List of Fletcher-class destroyers explained

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

Ships in class

Ships of the Fletcher destroyer class

Name	Hull no.	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned / Recommissioned	Decommissioned	Fate
	DD-445	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey	2 October 1941	3 May 1942	30 June 1942	15 January 1947	Sold for scrap, 22 February 1972[2]
3 October 1949[3]	1 October 1969
	DD-446		2 October 1941	3 May 1942	22 July 1942	17 January 1946	Sold for scrap October 1970 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/446.htm
17 October 1949	10 November 1969[4]
	DD-447		27 November 1941	21 June 1942	31 July 1942	1 May 1946	Sold for scrap, 17 February 1971 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/447.htm[5]
2 November 1951	2 July 1969
	DD-448		27 November 1941	21 June 1942	12 August 1942	16 April 1946[6]	data-sort-value="26 July 1974"	Sold to Peru as parts donor, 26 July 1974 scrapped http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/448.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD448}}]
	DD-449	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine	3 March 1941	19 February 1942	4 June 1942	12 June 1946	Sold for scrap, October 1970 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/449.htm
19 February 1951	30 January 1970
	DD-450		3 March 1941	19 February 1942	26 June 1942	21 May 1946	Sold for scrap, 6 June 1970 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/450.htm
19 February 1951	30 January 1970
	DD-451		30 April 1941[7]	11 April 1942	20 July 1942		data-sort-value="6 October 1943"	Sunk, Naval Battle of Vella Lavella, 6 October 1943[8]
	DD-465	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey	27 January 1942	19 July 1942	29 August 1942	12 June 1946	Sunk as target, 20 February 1968 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/465.htm
15 December 1949	29 January 1965
	DD-466		12 February 1942	15 August 1942	1 October 1942	10 June 1946	Sunk as target, 17 June 1970 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/466.htm
5 July 1950	15 July 1969
	DD-467	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine	30 April 1941	17 May 1942	7 August 1942		data-sort-value="5 July 1943"	Sunk, 5 July 1943 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/467.htm[9]
	DD-468		28 August 1941	7 June 1942	28 August 1942	31 May 1946	Transferred to Italy, 2 July 1969 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/468.htm
3 December 1951	3 June 1969
	DD-469		27 September 1941[10]	28 June 1942	21 September 1942		data-sort-value="1 February 1943"	Sunk, 1 February 1943[11]
	DD-470	Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Staten Island, New York	19 November 1941	7 July 1942	14 November 1942	4 February 1946	Wrecked, 6 February 1968[12]
1 October 1951	1 March 1968
	DD-471		19 December 1941	24 August 1942	23 December 1942	11 April 1946	Sunk as target, 24 June 1969 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/471.htm
1 November 1951	30 September 1968
	DD-472	Boston Navy Yard	27 September 1941	20 February 1942	15 December 1942	4 June 1946	data-sort-value="5 June 1959"	Transferred to Brazil, 5 June 1959 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/472.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD472}}]
	DD-473		10 December 1941	16 April 1942	9 February 1943	18 April 1946	data-sort-value="15 December 1959"	Transferred to Brazil, 15 December 1959 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/473.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD473}}]
	DD-474		10 December 1941	16 April 1942	2 March 1943	15 January 1947	data-sort-value="7 July 1962"	Sunk as target, 7 July 1962 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/474.htm
	DD-475		20 February 1942	3 June 1942	13 April 1943	31 May 1946	data-sort-value="27 November 1973"	Sold for scrap, 27 November 1973 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/475.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD475}}]
	DD-476		27 September 1941	20 February 1942	17 November 1942	30 November 1945	data-sort-value="January 1948"	Sold for scrap, January 1948 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/476.htm
	DD-477	Charleston Navy Yard	31 July 1941	2 May 1942	15 September 1942		data-sort-value="16 April 1945"	Sunk, 16 April 1945 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/477.htm
	DD-478		15 September 1941	May 2, 1942	15 October 1942	October 1946	data-sort-value="16 December 1971"	Sold for scrap, 16 December 1971 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/478.htm
	DD-479		30 December 1941	24 June 1942	1 February 1943	2 July 1946	data-sort-value="27 November 1973"	Sold for scrap, 27 November 1973 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/479.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD479}}]
	DD-480	Puget Sound Naval Shipyard	3 June 1941	29 October 1942	10 April 1943	15 May 1946	data-sort-value="2 April 1970"	Sold for scrap, 2 April 1970 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/480.htm
	DD-481		3 June 1941	29 October 1942	4 March 1944	6 December 1945	data-sort-value="17 June 1947"	Sold for scrap, 17 June 1947 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/481.htm
