Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945

DD -- Destroyers
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Fletcher Class:

No. Name                               Comm. Notes (: Lost)                                      
DD-629 Abbot 1943  
DD-526 Abner Read 1943 1 Nov 44; kamikaze (Val) at Leyte Gulf
DD-649 Albert W. Grant 1943  
DD-527 Ammen 1943  
DD-515 Anthony 1943  
DD-569 Aulick 1942  
DD-470 Bache 1942  
DD-471 Beale 1942  
DD-654 Bearss 1944  
DD-587 Bell 1943  
DD-796 Benham 1943  
DD-473 Bennett 1943  
DD-662 Bennion 1943  
DD-666 Black 1943  
DD-544 Boyd 1943  
DD-545 Bradford 1943  
DD-630 Braine 1943  
DD-546 Brown 1943  
DD-518 Brownson 1943 26 Dec 43; dive bombers N. of Cape Gloucester
DD-665 Bryant 1943  
DD-660 Bullard 1943  
DD-588 Burns 1943  
DD-529 Bush 1943 6 Apr 45; kamikazes at Okinawa
DD-792 Callaghan 1943 29 Jul 45; kamikaze at Okinawa
DD-650 Caperton 1943  
DD-550 Capps 1943  
DD-793 Cassin Young 1943  
DD-570 Charles Ausburne 1942  
DD-657 Charles J. Badger 1943  
DD-581 Charrette 1943  
DD-667 Chauncey 1943  
DD-451 Chevalier 1942 7 Oct 43; torpedoed by Yagumo at Battle of Vella Lavella
DD-668 Clarence K. Bronson 1943  
DD-571 Claxton 1942  
DD-651 Cogswell 1943  
DD-658 Colahan 1943  
DD-801 Colhoun 1944 6 Apr 45; kamikazes at Okinawa
DD-582 Conner 1943  
DD-509 Converse 1942  
DD-507 Conway 1942  
DD-508 Cony 1942  
DD-669 Cotten 1943  
DD-547 Cowell 1943  
DD-797 Cushing 1944  
DD-519 Daly 1943  
DD-659 Dashiell 1943  
DD-551 David W. Taylor 1943  
DD-469 DeHaven 1942 1 Feb 43; bombs at Guadalcanal
DD-670 Dortch 1943  
DD-572 Dyson 1942  
DD-510 Eaton 1942  
DD-631 Erben 1943  
DD-552 Evans 1943  
DD-445 Fletcher 1942  
DD-511 Foote 1942  
DD-554 Franks 1943  
DD-474 Fullam 1943  
DD-671 Gatling 1943  
DD-802 Gregory 1944  
DD-472 Guest 1942  
DD-555 Haggard 1943  
DD-556 Hailey 1943  
DD-642 Hale 1943  
DD-480 Halford 1943  
DD-583 Hall 1943  
DD-584 Halligan 1943 26 Mar 45; mine near Maye Shima, Okinawa
DD-686 Halsey Powell 1943  
DD-585 Haraden 1943  
DD-573 Harrison 1943  
DD-594 Hart 1944  
DD-531 Hazelwood 1943  
DD-672 Healy 1943  
DD-532 Heermann 1943  
DD-663 Heywood L. Edwards 1944  
DD-673 Hickox 1943  
DD-533 Hoel 1943 25 Oct 44; gunfire at Leyte Gulf
DD-681 Hopewell 1943  
DD-592 Howorth 1944  
DD-475 Hudson 1943  
DD-674 Hunt 1943  
DD-476 Hutchins 1942  
DD-652 Ingersoll 1943  
DD-794 Irwin 1944  
DD-520 Isherwood 1943  
DD-589 Izard 1943  
DD-799 Jarvis 1944  
DD-447 Jenkins 1942  
DD-553 John D. Henley 1943  
DD-655 John Hood 1944  
DD-574 John Rodgers 1943  
DD-557 Johnston 1943 25 Oct 44; gunfire at Leyte Gulf
DD-661 Kidd 1943  
DD-593 Killen 1944  
DD-521 Kimberly 1943  
DD-653 Knapp 1943  
DD-448 La Vallette 1942  
DD-558 Laws 1943  
DD-481 Leutze 1944  
DD-675 Lewis Hancock 1943  
DD-803 Little 1944 3 May 45; kamikazes (5) at Okinawa
DD-559 Longshaw 1943 18 May 45; shore battery at Okinawa
DD-522 Luce 1942 4 May 45; kamikaze at Okinawa
DD-534 McCord 1943  
DD-677 McDermut 1943  
DD-678 McGowan 1943  
DD-575 McKee 1943  
DD-679 McNair 1943  
DD-676 Marshall 1943  
DD-680 Melvin 1943  
DD-691 Mertz 1943  
DD-595 Metcalf 1944  
DD-535 Miller 1943  
DD-798 Monssen 1944  
DD-560 Morrison 1943 4 May 45; kamikazes off Okinawa
DD-528 Mullany 1943  
DD-576 Murray 1943  
DD-586 Newcomb 1943  
DD-449 Nicholas 1942  
DD-690 Norman Scott 1943  
DD-450 O'Bannon 1942  
DD-536 Owen 1943  
DD-590 Paul Hamilton 1943  
DD-498 Philip 1942  
DD-685 Picking 1943  
DD-800 Porter 1944  
DD-682 Porterfield 1943  
DD-795 Preston 1944  
DD-561 Prichett 1944  
DD-477 Pringle 1942 16 Apr 45; kamikazes at Okinawa
DD-446 Radford 1942  
DD-688 Remey 1943  
DD-499 Renshaw 1942  
DD-664 Richard P. Leary 1944  
DD-500 Ringgold 1942  
DD-562 Robinson 1944  
DD-804 Rooks 1944  
DD-563 Ross 1944  
DD-564 Rowe 1944  
DD-465 Saufley 1942  
DD-501 Schroeder 1943  
DD-596 Shields 1945  
DD-643 Sigourney 1943  
DD-502 Sigsbee 1943  
DD-565 Smalley 1944  
DD-512 Spence 1943 18 Dec 44; capsized in typhoon off Luzon
DD-577 Sproston 1943  
DD-478 Stanly 1942  
DD-644 Stembel 1943  
DD-538 Stephen Potter 1943  
DD-479 Stevens 1943  
DD-683 Stockham 1944  
DD-566 Stoddard 1944  
DD-467 Strong 1942 5 Jul 43; torpedoed off New Georgia
DD-468 Taylor 1942  
DD-513 Terry 1943  
DD-514 Thatcher 1943  
DD-537 The Sullivans 1943  
DD-539 Tingey 1943  
DD-530 Trathen 1943  
DD-591 Twiggs 1943 16 Jun 45; aerial torpedo off Okinawa
DD-540 Twining 1943  
DD-687 Uhlmann 1943  
DD-656 Van Valkenburgh 1944  
DD-689 Wadleigh 1943  
DD-516 Wadsworth 1943  
DD-517 Walker 1943  
DD-466 Waller 1942  
DD-567 Watts 1944  
DD-684 Wedderburn 1944  
DD-578 Wickes 1943  
DD-597 Wiley 1945  
DD-579 William D. Porter 1943 10 Jun 45; kamikaze off Okinawa
DD-568 Wren 1944  
DD-541 Yarnall 1943  
DD-580 Young 1943  


