Mato Grosso was commissioned as on 4 November 1944, Sergipe was commissioned as on 17 February 1945, Alagoas was commissioned as on 28 June 1946, Rio Grande do Norte was commissioned as on 8 March 1945 and Espírito Santo was commissioned as on 8 March 1945.
After World War II, they were in a mothball state, but were later handed over to Brazil based on the Brazil-US Ship Loan Agreement. Only the lead ship had not undergone FRAM, thus the ships having different armaments and configurations.
| Mato Grosso class | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Acquired | Decommissioned | Fate | ||
| D34 | Mato Grosso | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company | 28 March 1944 | 17 September 1944 | 27 September 1972 | July 1990 | Scrapped | |
| D35 | Sergipe | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation | 9 April 1944 | 1 October 1944 | 15 July 1973 | 17 October 1995 | Scrapped | |
| D36 | Alagoas | Bethlehem Steel | 1 February 1944 | 11 March 1945 | 16 July 1973 | 30 June 1995 | Scrapped | |
| D37 | Rio Grande do Norte | 25 July 1943 | 23 April 1944 | 31 October 1973 | 1995 | Sunk in 1997 | ||
| D38 | Espírito Santo | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation | 1 August 1943 | 6 February 1944 | 31 October 1973 | 1996 | Scrapped, 1996 | |