	DD-482	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey	data-sort-value="7 January 1946"	Contract cancelled 7 January 1946[13]
	DD-498		7 May 1942	13 October 1942	21 November 1942	1 February 1946[14]	Sank in a storm, 2 February 1972
30 June 1950	30 September 1968[15]
	DD-499		7 May 1942	13 October 1942	5 December 1942	February 1947	Sold for scrap, October 1970 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/499.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD499}}]
June 1950	14 February 1970
	DD-500		25 June 1942	11 November 1942	30 December 1942	23 March 1946	data-sort-value="14 July 1959"	Transferred to West German Navy, 14 July 1959 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/500.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD500}}]
	DD-501		25 June 1942	11 November 1942	1 January 1943	29 April 1946	data-sort-value="1 January 1974"	Sold for scrap, 1 January 1974 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/501.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD501}}]
	DD-502		22 July 1942	7 December 1942	23 January 1943	31 March 1947	data-sort-value="31 July 1975"	Sold for scrap, 31 July 1975 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/502.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD502}}]
	DD-507	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine	5 November 1941	16 August 1942	9 October 1942	25 June 1946	Sunk as a target 26 June 1970 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/507.htm
8 November 1950	15 November 1969
	DD-508		24 December 1941	16 August 1942	30 October 1942	18 June 1946	Sunk as a target, 20 March 1970 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/508.htm
17 November 1949	2 July 1969
	DD-509		23 February 1942	30 August 1942	20 November 1942	23 April 1946	data-sort-value="1 July 1959"	Transferred to Spain, 1 July 1959 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/509.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD509}}]
	DD-510		17 March 1942	20 September 1942	4 December 1942	21 June 1946	Sunk as target, 27 March 1970 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/510.htm
11 December 1951	30 May 1969
	DD-511		14 April 1942	11 October 1942	22 December 1942	18 April 1946	data-sort-value="2 January 1974"	Sold for scrap, 2 January 1974 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/511.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD511}}]
	DD-512		18 May 1942	27 October 1942	8 January 1943		data-sort-value="18 December 1944"	Foundered, 18 December 1944[16]
	DD-513		8 June 1942	22 November 1942	26 January 1943	11 July 1947	data-sort-value="26 July 1974"	Transferred to Peru 26 July 1974 for spare parts http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/513.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD513}}]
	DD-514		20 June 1942	6 December 1942	10 February 1943	23 November 1945	data-sort-value="23 January 1948"	Sold for scrap, 23 January 1948[17]
	DD-515		17 August 1942	20 December 1942	26 February 1943	17 April 1946	data-sort-value="17 January 1958"	Transferred to West Germany, 17 January 1958 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/515.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD515}}]
	DD-516		18 August 1942	10 January 1943	16 March 1943	18 April 1946	data-sort-value="6 October 1959"	Transferred to West Germany, 6 October 1959 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/516.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD516}}]
	DD-517		31 August 1942	31 January 1943	3 April 1943	31 May 1946	Sold to Italy, 2 July 1969 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/517.htm
15 September 1950	2 July 1969
	DD-518	Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Staten Island, New York	15 February 1942	24 September 1942	3 February 1943		data-sort-value="26 December 1943"	Sunk, 26 December 1943[18]
	DD-519		29 April 1942	24 October 1942	10 March 1943	18 April 1946	Sold for scrap, 22 April 1976 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/519.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD519}}]
6 July 1951	2 May 1960
	DD-520		12 May 1942	24 November 1942	12 April 1943	1 February 1946	Loaned to Peru, 8 October 1961 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/520.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD520}}]
5 April 1951	11 September 1961
	DD-521		27 July 1942	4 February 1943	22 May 1943	5 February 1947	Loaned to Taiwan, 1 June 1967 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/521.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD521}}]
8 February 1951	15 January 1954
	DD-522		24 August 1942	6 March 1943	21 June 1943	data-sort-value="4 May 1945"	Sunk, 4 May 1945 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/522.htm
	DD-526	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California	30 October 1941	18 August 1942	5 February 1943	data-sort-value="1 November 1944"	Sunk, 1 November 1944 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/526.htm
	DD-527		29 November 1941	17 September 1942	20 March 1943	15 April 1946	Sold for scrap, 20 April 1961 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/527.htm
5 April 1951	15 September 1960
	DD-528		15 January 1942	10 October 1942	23 April 1943	14 February 1946	Transferred to Taiwan, 6 October 1971 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/528.htm
