 6/2/1944 | 7/2/1972 | Transferred to Taiwan |
| USS Madison (DD-425) | 8/6/1940 | 3/13/1946 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Mahan (DD-102) | 10/24/1918 | 5/1/1930 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Mahan (DD-364) | 9/18/1936 | Sunk in Battle | |
| USS Manley (DD-74) | 10/15/1917 | 11/19/1945 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Manley (DD-940) | 2/1/1957 | 3/4/1983 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Mannert L. Abele (DD-733) | 7/4/1944 | Sunk in Battle | |
| USS Mansfield (DD-728) | 4/14/1944 | 2/4/1971 | Sold to Argentina |
| USS Marcus (DD-321) | 2/23/1921 | 5/31/1930 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Marshall (DD-676) | 10/16/1943 | 7/19/1969 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Mason (DD-191) | 2/28/1920 | 10/8/1940 | Transferred to Great Britain |
| USS Massey (DD-778) | 11/24/1944 | 9/17/1973 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Maury (DD-100) | 9/23/1918 | 3/19/1930 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Maury (DD-401) | 8/5/1938 | 10/19/1945 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Mayo (DD-422) | 9/18/1940 | 3/18/1946 | Sold |
| USS Mayrant (DD-31) | 7/12/1911 | 12/12/1919 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Mayrant (DD-402) | 9/19/1939 | 8/26/1946 | Destroyed |
| USS McCaffery (DD-860) | 7/26/1945 | Sold for Scrapping | |
| USS McCall (DD-400) | 6/22/1938 | 11/30/1945 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS McCall (DD-28) | 1/23/1911 | 10/18/1930 | Scrapped, Sold |
| USS McCalla (DD-253) | 5/19/1919 | 10/23/1940 | Transferred to Great Britain |
| USS McCalla (DD-488) | 5/27/1942 | 4/29/1949 | Transferred to Turkey |
| USS McCawley (DD-276) | 9/22/1919 | 4/1/1930 | Scrapped, Sold |
| USS McCook (DD-252) | 4/30/1919 | 9/24/1940 | Transferred to Canada |
| USS McCook (DD-496) | 3/15/1943 | 5/27/1949 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS McCord (DD-534) | 8/19/1943 | 6/9/1954 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS McCormick (DD-223) | 8/30/1920 | 10/4/1945 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS McDermut (DD-262) | 3/27/1919 | 5/22/1929 | Scrapped, Sold |
| USS McDermut (DD-677) | 11/19/1943 | 12/16/1963 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS McDougal (DD-358) | 12/23/1936 | 6/24/1946 | |
| USS McDougal (DD-54) | 6/16/1914 | 6/30/1933 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS McFarland (DD-237) | 9/30/1920 | 11/8/1945 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS McGowan (DD-678) | 12/20/1943 | 11/30/1960 | Transferred to Spain |
| USS McKean (DD-784) | 6/9/1945 | Sold to Turkey | |
| USS McKean (DD-90) | 2/25/1919 | 6/19/1922 | Sunk By Torpedoes |
| USS McKee (DD-575) | 3/31/1943 | 2/25/1946 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS McKee (DD-87) | 9/7/1918 | 6/16/1922 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS McLanahan (DD-264) | 4/5/1919 | 10/8/1940 | Transferred to Great Britain |
| USS McLanahan (DD-615) | 12/19/1942 | 2/2/1946 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS McNair (DD-679) | 12/30/1943 | 12/30/1963 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Meade (DD-274) | 9/8/1919 | 11/26/1940 | Transferred to Great Britain |
| USS Meade (DD-602) | 6/22/1942 | 6/17/1946 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Melvin (DD-335) | 5/31/1921 | 5/8/1930 | Scrapped, Sold |
| USS Melvin (DD-680) | 11/24/1943 | 1/13/1954 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Meredith (DD-165) | 1/29/1919 | 6/28/1922 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Meredith (DD-434) | 3/1/1941 | Sunk in Battle | |
| USS Meredith (DD-726) | 3/14/1944 | Scrapped | |
| USS Meredith (DD-890) | 12/31/1945 | 6/29/1979 | Transferred to Turkey |
| USS Merrill (DD-976) | 3/11/1978 | 3/26/1998 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Mertz (DD-691) | 11/19/1943 | 4/23/1946 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Mervine (DD-322) | 2/28/1921 | 6/4/1930 | Scrapped |
