| Ships |
| Hull No. |
Ship Name |
Laid Down |
Launch |
Comm |
Status |
|
DD 692 |
Allen M Sumner |
7/7/1943 |
12/15/1943 |
1/26/1944 |
Sold for scrap, Oct 1974 |
|
DD 693 |
Moale |
8/5/1943 |
1/16/1944 |
2/28/1944 |
Sold for scrap, Nov 1974. |
|
DD 694 |
Ingraham |
8/4/1943 |
1/16/1944 |
3/10/1944 |
Sold to Greece, 16 July 1971; renamed MIAOULIS. Served Greek Navy until stricken in 1992. Reported laid up in Souda Bay, Crete in Jan 1998. |
|
DD 695 |
Cooper |
8/30/1943 |
2/9/1944 |
3/27/1944 |
Sunk by Japanese destroyer TAKE in Ormac Bay, Leyte, Phillipines, 3 Dec 1944. (191 killed). |
|
DD 696 |
English |
10/19/1943 |
2/27/1944 |
5/4/1944 |
Sold to Taiwan, 11 Aug 1970; renamed HUEI YANG. Still active in the Taiwanese Navy as of 1998. |
|
DD 697 |
Charles SSperry |
10/19/1943 |
3/13/1944 |
5/17/1944 |
Sold to Chile, 8 Jan 1974; renamed MINISTRO ZENTENO. Served Chilean Navy until stricken and scrapped in 1990. |
|
DD 698 |
Ault |
11/15/1943 |
3/26/1944 |
5/31/1944 |
Sold for scrap, Apr 1974. |
|
DD 699 |
Waldron |
11/16/1943 |
3/26/1944 |
6/8/1944 |
Sold to Columbia, 30 Oct 1973; renamed SANTANDER. Served Columbian Navy until stricken and scrapped in 1986. |
|
DD 700 |
Haynsworth |
12/16/1943 |
4/15/1944 |
6/22/1944 |
Sold to Taiwan, 12 May 1970; renamed YUEN YANG. Served Taiwan until stricken and scrapped in 1993. |
|
DD 701 |
John W Weeks |
1/17/1944 |
5/21/1944 |
7/21/1944 |
Sunk as target off Virginia, 19 Nov 1970. |
|
DD 702 |
Hank |
1/17/1944 |
5/21/1944 |
8/28/1944 |
Sold to Argentina, 1 July 1972; renamed SEGUI. Served Argentinian Navy until stricken and scrapped in 1983. |
|
DD 703 |
Wallace L Lind |
2/14/1944 |
6/14/1944 |
9/8/1944 |
Sold to South Korea, 4 Dec 1973; renamed DAE GU. Still active in South Korean Navy as of 1998. |
|
DD 704 |
Borie |
2/29/1944 |
7/4/1944 |
9/21/1944 |
Sold to Argentina, 1 July 1972; renamed HIPOLITO BOUCHARD. Served Argentine Navy until stricken and scrapped in 1984. |
|
DD 705 |
Compton |
3/28/1944 |
9/17/1944 |
11/4/1944 |
Sold to Brazil, 27 Sep 1972; renamed MATTO GRASSO. Served Brazilian Navy until stricken and scrapped in 1990. |
|
DD 706 |
Gainard |
3/29/1944 |
9/17/1944 |
11/23/1944 |
Sold for scrap, Mar 1974. |
|
DD 707 |
Soley |
4/18/1944 |
9/8/1944 |
12/4/1944 |
Heavily damaged by grounding, Jan 1970. Subsequently decommissioned and sunk as target, 18 Sep 1970. |
|
DD 708 |
Harlan R Dickson |
5/23/1944 |
12/17/1944 |
2/17/1945 |
Sold for scrap, May 1973. |
|
DD 709 |
Hugh Purvis |
5/23/1944 |
12/17/1944 |
3/1/1945 |
Sold to Turkey, 1 July 1973; renamed ZAFER. She served the Turkish Navy until stricken in 1993 and scrapped in 1994. |
|
DD 722 |
Barton |
5/24/1943 |
10/10/1943 |
12/30/1943 |
Sunk as target off Virginia, 8 Oct 1969. |
|
DD 723 |
Walke |