8 March 1951	6 October 1971
	DD-529		12 February 1942	27 October 1942	10 May 1943		data-sort-value="6 April 1945"	Sunk, 6 April 1945 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/529.htm
	DD-530		17 March 1942 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/530.htm	22 October 1942	28 May 1943	18 January 1946	Used as target hulk November 1973, scrapped http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/530.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD530}}]
1 August 1951	11 May 1965
	DD-531		11 April 1942	20 November 1942	18 June 1943	18 January 1946	Sold for scrap 14 April 1976 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/531.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD531}}]
12 September 1951	19 March 1965
	DD-532		8 May 1942	5 December 1942	6 July 1943	12 June 1946	Transferred to Argentina, 14 August 1961.http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/532.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD532}}]
12 September 1951	20 December 1957
	DD-533		4 June 1942	19 December 1942	19 July 1943		data-sort-value="25 October 1944"	Sunk, Battle off Samar, 25 October 1944 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/533.htm
	DD-534		17 March 1942 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/534.htm	10 January 1943	19 August 1943	15 January 1947	Sold for scrap 2 January 1974 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/534.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD534}}]
1 August 1951	9 June 1954
	DD-535		18 August 1942	15 February 1943	31 August 1943	19 December 1945	Sold for scrap, 31 July 1975 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/535.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD535}}]
19 May 1951	30 June 1964
	DD-536		17 September 1942	21 March 1943	20 September 1943	10 December 1946	Sold for scrap, 27 November 1973 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/536.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD536}}]
17 August 1951	27 May 1958
	DD-537		10 October 1942	4 April 1943	30 September 1943	10 January 1946	Donated to Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park, Buffalo, New York http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/537.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD537}}]
6 July 1951	7 January 1965
	DD-538		27 October 1942	28 April 1943	21 October 1943	21 September 1945	Sold for scrap, 27 November 1973 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/538.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD538}}]
29 March 1951	21 April 1958
	DD-539		22 October 1942	28 May 1943	25 November 1943	March 1946	Sunk as target, May 1966 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/539.htm
27 January 1951	30 November 1963
	DD-540		20 November 1942	11 July 1943	1 December 1943	14 June 1946	Sold to Taiwan, 16 August 1971 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/540.htm
10 June 1950	1 July 1971
	DD-541		5 December 1942	25 July 1943	30 December 1943	15 January 1947	Loaned to Taiwan, 10 June 1968 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/541.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD541}}]
28 February 1951	30 September 1958
	DD-544	Bethlehem Steel Company, San Pedro, California, Terminal Island	2 April 1942	29 October 1942	8 May 1943	15 January 1947	Transferred to Turkey, 1 October 1969 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/544.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD544}}]
24 November 1950	1 October 1969
	DD-545		28 April 1942	12 December 1942	12 June 1943	11 July 1946	Transferred to Hellenic Navy, 27 September 1962 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/545.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD545}}]
27 October 1950	28 September 1961
	DD-546		27 June 1942	21 February 1943	10 July 1943	1 August 1946	Transferred to Hellenic Navy, 27 September 1962 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/546.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD546}}]
27 October 1950	9 February 1962
	DD-547		7 September 1942	18 March 1943	23 August 1943	22 July 1946	Transferred to Argentina, 17 August 1971 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/547.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD547}}]
21 September 1951	17 August 1971
	DD-550	Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation, Chickasaw, Alabama	12 June 1941	31 May 1942	23 June 1943	15 January 1947	data-sort-value="15 May 1957"	Transferred to Spain, 15 May 1957 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/550.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD550}}]
	DD-551		12 June 1941	4 July 1942	18 September 1943	17 August 1946	data-sort-value="15 May 1957"	Leased to Spain, 15 May 1957 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/551.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD551}}]
	DD-552		21 July 1941	4 October 1942	11 December 1943	7 November 1945	data-sort-value="11 February 1947"	Sold for scrap, 11 February 1947 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/552.htm
	DD-553		21 July 1941	15 November 1942	2 February 1944	30 April 1946	data-sort-value="May 1970"	Sold for scrap, May 1970 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/553.htm