| USS Mervine (DD-489) | 6/17/1942 | 5/27/1949 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Metcalf (DD-595) | 11/18/1944 | 3/1/1946 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Meyer (DD-279) | 12/17/1919 | 5/15/1929 | Scrapped, Sold |
| USS Miller (DD-535) | 8/31/1943 | 6/30/1964 | Sold to Turkey |
| USS Mitscher (DD-927) | 5/15/1953 | 6/1/1978 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Moale (DD-693) | 2/28/1944 | 7/2/1973 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Moffett (DD-362) | 8/28/1936 | 11/2/1945 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Monaghan (DD-32) | 6/21/1911 | 1/29/1931 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Monaghan (DD-354) | 4/19/1935 | Sunk in Typhoon | |
| USS Monssen (DD-436) | 3/14/1941 | Sunk in Battle | |
| USS Monssen (DD-798) | 2/14/1944 | 9/1/1957 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Montgomery (DD-121) | 7/26/1918 | 4/23/1945 | Sold |
| USS Moody (DD-277) | 12/10/1919 | 6/2/1930 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Moosbrugger (DD-980) | 12/16/1978 | 12/15/2000 | Scrapped |
| USS Morris (DD-271) | 7/21/1919 | 6/15/1922 | Sold |
| USS Morris (DD-417) | 3/5/1940 | 11/9/1945 | Stripped, Sold |
| USS Morrison (DD-560) | 12/18/1943 | Sunk in Battle | |
| USS Morton (DD-948) | 5/26/1959 | 11/22/1982 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Mugford (DD-105) | 11/25/1918 | 6/7/1922 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Mugford (DD-389) | 8/16/1937 | 8/29/1946 | Sunk |
| USS Mullany (DD-325) | 3/29/1921 | 5/1/1930 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Mullany (DD-528) | 4/23/1943 | 10/6/1971 | Transferred to Taiwan |
| USS Mullinnix (DD-944) | 3/7/1958 | 8/11/1983 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Murphy (DD-603) | 7/25/1942 | 3/9/1946 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Murray (DD-576) | 4/20/1943 | 5/1/1965 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Murray (DD-97) | 8/21/1918 | 7/1/1922 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Mustin (DD-413) | 9/15/1939 | 8/29/1946 | Used for Testing |
| USS Myles C. Fox (DD-829) | 3/20/1945 | 10/1/1979 | Transferred to Greece |
| USS Nelson (DD-623) | 11/26/1942 | 1/1/1947 | Sold |
| USS New (DD-818) | 4/5/1946 | Transferred to South Korea | |
| USS Newcomb (DD-586) | 11/10/1943 | 11/20/1945 | Scrapped |
| USS Newman K. Perry (DD-883) | 7/26/1945 | 2/27/1981 | Transferred to South Korea |
| USS Niblack (DD-424) | 8/1/1940 | 6/1/1947 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Nicholas (DD-311) | 11/23/1920 | 10/26/1923 | Sold |
| USS Nicholas (DD-449) | 6/4/1942 | 1/30/1970 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Nicholson (DD-442) | 6/3/1941 | 1/15/1951 | Transferred to Italy |
| USS Nicholson (DD-52) | 4/30/1915 | 5/26/1922 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Nicholson (DD-982) | 5/12/1979 | 12/20/2002 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Nields (DD-616) | 1/15/1943 | 3/25/1946 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Noa (DD-343) | 2/15/1921 | 11/11/1934 | Sunk after Collision |
| USS Noa (DD-841) | 11/2/1945 | 10/31/1973 | Loaned to Spain |
| USS Norman Scott (DD-690) | 11/5/1943 | 4/30/1946 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Norris (DD-859) | 6/9/1945 | 12/4/1970 | Transferred to Turkey |
| USS O’Bannon (DD-177) | 8/27/1919 | 5/27/1922 | Sold |
| USS O’Bannon (DD-450) | 6/26/1942 | 1/30/1970 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS O’Bannon (DD-987) | 12/15/1979 | 8/19/2005 | Sunk as Target |
| USS O’Brien (DD-415) | 3/2/1940 | Sunk in Battle | |
| USS O’Brien (DD-51) | 5/22/1915 | 6/9/1922 | Scrapped, Sold |
| USS O’Brien (DD-725) | 2/25/1944 | 2/18/1972 | Sunk as Target |
| USS O’Brien (DD-975) | 12/3/1977 | 9/24/2004 | Sunk as Target |
| USS O’Hare (DD-889) | 11/29/1945 | 10/31/1973 | Loaned to Spain |
| USS Oldendorf (DD-972) | 3/4/1978 | 6/20/2003 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Ordronaux (DD-617) | 2/13/1943 | 1/1/1947 | Scrapped |
| USS Orleck (DD-886) | 9/15/1945 | 8/6/1987 | Transferred to Turkey |