6/7/1943 |
10/27/1943 |
1/21/1944 |
Sold for scrap, Mar 1975. |
|
DD 724 |
Laffey |
6/28/1943 |
11/21/1943 |
2/8/1944 |
Heavily damaged off Okinawa, 15 Apr 1945, taking four bomb and five Kamikaze hits. (32 killed). Preserved as memorial, berthed at Charleston SC. |
|
DD 725 |
O Brien |
7/12/1943 |
12/8/1943 |
2/25/1944 |
Heavily damaged off Kerama Retto, 27 Mar 1945. A "Val" kamikaze aircraft with 500 pound bomb detonated her magazines. (50 killed). Sunk as target off California, 13 July 1972. |
|
DD 726 |
Meredith |
7/26/1943 |
12/21/1943 |
3/14/1944 |
Struck mine off Utah Beach, Normandy (France), 8 June 1944. Sunk by German aircraft off Utah Beach, France, 9 June 1944. (35 killed) The hulk was raised and scrapped, Sep 1960. |
|
DD 727 |
De Haven |
8/9/1943 |
1/9/1944 |
3/31/1944 |
Sold to South Korea, 5 Dec 1973; renamed INCHEON. Served until stricken and scrapped in 1993. |
|
DD 728 |
Mansfield |
8/28/1943 |
1/29/1944 |
4/14/1944 |
Sold to Argentinia, 4 June 1974; cannibalized for spare parts. |
|
DD 729 |
Lyman K Swenson |
9/11/1943 |
2/12/1944 |
5/2/1944 |
Sold to Taiwan, 6 May 1974; cannibalized for spare parts. |
|
DD 730 |
Collett |
10/11/1943 |
3/5/1944 |
5/16/1944 |
Sold to Argentina, 4 June 1974; renamed PIEDRA BUENA. Served until stricken and scrapped in 1984. |
|
DD 731 |
Maddox |
10/28/1943 |
3/19/1944 |
6/2/1944 |
Attacked by Vietnamese torpedo craft in the Gulf of Tonkin, 2 Aug 1964, she returned fire sinking two, receiving the Navy Unit Commendation; this attack sparked the Vietnam War. Sold to Taiwan, 6 July 1972; renamed PO YANG. Served until stricken and scrapped in 1985. |
|
DD 732 |
Hyman |
11/22/1943 |
4/8/1944 |
6/16/1944 |
Sold for scrap, Oct 1970. |
|
DD 733 |
Mannert L Abele |
12/9/1943 |
4/23/1944 |
7/4/1944 |
Sunk by Japanese kamikaze aircraft and rocket powered glide bomb (baka bomb) off Okinawa,
12 Apr 1945. (73 killed). |
|
DD 734 |
Purdy |
12/22/1943 |
5/7/1944 |
7/18/1944 |
Sold for scrap, June 1974. |
|
DD 735 |
Robert H Smith |
1/10/1944 |
5/25/1944 |
8/4/1944 |
Completed as minelayer (DM-23), reclassified MMD-23, 1 Jan 1969. Sold for scrap, Dec 1973. |
|
DD 736 |
Thomas E Fraser |
1/31/1944 |
6/10/1944 |
8/22/1944 |
Completed as minelayer (DM-24), reclassified MMD-24, 1 Jan 1969. Sold for scrap, June 1974. |
|
DD 737 |
Shannon |
2/12/1944 |
6/24/1944 |
9/8/1944 |
Completed as minelayer (DM-25), reclassified MMD-25, 1 Jan 1969. Sold for scrap, May 1973. |
|
DD 738 |
Harry F Bauer |
3/6/1944 |
7/9/1944 |
9/22/1944 |
Completed as minelayer (DM-26), reclassified MMD-26, 1 Jan 1969. Sold for scrap, June 1974. |
|
DD 739 |
Adams |
3/20/1944 |
7/23/1944 |
10/10/1944 |
Completed as minelayer (DM-27), reclassified MMD-27, 1 Jan 1969. Sold for scrap, Dec 1971. |
|
DD 740 |