	DD-554	Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation, Seattle, Washington	8 March 1942	7 December 1942	30 July 1943	31 May 1946	data-sort-value="1 August 1973"	Sold for scrap, 1 August 1973 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/554.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD554}}]
	DD-555		27 March 1942	9 February 1943	31 August 1943	1 November 1945	data-sort-value="3 March 1946"	Sold for scrap, 3 March 1946 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/555.htm
	DD-556		11 April 1942	9 March 1943	30 September 1943	27 January 1946	Loaned to Brazil, 20 July 1961 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/556.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD556}}]
27 April 1951	3 November 1960
	DD-557		6 May 1942	25 March 1943	27 October 1943		data-sort-value="25 October 1944"	Sunk, Battle off Samar 25 October 1944 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/557.htm
	DD-558		19 May 1942	22 April 1943	18 November 1943	10 December 1946	Sold for scrap, 3 December 1973 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/558.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD558}}]
2 November 1951	30 March 1964
	DD-559		16 June 1942	4 June 1943	4 December 1943	data-sort-value="18 May 1945"	Ran aground, 18 May 1945 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/559.htm
	DD-560		30 June 1942	4 July 1943	18 December 1943	data-sort-value="4 May 1945"	Sunk, 4 May 1945 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/560.htm
	DD-561		20 July 1942	31 July 1943	15 January 1944	14 March 1946	Transferred to Italy, 17 January 1970 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/561.htm
17 August 1951	10 January 1970
	DD-562		12 August 1942	28 August 1943	31 January 1944	12 June 1946	Sunk as target, 13 April 1982 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/562.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD562}}]
3 August 1951	1 April 1964
	DD-563		7 September 1942	10 September 1943	21 February 1944	4 June 1946	Sunk as a target, 26 January 1978 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/563.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD563}}]
27 October 1951	6 November 1959
	DD-564		7 December 1942	30 September 1943	13 March 1944	31 January 1947	Sunk as a target, 23 February 1978 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/564.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD564}}]
5 October 1951	6 November 1959
	DD-565		14 February 1943	27 October 1943	31 March 1944	18 July 1946	Sold for scrap, 4 January 1966 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/564.htm
3 July 1951	30 September 1957
	DD-566		10 March 1943	19 November 1943	15 April 1944	8 July 1946	Sunk in an exercise, 22 July 1997 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/566.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD566}}]
9 March 1951	26 September 1969
	DD-567		26 March 1943	31 December 1943	29 April 1944	12 April 1946	Sold for scrap, 5 September 1974 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/567.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD567}}]
6 July 1951	26 September 1969
	DD-568		24 April 1943	29 January 1944	20 May 1944	13 July 1946	Sold for scrap, 22 October 1975 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/568.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD568}}]
7 September 1951	30 December 1963
	DD-569	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas	14 May 1941	2 March 1942	27 October 1942	18 April 1946	data-sort-value="21 August 1959"	Transferred to Hellenic Navy, 21 August 1959 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/569.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD569}}]
	DD-570		14 May 1941	16 March 1942	24 November 1942	18 April 1946	data-sort-value="12 April 1960"	Transferred to West Germany, 12 April 1960 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/570.htm
	DD-571		25 June 1941	1 April 1942	8 December 1942	18 April 1946	data-sort-value="16 December 1959"	Transferred to West Germany, 16 December 1959 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/571.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD571}}]
	DD-572		25 June 1941	15 April 1942	30 December 1942	31 March 1947	data-sort-value="17 February 1960"	Transferred to West Germany, 17 February 1960 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/572.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD572}}]
	DD-573		25 June 1941	4 May 1942	25 January 1943	1 April 1946	data-sort-value="19 Aug 1970"	Sold to Mexico, 19 Aug 1970 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/573.htm
	DD-574		25 July 1941	7 May 1942	9 February 1943	25 May 1946	data-sort-value="19 Aug 1970"	Transferred to Mexico, 19 Aug 1970 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/574.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD574}}]
	DD-575		2 March 1942	2 August 1942	31 March 1943	25 February 1946	data-sort-value="2 January 1974"	Sold for scrap, 2 January 1974 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/575.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD575}}]
	DD-576		16 March 1942	16 August 1942	20 April 1943	27 March 1946	Sold for scrap, 16 August 1966 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/576.htm