| USS Osborne (DD-295) | 5/17/1920 | 5/1/1930 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Osmond Ingram (DD-255) | 6/28/1919 | 1/8/1946 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Overton (DD-239) | 6/30/1920 | 7/30/1945 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Owen (DD-536) | 9/20/1943 | 5/27/1958 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Ozbourn (DD-846) | 3/5/1946 | Sold for Scrapping | |
| USS Palmer (DD-161) | 11/22/1918 | 5/31/1922 | Sunk in Battle |
| USS Parker (DD-48) | 12/30/1913 | 6/6/1922 | Scrapped, Sold |
| USS Parker (DD-604) | 8/31/1942 | 1/31/1947 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Parrott (DD-218) | 5/11/1920 | 6/14/1944 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Parsons (DD-949) | 10/29/1959 | 11/19/1982 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Patterson (DD-36) | 10/11/1911 | 10/18/1930 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Patterson (DD-392) | 9/22/1937 | 11/8/1945 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Paul F. Foster (DD-964) | 2/21/1976 | 3/27/2003 | Assigned as Test Ship |
| USS Paul Hamilton (DD-307) | 9/24/1920 | 1/20/1930 | Scrapped |
| USS Paul Hamilton (DD-590) | 10/25/1943 | 9/24/1945 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Paul Jones (DD-10) | 7/19/1902 | 7/29/1919 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Paul Jones (DD-230) | 4/19/1921 | 11/5/1945 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Paulding (DD-22) | 9/29/1910 | 10/18/1930 | Scrapped |
| USS Peary (DD-226) | 10/22/1920 | Sunk in Battle | |
| USS Percival (DD-298) | 3/1/1920 | 4/26/1930 | Scrapped |
| USS Perkins (DD-26) | 11/18/1910 | 12/5/1919 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Perkins (DD-377) | 9/18/1936 | Sunk | |
| USS Perkins (DD-877) | 4/5/1945 | 1/15/1973 | Transferred to Argentina |
| USS Perry (DD-11) | 9/4/1902 | 7/2/1919 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Perry (DD-340) | 8/7/1922 | Sunk By Mine | |
| USS Perry (DD-844) | 1/17/1946 | 7/1/1973 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Peterson (DD-969) | 7/9/1977 | 10/4/2002 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Phelps (DD-360) | 2/26/1936 | 11/6/1945 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Philip (DD-498) | 11/21/1942 | 9/30/1965 | Sunk |
| USS Phillip (DD-76) | 8/24/1918 | 10/23/1940 | Transferred to Great Britain |
| USS Picking (DD-685) | 9/21/1943 | 9/6/1969 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Pillsbury (DD-227) | 12/15/1920 | Sunk in Battle | |
| USS Plunkett (DD-431) | 7/17/1940 | 5/3/1946 | Transferred to China |
| USS Pope (DD-225) | 10/27/1920 | Sunk in Battle | |
| USS Porter (DD-800) | 6/24/1944 | 8/10/1953 | Scrapped |
| USS Porter (DD-356) | 8/25/1936 | Sunk in Battle | |
| USS Porter (DD-59) | 4/17/1916 | 6/30/1933 | Scrapped, Sold |
| USS Porterfield (DD-682) | 10/30/1943 | 11/7/1969 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Power (DD-839) | 6/30/1945 | 9/1/1977 | Sold to China |
| USS Preble (DD-12) | 12/14/1903 | 7/11/1919 | Sold |
| USS Preble (DD-345) | 3/19/1920 | 12/7/1945 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Preston (DD-19) | 12/21/1909 | 7/17/1919 | Sold |
| USS Preston (DD-327) | 4/13/1921 | 5/1/1930 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Preston (DD-379) | 10/27/1936 | Sunk By Japan | |
| USS Preston (DD-795) | 3/20/1944 | Struck from Navy Lisy | |
| USS Prichett (DD-561) | 1/15/1944 | 1/10/1970 | Transferred to Italy |
| USS Pringle (DD-477) | 9/15/1942 | Sunk By Kamikazes | |
| USS Pruitt (DD-347) | 9/2/1920 | 11/16/1945 | Scrapped |
| USS Purdy (DD-734) | 7/18/1944 | 1/1/1973 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Putnam (DD-287) | 12/18/1919 | 9/21/1919 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Putnam (DD-757) | 10/12/1944 | 8/6/1973 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Quick (DD-490) | 7/3/1942 | 5/28/1949 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Radford (DD-120) | 9/30/1918 | 6/9/1922 | Sunk |
| USS Radford (DD-446) | 7/22/1942 | 11/10/1969 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Ralph Talbot (DD-390) | 10/14/1937 | 8/29/1946 | Sunk |