Tolman |
4/10/1944 |
8/13/1944 |
10/27/1944 |
Completed as minelayer (DM-28), reclassified MMD-28, 1 Jan 1969. Sold for scrap, Dec 1971. |
|
DD 741 |
Drexler |
4/24/1944 |
9/3/1944 |
11/14/1944 |
Sunk by Japanese kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa,
28 May 1945. (168 killed). |
|
DD 744 |
Blue |
6/30/1943 |
11/28/1943 |
3/20/1944 |
Sunk as target off California, 28 Apr 1977. |
|
DD 745 |
Brush |
7/30/1943 |
12/28/1943 |
4/17/1944 |
Sold to Taiwan, 9 Dec 1969; renamed HSIANG YANG. Served until stricken and scrapped in 1984. |
|
DD 746 |
Taussig |
8/30/1943 |
1/25/1944 |
5/20/1944 |
Sold to Taiwan, 6 May 1974; renamed LO YANG. Served until stricken in 1994. |
|
DD 747 |
Samuel N Moore |
9/30/1943 |
2/23/1944 |
6/24/1944 |
Sold to Taiwan, 9 Dec 1969; renamed HENG YANG. Served until stricken in 1993. |
|
DD 748 |
Harry E Hubbard |
10/30/1943 |
3/24/1944 |
7/22/1944 |
Sold for scrap, July 1970. |
|
DD 749 |
Henry A Wiley |
11/28/1943 |
4/21/1944 |
8/31/1944 |
Received the Presidential Unit Citation for action off Okinawa, 4 May 1945. Completed as minelayer
(DM-29), reclassified MMD-29, 1 Jan 1969. Sold for scrap, May 1972. |
|
DD 750 |
Shea |
12/28/1943 |
5/20/1944 |
9/30/1944 |
Completed as minelayer (DM-30), reclassified MMD-30, 1 Jan 1969. Heavily damaged by Japanese glide bomb (baka) off Okinawa, 4 May 1945. Sold for scrap, Aug 1974. |
|
DD 751 |
J William Ditter |
1/25/1944 |
7/4/1944 |
10/28/1944 |
Completed as minelayer (DM-31). Heavily damaged by Japanese Kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa, 6 June 1945. Decommissioned shortly thereafter and scrapped in July 1946. |
|
DD 752 |
Alfred A Cunningham |
2/23/1944 |
8/3/1944 |
11/23/1944 |
Sunk as target off California, 12 Oct 1979, by five laser guided bombs. |
|
DD 753 |
John R Pierce |
3/24/1944 |
9/1/1944 |
12/30/1944 |
Sold for scrap, Nov 1974. |
|
DD 754 |
Frank E Evans |
4/21/1944 |
10/3/1944 |
2/3/1945 |
Lost in collision with HMAS MELBOURNE off Luzon, 3 June 1969. She was cut in half, her bow sinking after the collision. The stern section was sunk as a target in Subic Bay, 10 Oct 1969. |
|
DD 755 |
John A Bole |
5/20/1944 |
11/1/1944 |
3/3/1945 |
Sold to Taiwan, 6 May 1974; cannibalized for spare parts. |
|
DD 756 |
Beatty |
7/4/1944 |
11/30/1944 |
3/31/1945 |
Sold to Venezuela, 14 July 1972; renamed CARABOBO. Served until stricken and scrapped in 1981. |
|
DD 757 |
Putnam |
7/11/1943 |
3/26/1944 |
10/12/1944 |
Sold for scrap, June 1974. |
|
DD 758 |
Strong |
7/25/1943 |
4/23/1944 |
3/8/1945 |
Sold to Brazil, 31 Oct 1973; renamed RIO GRANDE DEL NORTE. Still active in Brazilian Navy as of 1998. |
|
DD 759 |
Lofberg |
11/4/1943 |
8/12/1944 |
4/26/1945 |
Sold to Taiwan, 6 May 1974; cannibalized for spare parts. |
|