16 October 1951	1 June 1965
	DD-577		1 April 1942	31 August 1942	19 May 1943	18 January 1946	Sold for scrap, 15 September 1971 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/577.htm
15 September 1950	30 September 1968
	DD-578		15 April 1942	13 September 1942	16 June 1943	20 December 1945	data-sort-value="8 April 1974"	Sunk as target 8 April 1974 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/578.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD578}}]
	DD-579		7 May 1942	27 September 1942	6 July 1943		data-sort-value="10 June 1945"	Sunk, 10 June 1945 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/579.htm
	DD-580		7 May 1942	15 October 1942	31 July 1943	January 1947	data-sort-value="6 March 1970"	Sunk as a target, 6 March 1970 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/580.htm
	DD-581	Boston Navy Yard	20 February 1942	3 June 1942	18 May 1943	15 January 1947	data-sort-value="16 June 1959"	Transferred to Hellenic Navy, 16 June 1959 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/581.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD581}}]
	DD-582		6 April 1942	18 July 1942	8 June 1943	5 July 1946	data-sort-value="15 September 1959"	Transferred to Hellenic Navy, 15 September 1959 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/582.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD582}}]
	DD-583		16 April 1942	18 July 1942	6 July 1943	10 December 1946	data-sort-value="9 February 1960"	Transferred to Hellenic Navy, 9 February 1960 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/583.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD583}}]
	DD-584		9 November 1942	19 March 1943	19 August 1943		data-sort-value="26 March 1945"	Lost to mine, 26 March 1945 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/584.htm
	DD-585		9 November 1942	19 March 1943	16 September 1943	2 July 1946	data-sort-value="November 1973"	Sunk as a target, November 1973 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/585.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD585}}]
	DD-586		19 March 1943	4 July 1943	10 November 1943	20 November 1945	data-sort-value="October 1947"	Scrapped, October 1947 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/586.htm
	DD-587	Charleston Navy Yard	30 December 1941	24 June 1942	4 March 1943	14 June 1946	data-sort-value="11 May 1975"	Sunk as target, 11 May 1975 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/587.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD587}}]
	DD-588		9 May 1942	8 August 1942	3 April 1943	25 June 1946	data-sort-value="20 June 1974"	Sunk as a target, 20 June 1974 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/588.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD588}}]
	DD-589		9 May 1942	8 August 1942	15 May 1943	31 May 1946	data-sort-value="2 April 1970"	Sold for scrap, 2 April 1970 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/589.htm
	DD-590		20 January 1943	7 April 1943	25 October 1943	24 September 1945	data-sort-value="2 April 1970"	Sold for scrap, 2 April 1970 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/590.htm
	DD-591		20 January 1943	7 April 1943	4 November 1943		data-sort-value="16 June 1945"	Sunk, 16 June 1945 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/591.htm
	DD-592	Puget Sound Naval Shipyard	26 November 1941	10 January 1943	3 April 1944	30 April 1946	data-sort-value="8 March 1962"	Sunk as target, 8 March 1962 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/592.htm
	DD-593		26 November 1941	10 January 1943	4 May 1944	9 July 1946	data-sort-value="15 April 1975"	Sunk as a target, 15 April 1975 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/593.htm
	DD-594		10 August 1943	25 September 1944	4 November 1944	31 May 1946	data-sort-value="3 December 1973"	Sold for scrap, 3 December 1973 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/594.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD594}}]
	DD-595		10 August 1943	25 September 1944	18 November 1944	March 1946	data-sort-value="6 June 1972"	Sold for scrap, 6 June 1972 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/595.htm
	DD-596		10 August 1943	25 September 1944	8 February 1945	14 June 1946	Transferred to Brazil, 1 July 1972 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/596.htm
15 July 1950	1 July 1972
	DD-597		10 August 1943	25 September 1944	22 February 1945	15 May 1946	data-sort-value="2 April 1970"	Sold for scrap, 2 April 1970 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/597.htm
	DD-629	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine	21 September 1942	17 February 1943	23 April 1943	21 May 1946	Sold for scrap, 31 July 1975 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/629.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD629}}]
26 February 1951	26 March 1965
	DD-630		12 October 1942	7 March 1943	11 May 1943	26 July 1946	Transferred to Argentina, 17 August 1971 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/630.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD630}}]
6 April 1951	17 August 1971
	DD-631		28 October 1942	21 March 1943	28 May 1943	31 May 1946	Transferred to South Korea, 16 May 1963 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/631.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD631}}]