| USS Ramsay (DD-124) | 2/15/1919 | 10/19/1945 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Rathburne (DD-113) | 6/24/1918 | 11/2/1945 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Reid (DD-21) | 12/3/1909 | 7/31/1919 | Sold |
| USS Reid (DD-292) | 12/3/1919 | 5/1/1930 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Reid (DD-369) | 11/2/1936 | Sunk By Kamikazes | |
| USS Remey (DD-688) | 9/30/1943 | 12/30/1963 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Reno (DD-303) | 7/23/1920 | 1/18/1930 | Scrapped |
| USS Renshaw (DD-176) | 7/31/1919 | 5/27/1922 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Renshaw (DD-499) | 12/5/1942 | 2/14/1970 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Reuben James (DD-245) | 9/24/1920 | 1/20/1931 | Sunk By Torpedoes |
| USS Rhind (DD-404) | 11/10/1939 | 8/26/1946 | Sunk |
| USS Rich (DD-820) | 7/3/1946 | 12/15/1977 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Richard B. Anderson (DD-786) | 10/26/1945 | 12/20/1975 | Transferred to China |
| USS Richard E. Kraus (DD-849/AG-151) | 5/23/1946 | 7/1/1976 | Transferred to Korea |
| USS Richard P. Leary (DD-664) | 2/23/1944 | 12/10/1946 | Transferred to Japan |
| USS Richard S. Edwards (DD-950) | 2/5/1959 | 12/15/1982 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Ringgold (DD-500) | 12/30/1942 | 3/23/1946 | Transferred to Germany |
| USS Ringgold (DD-89) | 11/14/1918 | 11/26/1940 | Transferred to Great Britain |
| USS Rizal (DD-174) | 5/28/1919 | 8/20/1931 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Robert A. Owens (DD-827) | 11/5/1949 | 2/16/1982 | Transferred to Turkey |
| USS Robert H. McCard (DD-822) | 10/23/1946 | 6/5/1980 | Transferred to Turkey |
| USS Robert H. Smith (DD-735) | 8/4/1944 | 1/29/1947 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Robert K. Huntington (DD-781) | 3/3/1945 | 10/31/1973 | Sold to Venezuela |
| USS Robert L. Wilson (DD-847) | 3/28/1946 | 9/30/1974 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Robert Smith (DD-324) | 3/17/1921 | 3/1/1930 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Robinson (DD-562) | 1/31/1944 | 6/1/1964 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Robinson (DD-88) | 10/19/1918 | 11/26/1940 | Transferred to Great Britain |
| USS Rodgers (DD-254) | 7/22/1919 | 10/23/1940 | Transferred to Great Britain |
| USS Rodman (DD-456) | 1/27/1942 | 7/28/1955 | Transferred to China |
| USS Roe (DD-24) | 9/17/1910 | Sold for Scrapping | |
| USS Roe (DD-418) | 1/5/1940 | 10/30/1945 | Sold |
| USS Rogers (DD-876) | 3/26/1945 | 2/19/1981 | Transferred to Korea |
| USS Rooks (DD-804) | 9/2/1944 | 7/26/1962 | Loaned to Chile |
| USS Roper (DD-147) | 2/15/1919 | 9/15/1945 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Ross (DD-563) | 2/21/1944 | 11/6/1959 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Rowan (DD-405) | 9/23/1939 | Sunk By Torpedoes | |
| USS Rowan (DD-64) | 8/22/1916 | 6/19/1922 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Rowan (DD-782) | 3/31/1945 | 12/18/1975 | Transferred to China |
| USS Rowe (DD-564) | 3/13/1944 | 11/1/1959 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Rupertus (DD-851) | 3/8/1946 | 7/10/1973 | Transferred to Hellenic Navy |
| USS Russell (DD-414) | 11/3/1939 | 11/15/1945 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS S.P. Lee (DD-310) | 10/30/1920 | Sold | |
| USS Sampson (DD-394) | 8/19/1938 | 11/1/1945 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Sampson (DD-63) | 6/27/1916 | 6/15/1921 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Samuel B. Roberts (DD-823) | 12/22/1946 | 11/2/1970 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Samuel N. Moore (DD-747) | 6/24/1944 | 10/24/1969 | Sold to China |
| USS Sands (DD-243) | 11/10/1920 | 10/10/1945 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Sarsfield (DD-837) | 7/31/1945 | Transferred to China | |
| USS Satterlee (DD-190) | 12/23/1919 | 10/8/1940 | Transferred to Great Britain |
| USS Satterlee (DD-626) | 7/1/1943 | 3/16/1946 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Saufley (DD-465) | 8/29/1942 | 1/29/1965 | Used for Testing |