DD 760 |
John W Thomason |
11/21/1943 |
9/30/1944 |
10/11/1945 |
Sold to Taiwan, 6 May 1974; renamed NAN YANG. Still active in Taiwanese Navy as of 1998. |
|
DD 761 |
Buck |
2/1/1944 |
3/11/1945 |
6/28/1946 |
Sold to Brazil, 16 July 1973; renamed ALAGOAS. Still active in Brazilian Navy as of 1998. |
|
DD 762 |
Henley |
2/8/1944 |
4/8/1945 |
10/8/1946 |
Sold for scrap, June 1974. |
|
DD 770 |
Lowry |
8/1/1943 |
2/6/1944 |
7/23/1944 |
Sold to Brazil, 31 Oct 1973; renamed ESPIRITO SANTO. Still active in Brazilian Navy as of 1998. |
|
DD 771 |
Lindsey |
9/12/1943 |
3/5/1944 |
8/20/1944 |
Completed as minelayer (DM-32), reclassified MMD-32, 1 Jan 1969. Sunk as target off Virginia, 9 May 1972. |
|
DD 772 |
Gwin |
10/31/1943 |
4/9/1944 |
9/30/1944 |
Completed as minelayer (DM-33), reclassified MMD-33, 1 Jan 1969. Sold to Turkey, 15 Aug 1971; renamed MUAVENET. Heavily damaged by Sea Sparrow missile fired by accident from USS SARATOGA (CV-60) during a NATO exercise, 2 Oct 1992. Subsequently stricken and scrapped. |
|
DD 773 |
Aaaron Ward |
12/12/1943 |
5/5/1944 |
10/28/1944 |
Completed as minelayer (DM-34). Heavily damaged by Japanese Kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa, 3 May 1945. Decommissioned shortly thereafter. Sold for scrap, July 1946. |
|
DD 774 |
Hugh W Hadley
|
2/6/1944 |
7/16/1944 |
11/25/1944 |
Heavily damaged by Japanese Kamikaze aircraft, 11 May 1945. Decommissioned shortly thereafter and Sold for scrap, Sep 1947. |
|
DD 775 |
Willard Keith |
3/5/1944 |
8/29/1944 |
7/1/1972 |
Sold to Columbia, 1 July 1972; renamed CALDES
(DD-02). Served until stricken and scrapped in 1977. |
|
DD 776 |
James C Owens |
4/9/1944 |
10/1/1944 |
7/15/1973 |
Sold to Brazil, 15 July 1973; renamed SERGIPE. Still active in Brazilian Navy as of 1998. |
|
DD 777 |
Zellars |
12/24/1943 |
7/19/1944 |
3/19/1971 |
Sold to Iran, 19 Mar 1971, extensively modified at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. Commissioned in Iranian Navy, 12 Oct 1973; renamed BABR. Still active in the Iranian Navy as of 1998. |
|
DD 778 |
Massey |
1/14/1944 |
8/19/1944 |
11/24/1944 |
Sold for scrap, 13 Nov 1974. |
|
DD 779 |
Douglas H Fox |
1/31/1944 |
9/30/1944 |
12/26/1944 |
Sold to Chile, 8 Jan 1974; renamed MINISTRO PORTALES. Served until stricken and scrapped in 1991. |
|
DD 780 |
Storms |
2/15/1944 |
11/4/1944 |
2/16/1972 |
Sold to Iran, 16 Feb 1972; renamed PALANG. Still active in Iranian Navy as of 1998. |
|
DD 781 |
Robert K Huntington |
2/29/1944 |
12/5/1944 |
3/3/1945 |
Sold to Venezuela, 31 Oct 1973; renamed FALCON. Served until stricken and scrapped in 1981. |
|
DD 857 |
Bristol |
5/5/1944 |
10/29/1944 |
3/17/1945 |
Sold to Taiwan, 9 Dec 1969; renamed HUA YANG. Served and stricken and scrapped in 1993. |