19 May 1951	27 June 1958
	DD-642		23 November 1942	4 April 1943	15 June 1943	15 January 1947	Transferred to Colombia, 23 January 1961 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/642.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD642}}]
24 March 1951	30 July 1960
	DD-643		7 December 1942	24 April 1943	29 June 1943	20 March 1946	Sold for scrap, 31 July 1975 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/643.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD643}}]
7 September 1951	1 May 1960
	DD-644		21 December 1942	8 May 1943	16 July 1943	31 May 1946	Loaned to Argentina, 7 August 1961 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/644.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD644}}]
9 November 1951	27 May 1958
	DD-649	Charleston Navy Yard	30 December 1942	29 May 1943	24 November 1943	16 July 1946	data-sort-value="30 May 1972"	Sold for scrap, 30 May 1972 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/649.htm
	DD-650	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine	11 January 1943	22 May 1943	30 July 1943	6 July 1946	Sunk as a target in the 1980s http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/650.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD650}}]
6 April 1951	27 April 1960
	DD-651		1 February 1943	5 June 1943	17 August 1943	30 April 1946	Transferred to Turkey, 1 October 1969 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/651.htm
7 January 1951	1 October 1969
	DD-652		18 February 1943	28 June 1943	31 August 1943	19 July 1946	Sunk as a target, 19 May 1974 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/652.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD652}}]
4 May 1951	20 January 1970
	DD-653		8 March 1943	10 July 1943	16 September 1943	5 July 1946	Sold for scrap, 27 August 1973 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/653.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD653}}]
3 May 1951	4 March 1957
	DD-654	Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation, Chickasaw, Alabama	14 July 1942	25 July 1943	12 April 1944	31 January 1947	Sold for scrap, 14 April 1976 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/654.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD654}}]
7 September 1951	30 December 1963
	DD-655		12 October 1942	25 October 1943	7 June 1944	3 July 1946	Sold for scrap, 12 April 1976 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/655.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD655}}]
3 August 1951	30 June 1964
	DD-656		15 November 1942	19 December 1943	2 August 1944	12 April 1946	Transferred to Turkey, 28 February 1967 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/656.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD656}}]
8 March 1951	26 February 1954
	DD-657	Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Staten Island, New York	24 September 1942	3 April 1943	23 July 1943	21 May 1946	Sold to Chile for parts, 10 May 1974 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/657.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD657}}]
10 September 1951	20 December 1957
	DD-658		24 October 1942	3 May 1943	23 August 1943	14 June 1946	Sunk as a target, 18 December 1966 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/658.htm
16 December 1950	1 August 1966
	DD-659	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey	1 October 1942	6 February 1943	20 March 1943	30 March 1946	Sold for scrap, 21 September 1975 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/659.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD659}}]
3 May 1951	29 April 1960
	DD-660		16 October 1942	28 February 1943	9 April 1943	20 December 1946	data-sort-value="3 December 1973"	Sold for scrap, 3 December 1973 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/660.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD660}}]
	DD-661		16 October 1942	28 February 1943	23 April 1943	10 December 1946	Museum ship http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/661.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD661}}]
28 March 1951	19 June 1964
	DD-662	Boston Navy Yard	19 March 1943	4 July 1943	14 December 1943	20 June 1946	data-sort-value="30 May 1973"	Sold for scrap, 30 May 1973 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/662.htm
	DD-663		4 July 1943	6 October 1943	26 January 1944	1 July 1946	data-sort-value="10 March 1959"	Transferred to Japan, 10 March 1959 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/663.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD663}}]
	DD-664		4 July 1943	6 October 1943	23 February 1944	10 December 1946	data-sort-value="10 March 1959"	Transferred to Japan, 10 March 1959 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/664.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD664}}]
	DD-665	Charleston Navy Yard	30 December 1942	29 May 1943	4 December 1943	15 January 1947	data-sort-value="24 August 1969"	Sunk as a target, 24 August 1969 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/665.htm
	DD-666	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey	14 November 1942	28 March 1943	21 May 1943	5 August 1946	Sold for scrap, 17 February 1971 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/666.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD666}}]