Allen M. Sumner Class:

No. Name                               Comm. Notes (: Lost)                                      
DD-752 Alfred A. Cunningham 1944  
DD-692 Allen M. Sumner 1944  
DD-698 Ault 1944  
DD-722 Barton 1943  
DD-756 Beatty 1945  
DD-744 Blue 1944  
DD-704 Borie 1944  
DD-857 Bristol 1945  
DD-745 Brush 1944  
DD-697 Charles S. Sperry 1944  
DD-730 Collett 1944  
DD-705 Compton 1944  
DD-695 Cooper 1944 3 Dec44; torpedoed by IJN Take off Ormoc, P.I.
DD-727 De Haven 1944  
DD-779 Douglas H. Fox 1944  
DD-741 Drexler 1944 28 May 45; kamikaze at Okinawa
DD-696 English 1944  
DD-754 Frank E. Evans 1945  
DD-706 Gainard 1944  
DD-702 Hank 1944  
DD-708 Harlan R. Dickson 1945  
DD-748 Harry E. Hubbard 1944  
DD-700 Haynsworth 1944  
DD-709 Hugh Purvis 1945  
DD-774 Hugh W. Hadley 1944  
DD-732 Hyman 1944  
DD-694 Ingraham 1944  
DD-776 James C. Owens 1945  
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DD-753 John R. Pierce 1944  
DD-701 John W. Weeks 1944  
DD-724 Laffey 1944  
DD-759 Lofberg 1945  
DD-770 Lowrey 1944  
DD-729 Lyman K. Swenson 1944  
DD-731 Maddox 1944  
DD-733 Mannert L. Abele 1944 12 Apr 45; Baka -kamikaze off Okinawa
DD-728 Mansfield 1944  
DD-778 Massey 1944  
DD-726 Meredith 1944 9 Jun 45; glide-bomb (He-177) off Utah Beach
DD-693 Moale 1944  
DD-725 O'Brien 1944  
DD-734 Purdy 1944  
DD-757 Putnam 1944  
DD-781 Robert K. Huntington 1945  
DD-747 Samuel N. Moore 1944  
DD-707 Soley 1944  
DD-780 Stormes 1945  
DD-758 Strong 1945  
DD-746 Taussig 1944  
DD-699 Waldron 1944  
DD-723 Walke 1944  
DD-703 Wallace L. Lind 1944  
DD-775 Willard Keith 1944  
DD-777 Zellars 1944  