| USS Schenck (DD-159) | 10/30/1919 | 5/17/1946 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Schley (DD-103) | 9/20/1918 | 11/9/1945 | Scrapped |
| USS Schroeder (DD-501) | 1/1/1943 | 4/29/1946 | Sold |
| USS Scott (DD-995) | 10/24/1981 | 12/10/1998 | Sold to Taiwan |
| USS Seaman (DD-791) | Sold for Scrapping | ||
| USS Selfridge (DD-320) | 2/17/1921 | 2/8/1930 | Scrapped, Sold |
| USS Selfridge (DD-357) | 11/25/1936 | 10/15/1945 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Semmes (DD-189) | 2/21/1920 | 6/2/1946 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Seymour D. Owens (DD-767) | Used for Repairs | ||
| USS Shannon (DD-737) | 9/8/1944 | 10/24/1955 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Sharkey (DD-281) | 11/28/1919 | 5/1/1930 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Shaw (DD-373) | 9/18/1936 | 10/2/1945 | Scrapped |
| USS Shaw (DD-68) | 4/9/1917 | 6/30/1933 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Shea (DD-750) | 9/30/1944 | 4/9/1958 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Shelton (DD-790) | 6/21/1946 | 1/13/1973 | Sold to China |
| USS Shields (DD-596) | 2/8/1945 | 7/1/1972 | Sold to Brazil |
| USS Shirk (DD-318) | 2/5/1921 | 2/8/1930 | Scrapped, Sold |
| USS Shubrick (DD-268) | 7/3/1919 | 11/26/1940 | Transferred to Great Britain |
| USS Shubrick (DD-639) | 2/7/1943 | 11/16/1945 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Sicard (DD-346) | 6/9/1920 | 11/21/1945 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Sigourney (DD-643) | 6/29/1943 | 5/1/1960 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Sigourney (DD-81) | 5/15/1918 | 11/26/1940 | Transferred to Great Britain |
| USS Sigsbee (DD-502) | 1/23/1943 | 3/31/1947 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Simpson (DD-221) | 11/3/1920 | 5/11/1946 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Sims (DD-409) | 8/1/1939 | Sunk in Battle | |
| USS Sinclair (DD-275) | 10/8/1919 | 6/1/1929 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Sloat (DD-316) | 12/30/1920 | 6/2/1930 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Smalley (DD-565) | 3/31/1944 | 8/23/1957 | Sold |
| USS Smith (DD-378) | 9/19/1936 | 6/28/1946 | |
| USS Smith (DD-17) | 11/26/1909 | 9/2/1919 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Smith Thompson (DD-212) | 12/10/1919 | 5/15/1936 | Sunk |
| USS Soley (DD-707) | 12/7/1944 | 2/13/1970 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Somers (DD-301) | 6/23/1920 | 4/10/1930 | Scrapped, Sold |
| USS Somers (DD-381) | 12/1/1937 | 10/28/1945 | Sold |
| USS Somers (DD-947) | 4/3/1959 | 11/19/1982 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Southard (DD-207) | 9/24/1919 | 12/5/1945 | Destroyed |
| USS Southerland (DD-743) | 12/22/1944 | 2/26/1981 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Spence (DD-512) | 1/8/1943 | Sunk in Typhoon | |
| USS Sproston (DD-173) | 7/12/1919 | 8/15/1922 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Sproston (DD-577) | 5/19/1943 | 9/30/1968 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Spruance (DD-963) | 9/20/1975 | 3/23/2005 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Stack (DD-406) | 11/20/1939 | 8/29/1945 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Stanly (DD-478) | 10/15/1942 | 10/1/1946 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Stansbury (DD-180) | 1/8/1920 | 12/11/1945 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Steinaker (DD-863) | 5/26/1945 | 2/24/1982 | Sold to Mexico |
| USS Stembel (DD-644) | 7/16/1943 | 5/27/1958 | Loaned to Argentina |
| USS Stephen Potter (DD-538) | 10/21/1943 | 6/1/1958 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Sterett (DD-27) | 12/15/1910 | 12/9/1919 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Sterett (DD-407) | 8/15/1939 | 11/2/1945 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Stevens (DD-479) | 2/1/1943 | 7/2/1946 | Sold |
| USS Stevens (DD-86) | 5/24/1918 | 6/19/1922 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Stevenson (DD-645) | 12/15/1942 | 4/27/1946 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Stewart (DD-13) | 12/1/1902 | 9/5/1919 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Stewart (DD-224) | 9/15/1920 | 5/23/1946 | sunk for target |