18 July 1951	26 September 1969
	DD-667		14 November 1942	28 March 1943	31 May 1943	19 December 1945	Sold for scrap, 2 January 1974 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/667.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD667}}]
18 July 1950	14 May 1954
	DD-668		9 December 1942	18 April 1943	11 June 1943	16 July 1946	Transferred to Turkey, 14 January 1967 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/668.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD668}}]
7 June 1951	29 June 1960
	DD-669		8 February 1943	12 June 1943	24 July 1943	15 July 1946	Sold for scrap, 31 July 1975 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/669.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD669}}]
3 July 1951	2 May 1960
	DD-670		2 March 1943	20 June 1943	7 August 1943	19 July 1946	Transferred to Argentina, 1 August 1961 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/670.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD670}}]
4 May 1951	13 December 1957
	DD-671		3 March 1943	20 June 1943	19 August 1943	16 July 1946	Sold for scrap, 22 February 1977 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/671.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD671}}]
4 June 1951	2 May 1960
	DD-672		4 March 1943	4 July 1943	3 September 1943	11 July 1946	Sold for scrap, 12 April 1976 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/672.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD672}}]
3 August 1951	11 March 1958
	DD-673		12 March 1943	4 July 1943	10 September 1943	10 December 1946	Transferred to South Korea, 15 November 1968 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/673.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD673}}]
19 May 1951	20 December 1957
	DD-674		31 March 1943	1 August 1943	22 September 1943	15 December 1945	Sold for scrap, 14 August 1975 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/674.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD674}}]
31 October 1951	30 December 1963
	DD-675		31 March 1943	1 August 1943	29 September 1943	10 January 1946	Transferred to Brazil, 1 August 1967 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/675.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD675}}]
19 May 1951	18 December 1957
	DD-676		29 April 1943	29 August 1943	16 October 1943	December 1945	Sold for scrap, July 1970 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/676.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD676}}]
27 April 1951	19 July 1969
	DD-677		14 June 1943	17 October 1943	19 November 1943	15 January 1947	Sold for scrap, 4 January 1966 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/677.htm
29 December 1950	16 December 1963
	DD-678		30 June 1943	14 November 1943	20 December 1943	30 April 1946	Transferred to Spain, 1 December 1960 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/678.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD678}}]
6 July 1951	30 November 1960
	DD-679		30 June 1943	14 November 1943	30 December 1943	28 May 1946	Sold for scrap, 10 June 1976 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/679.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD679}}]
6 July 1951	30 December 1963
	DD-680		6 July 1943	17 October 1943	24 November 1943	31 May 1946	Sold for scrap, 14 August 1975 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/680.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD680}}]
26 February 1951	13 January 1954
	DD-681	Bethlehem Steel Company, San Pedro, California, Terminal Island	29 October 1942	2 May 1943	30 September 1943	15 January 1947	Sunk as target, 11 February 1972 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/681.htm
28 March 1951	2 January 1970
	DD-682		12 December 1942	13 June 1943	30 October 1943	15 July 1946	Sunk as a target, 18 July 1982 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/682.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD682}}]
27 April 1951	7 November 1969
	DD-683	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California	19 December 1942	25 June 1943	11 February 1944	30 August 1946	Sunk as target 17 February 1977 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/683.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD683}}]
14 November 1951	2 September 1957
	DD-684		10 January 1943	1 August 1943	9 March 1944	April 4, 1946	Sold for scrap, 25 January 1972 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/684.htm
21 November 1950	1 October 1969
	DD-685	Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Staten Island, New York	24 November 1942	1 June 1943	21 September 1943	20 December 1945	Sunk as a target, 27 February 1997 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/685.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD685}}]
26 January 1951	6 September 1969
	DD-686		3 February 1943	30 June 1943	25 October 1943	10 December 1946	Transferred to the Republic of Korea, 27 April 1968 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/686.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD686}}]
27 April 1951	27 April 1968
	DD-687		6 March 1943	30 July 1943	22 November 1943	14 June 1946	Sold for scrap, 21 March 1974 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/687.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD687}}]