Gearing Class:

No. Name                               Comm. Notes (: Lost)                                      
DD-869 Arnold J. Isbell 1945  
DD-845 Baussell 1945  
DD-807 Benner 1945  
DD-881 Bordelon 1945  
DD-887 Brinkley Bass 1945  
DD-868 Brownson 1945  
DD-835 Charles P. Cecil 1945  
DD-865 Charles R. Ware 1945  
DD-805 Chevalier 1945  
DD-866 Cone 1945  
DD-817 Corry 1945  
DD-808 Dennis J. Buckley 1945  
DD-874 Duncan 1945  
DD-880 Dyess 1945  
DD-838 Ernest G. Small 1945  
DD-711 Eugene A. Greene 1945  
DD-830 Everett F. Larson 1945  
DD-870 Fechteler 1945  
DD-842 Fiske 1945  
DD-884 Floyd B. Parks 1945  
DD-742 Frank Knox 1944  
DD-858 Fred T. Barry 1945  
DD-882 Furse 1945  
DD-710 Gearing 1945  
DD-836 George K. MacKenzie 1945  
DD-840 Glennon 1945  
DD-831 Goodrich 1945  
DD-783 Gurke 1945  
DD-712 Gyatt 1945  
DD-718 Hamner 1945  
DD-832 Hanson 1945  
DD-864 Harold J. Ellison 1945  
DD-861 Harwood 1945  
DD-873 Hawkins 1945  
DD-785 Henderson 1945  
DD-875 Henry W. Tucker 1945  
DD-833 Herbert J. Thomas 1945  
DD-806 Higbee 1945  
DD-819 Holder 1945  
DD-850 J.P. Kennedy, Jr. 1945  
DD-787 James E. Kyes 1945  
DD-885 John R. Craig 1945  
DD-821 Johnston 1945  
DD-713 Kenneth D. Bailey 1945  
DD-765 Keppler 1945  
DD-879 Leary 1945  
DD-764 Lloyd Thomas 1945  
DD-860 McCaffery 1945  
DD-784 McKean 1945  
DD-890 Meredith 1945  
DD-829 Myles C. Fox 1945  
DD-818 New 1945  
DD-883 Newman K. Perry 1945  
DD-841 Noa 1945  
DD-859 Norris 1945  
DD-889 O'Hare 1945  
DD-886 Orleck 1945  
DD-877 Perkins 1945  
DD-844 Perry 1945  
DD-839 Power 1945  
DD-786 R.B. Anderson 1945  
DD-820 Rich 1945  
DD-822 Robert H. McCard 1945  
DD-876 Rogers 1945  
DD-782 Rowan 1945  
DD-851 Rupertus 1945  
DD-837 Sarsfield 1945  
DD-743 Southerland 1944  
DD-863 Steinaker 1945  
DD-888 Stickell 1945  
DD-867 Stribling 1945  
DD-717 Theo. E. Chandler 1945  
DD-834 Turner 1945  
DD-878 Vesole 1945  
DD-862 Vogelsgesang 1945  
DD-843 Warrington 1945  
DD-763 William C. Lawe 1945  
DD-714 William R. Rush 1945  
DD-715 William M. Wood 1945  
DD-716 Wiltsie 1945  



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