| USS Stickell (DD-888) | 10/31/1945 | 7/1/1972 | Transferred to Greece |
| USS Stockham (DD-683) | 2/11/1944 | 9/2/1957 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Stockton (DD-646) | 1/11/1943 | 5/16/1946 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Stockton (DD-73) | 11/26/1917 | 8/23/1940 | Transferred to Great Britain |
| USS Stoddard (DD-566) | 4/15/1945 | 9/1/1969 | Sunk in Training |
| USS Stoddert (DD-302) | 6/30/1920 | 1/10/1933 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Stormes (DD-780) | 1/27/1945 | 12/5/1970 | Sold to Iran |
| USS Stribling (DD-867) | 9/29/1945 | 7/1/1976 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Stribling (DD-96) | 8/16/1918 | 6/26/1922 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Stringham (DD-83) | 7/2/1918 | 11/9/1945 | Scrapped |
| USS Strong (DD-467) | 8/7/1942 | Sunk By Torpedoes | |
| USS Strong (DD-758) | 3/8/1945 | 10/31/1973 | Transferred to Brazil |
| USS Stump (DD-978) | 8/19/1978 | 10/22/2004 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Sturtevant (DD-240) | 9/21/1920 | 11/20/1935 | sunk by explosion 4/26/1942 |
| USS Sumner (DD-333) | 5/27/1921 | 3/29/1930 | Sold |
| USS Swanson (DD-443) | 5/29/1941 | 12/10/1945 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Swasey (DD-273) | 8/8/1919 | 11/26/1940 | Transferred to Great Britain |
| USS Talbot (DD-114) | 7/20/1918 | 10/9/1945 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Tarbell (DD-142) | 11/27/1918 | 7/20/1945 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Tattnall (DD-125) | 6/26/1919 | 12/17/1945 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Taussig (DD-746) | 5/20/1944 | 12/1/1970 | Sold to Taiwan |
| USS Taylor (DD-468) | 8/28/1942 | 6/1/1969 | Transferred to Italy |
| USS Taylor (DD-94) | 6/1/1918 | 9/23/1938 | Used for Training |
| USS Terry (DD-25) | 10/18/1910 | 10/18/1930 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Terry (DD-513) | 1/26/1943 | 1/1/1947 | Sold |
| USS Thatcher (DD-162) | 1/14/1919 | 9/24/1940 | Transferred to Canada |
| USS Thatcher (DD-514) | 2/10/1943 | 11/23/1945 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS The Sullivans (DD-537) | 9/30/1943 | 7/7/1965 | Museum Ship |
| USS Theodore E. Chandler (DD-717) | 3/22/1946 | 4/1/1975 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Thomas (DD-182) | 4/25/1919 | 9/23/1940 | Transferred to Great Britain |
| USS Thomas E. Fraser (DD-736) | 8/22/1944 | 9/12/1955 | Scrapped |
| USS Thompson (DD-305) | 8/16/1920 | 4/4/1930 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Thompson (DD-627) | 7/10/1943 | 5/18/1954 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Thorn (DD-657) | 4/1/1943 | 5/6/1946 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Thorn (DD-988) | 2/16/1980 | 8/25/2004 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Thornton (DD-270) | 7/15/1919 | 5/2/1945 | Beached and Stripped |
| USS Tillman (DD-135) | 4/10/1921 | 11/26/1940 | Transferred to Great Britain |
| USS Tillman (DD-641) | 6/4/1942 | 2/6/1947 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Timmerman (DD-828) | 9/26/1952 | 7/27/1956 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Tingey (DD-272) | 7/25/1919 | 5/24/1922 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Tingey (DD-539) | 11/25/1943 | 11/30/1963 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Tolman (DD-740) | 10/27/1944 | 1/29/1947 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Toucey (DD-282) | 12/9/1919 | 5/1/1930 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Towers (DD-959) | 6/6/1961 | 10/1/1990 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Tracy (DD-214) | 3/9/1920 | 2/7/1946 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Trathen (DD-530) | 5/28/1943 | 5/11/1965 | Used as Target |
| USS Trever (DD-339) | 8/3/1922 | 11/23/1945 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Trippe (DD-33) | 3/23/1911 | 4/15/1931 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Trippe (DD-403) | 11/1/1939 | 8/28/1946 | Destroyed |