23 May 1950	15 July 1972
	DD-688	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine	22 March 1943	25 July 1943	30 September 1943	10 December 1946	Sold for scrap, 10 June 1976 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/688.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD688}}]
14 November 1951	30 December 1963
	DD-689		5 April 1943	7 August 1943	19 October 1943	20 June 1946	Transferred to Chile, 26 July 1972 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/689.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD689}}]
3 October 1951	28 June 1962
	DD-690		26 April 1943	28 August 1943	5 November 1943	30 April 1946	data-sort-value="3 December 1973"	Sold for scrap, 3 December 1973 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/690.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD690}}]
	DD-691		10 May 1943	11 September 1943	19 November 1943	23 April 1946	data-sort-value="16 December 1971"	Sold for scrap, 16 December 1971 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/691.htm
	DD-792	Bethlehem Steel Company, San Pedro, California, Terminal Island	21 February 1943	1 August 1943	27 November 1943		data-sort-value="28 July 1945"	Sunk, 28 July 1945 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/792.htm
	DD-793		18 March 1943	12 September 1943	31 December 1943	28 May 1946	Museum ship at the former Boston Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/793.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD793}}]
8 September 1951	29 April 1960
	DD-794		2 May 1943	31 October 1943	14 February 1944	31 May 1946	Transferred to Brazil, 10 May 1968 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/794.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD794}}]
26 February 1951	10 January 1958
	DD-795		13 June 1943	12 December 1943	20 March 1944	24 April 1946	Transferred to Turkey, 15 November 1969 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/795.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD795}}]
26 January 1951	15 November 1969
	DD-796	Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Staten Island, New York	23 April 1943	30 August 1943	20 December 1943	18 October 1946	Loaned to Peru, 15 December 1960 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/796.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD796}}]
24 March 1951	30 June 1960
	DD-797		3 May 1943	30 September 1943	17 January 1944	3 February 1947	Loaned to Brazil, 20 July 1961 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/797.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD797}}]
17 August 1951	8 November 1960
	DD-798		1 June 1943	30 October 1943	14 February 1944	30 April 1946	Sold for scrap, 21 October 1963 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/798.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD798}}]
31 October 1951	September 1957 or 11 December 1957
	DD-799	Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation, Seattle, Washington	7 June 1943	14 February 1944	3 June 1944	29 June 1946	Transferred to Spain, 3 November 1960 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/799.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD799}}]
8 February 1951	24 October 1960
	DD-800		6 July 1943	13 March 1944	24 June 1944	3 July 1946	Sold for scrap, 21 March 1974 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/800.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD800}}]
9 February 1951	10 August 1953
	DD-801		3 August 1943	10 April 1944	8 July 1944		data-sort-value="6 April 1945"	Sunk, 6 April 1945 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/801.htm
	DD-802		31 August 1943	8 May 1944	29 July 1944	15 January 1947	Sunk as a target, 4 March 1971 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/802.htm
27 April 1951	1 February 1964
	DD-803		13 September 1943	22 May 1944	19 August 1944		data-sort-value="3 May 1945"	Sunk, 3 May 1945 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/803.htm
	DD-804		27 October 1943	6 June 1944	2 September 1944	11 June 1946	Transferred to Chile, 26 July 1962 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/804.htm[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DD804}}]
19 May 1951	26 July 1962

References

• Fletcher-class destroyers at Destroyer History Foundation
• Book: Friedman, Norman . US Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History . Naval Institute Press . Annapolis . 2004 . 111–112. Revised .
• Book: Raven, Alan . Fletcher-class Destroyers . Naval Institute Press . 1986 . 978-0-87021-147-8 .
• Web site: Destroyer Index . NavSource.org .
• Book: Jane's American fighting ships of the 20th century . New York, NY . Mallard Press . 1991 . 0-7924-5626-2 . 155–157.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fletcher-class destroyers . Destroyer History Foundation . 19 July 2015 .
2. Web site: USS Fletcher (DD-445) . NavSource.org .
3. Fletcher.
4. Radford II .
5. Jenkins II .
6. La Vallette II .
7. Web site: USS Chevalier . NavSource.org .
8. Chevalier I .
9. Strong I .
10. Web site: USS De Haven . NavSource.org .
11. De Haven I .
12. Web site: USS Bache . NavSource.org .
13. Watson .
14. Web site: USS Philip (DD-498) . NavSource.org .
15. Philip II .
16. Spence .
17. Thatcher II .
18. Web site: USS Brownson . NavSource.org .