| USS Truxtun (DD-14) | 9/11/1902 | 7/18/1919 | Converted to Commercial Use |
| USS Truxtun (DD-229) | 2/16/1921 | Wrecked | |
| USS Tucker (DD-374) | 7/23/1936 | Sunk By Mine | |
| USS Tucker (DD-57) | 4/11/1916 | 6/30/1933 | Sold |
| USS Turner (DD-259) | 9/24/1919 | 6/7/1922 | Converted to Barge |
| USS Turner (DD-648) | 4/15/1943 | sunk by explosions 1/3/1944 | |
| USS Turner (DD-834) | 6/12/1945 | 9/26/1969 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Turner Joy (DD-951) | 8/3/1959 | 11/22/1982 | Museum Ship |
| USS Twiggs (DD-127) | 7/28/1919 | 10/23/1940 | Transferred to Great Britain |
| USS Twiggs (DD-591) | 11/4/1943 | Destroyed | |
| USS Twining (DD-540) | 12/1/1943 | 7/1/1971 | Sold to Taiwan |
| USS Uhlmann (DD-687) | 11/22/1943 | 7/15/1972 | Scrapped |
| USS Upshur (DD-144) | 12/23/1918 | 11/2/1945 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Van Valkenburgh (DD-656) | 8/2/1944 | 2/26/1954 | Transferred to Turkey |
| USS Vesole (DD-878) | 4/23/1945 | 12/1/1976 | Sunk in Training |
| USS Vogelgesang (DD-862) | 4/28/1945 | 2/24/1982 | Sold to Mexico |
| USS Wadleigh (DD-689) | 10/19/1943 | 6/28/1962 | Transferred to Chile |
| USS Wadsworth (DD-516) | 3/16/1943 | 4/18/1946 | Transferred to West Germany |
| USS Wadsworth (DD-60) | 7/23/1915 | 6/3/1922 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Wainwright (DD-419) | 4/15/1940 | 8/29/1946 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Wainwright (DD-62) | 5/12/1916 | 4/27/1934 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Waldron (DD-699) | 6/7/1944 | 10/30/1973 | Transferred to Columbia |
| USS Walke (DD-723) | 1/21/1944 | 11/30/1970 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Walke (DD-34) | 7/22/1911 | 12/12/1919 | Scrapped |
| USS Walke (DD-416) | 4/27/1940 | Sunk By Japan | |
| USS Walker (DD-163) | 1/31/1919 | 6/7/1922 | Scuttled |
| USS Walker (DD-517) | 4/3/1943 | 7/2/1969 | Sold to Italy |
| USS Wallace L. Lind (DD-703) | 9/8/1944 | 12/4/1973 | Transferred to Korea |
| USS Waller (DD-466) | 10/1/1942 | 7/15/1969 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Ward (DD-139) | 7/24/1918 | 7/21/1921 | Sunk in Battle |
| USS Warrington (DD-30) | 3/20/1911 | 1/31/1920 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Warrington (DD-383) | 2/9/1938 | Sunk in Hurricane | |
| USS Warrington (DD-843) | 12/20/1945 | 9/30/1972 | Sold to Taiwan |
| USS Wasmuth (DD-338) | 12/16/1921 | 7/26/1922 | Sunk |
| USS Waters (DD-115) | 8/8/1918 | 10/12/1945 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Watts (DD-567) | 4/29/1944 | 12/1/1964 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Wedderburn (DD-684) | 3/9/1944 | 10/1/1969 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Welborn C. Wood (DD-195) | 1/14/1921 | 9/9/1940 | Transferred to Great Britain |
| USS Welles (DD-257) | 9/2/1919 | 9/9/1940 | Transferred to Great Britain |
| USS Welles (DD-628) | 8/16/1943 | 2/4/1946 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Whipple (DD-15) | 2/17/1903 | 7/7/1919 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Whipple (DD-217) | 4/23/1920 | 11/9/1945 | Scrapped, Sold |
| USS Wickes (DD-578) | 6/16/1943 | 12/20/1945 | Used for Testing |
| USS Wickes (DD-75) | 7/31/1918 | 10/23/1940 | Scrapped |
| USS Wiley (DD-597) | 2/22/1945 | 5/15/1946 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS William M. Wood (DD-715) | 11/24/1945 | 12/1/1976 | Stripped, Sold |
| USS Wilkes (DD-441) | 4/22/1941 | 3/4/1946 | Sold |
| USS Wilkes (DD-67) | 11/10/1916 | 3/29/1934 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Wilkinson (DD-930) | 8/3/1954 | 12/19/1969 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Willard Keith (DD-775) | 12/27/1944 | 7/1/1972 | Transferred to Columbia |
| USS William B. Preston (DD-344) | 8/23/1920 | 1/3/1946 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS William C. Lawe (DD-763) | 12/18/1946 | 10/1/1983 | Sunk as Target |
| USS William D. Porter (DD-579) | 7/6/1943 | Sunk By Kamikazes | |
| USS William Jones (DD-308) | 9/30/1920 | 5/24/1930 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS William R. Rush (DD-714) | 9/21/1945 | 7/1/1978 | Transferred to Korea |
| USS Williams (DD-108) | 3/1/1919 | 9/24/1940 | Transferred to Canada |
| USS Williamson (DD-244) | 10/29/1920 | 11/8/1945 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Willis A. Lee (DD-929) | 10/5/1954 | 12/1/1969 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Wilson (DD-408) | 7/5/1939 | 8/29/1946 | Sunk |
| USS Wiltsie (DD-716) | 1/12/1946 | 1/23/1976 | Transferred to Pakistan |
| USS Winslow (DD-359) | 2/17/1937 | 6/28/1950 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Winslow (DD-53) | 8/7/1915 | 6/5/1922 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Witek (DD-848) | 4/23/1946 | 8/19/1968 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Wood (DD-317) | 1/28/1921 | 3/31/1930 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Woodbury (DD-309) | 10/20/1920 | 10/26/1923 | Sold |
| USS Woodworth (DD-460) | 4/30/1942 | 1/14/1951 | Transferred to Italy |
| USS Woolsey (DD-437) | 5/7/1941 | 2/6/1947 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Woolsey (DD-77) | 9/30/1918 | 5/31/1920 | Sunk in Collision |
| USS Worden (DD-16) | 3/17/1903 | 7/13/1919 | Converted to Commercial Use |
| USS Worden (DD-288) | 2/24/1920 | 5/1/1930 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Worden (DD-352) | 1/15/1935 | Wrecked | |
| USS Wren (DD-568) | 5/20/1944 | 12/1/1963 | Sold for Scrapping |
| USS Yarborough (DD-314) | 12/31/1920 | 5/29/1930 | Scrapped, Sold |
| USS Yarnall (DD-143) | 11/29/1918 | 10/23/1940 | Transferred to Great Britain |
| USS Yarnall (DD-541) | 12/30/1943 | 9/1/1958 | Transferred to Taiwan |
| USS Young (DD-312) | 11/29/1920 | 10/26/1923 | Sold |
| USS Young (DD-580) | 7/31/1943 | 1/1/1947 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Zane (DD-337) | 2/15/1921 | 12/14/1945 | Sold, Scrapped |
| USS Zeilin (DD-313) | 12/10/1920 | 1/22/1930 | Scrapped |
| USS Zellars (DD-777) | 10/25/1944 | 3/19/1971 | Transferred to Iran |
03. Destroyers & Asbestos
Asbestos Use on Destroyers
The U.S. Navy used many types of ships made with asbestos-containing materials. Destroyers were no exception. The Navy used asbestos because it resists heat and is durable. Some common products found on Navy ships included:
- Boilers
- Cables
- Caulk
- Deck matting
- Insulation
- Pipes
Ship boiler and engine rooms presented a high risk for exposure because of the heat in these areas. Many vessels used asbestos insulation throughout. Another potential risk came for crew members above deck.
Asbestos materials that become worn or damaged can expose crew members. This could happen when the ships were damaged during battle, repair or other wear and tear.
04. Asbestos Exposure on Destroyers
Who Was at Risk of Asbestos Exposure on Destroyers?
The use of asbestos on Navy destroyers affected many different people. Veterans often had direct contact with the mineral during daily duties. Civilians who repaired the ships at shipyards also risked asbestos exposure.
Anyone exposed may develop mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases years after exposure. Some trades that risked asbestos exposure on destroyers include:
- Electricians
- HVAC workers
- Insulators
- Machinists
- Maintenance workers
- Mechanics
- Metal workers
- Pipefitters
- Plumbers
- Shipbuilders
- Shipfitters
- Steamfitters
- Welders
Workers involved in retrofitting Navy destroyers were particularly at risk. This type of work often disturbs old asbestos materials, leading to exposure. Older ships still in service may continue posing risks.
05. Compensation Options
Compensation for People Exposed on Destroyers
Anyone who develops mesothelioma or another asbestos-related disease may have options for financial compensation. For example, veterans or their surviving loved ones may be eligible for VA benefits. This may include different types of monthly payments.
Individuals may also be eligible to file a mesothelioma lawsuit or other type of asbestos claim. An experienced mesothelioma lawyer can discuss available options. They can also handle the entire litigation process, from filing to settlement or trial.
