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This list shows all destroyer classes in the United States Navy .
| Color legend
|
| Guided missile destroyer
|
| Class name
|
Type ship
|
Put into service
|
Planned / built
|
active
|
|
Bainbridge class
|
USS Bainbridge (DD-1)
|
February 12, 1903
|
13/13
|
0
|
|
Truxtun class
|
USS Truxtun (DD-14)
|
September 11, 1902
|
16/3
|
0
|
|
Smith class
|
USS Smith (DD-17)
|
November 26, 1909
|
5/5
|
0
|
|
Paulding class
|
USS Paulding (DD-22)
|
September 29, 1910
|
21/21
|
0
|
|
Cassin- class
|
USS Cassin (DD-43)
|
0August 9, 1913
|
4/4
|
0
|
|
Aylwin class
|
USS Aylwin (DD-47)
|
January 17, 1914
|
4/4
|
0
|
|
O'Brien class
|
USS O'Brien (DD-51)
|
May 22, 1915
|
6/6
|
0
|
|
Tucker- class
|
USS Tucker (DD-57)
|
April 11, 1916
|
6/6
|
0
|
|
Sampson class
|
USS Sampson (DD-63)
|
June 27, 1916
|
6/6
|
0
|
|
Caldwell- class
|
USS Caldwell (DD-69)
|
0December 1, 1917
|
6/6
|
0
|
|
Wickes class
|
USS Wickes (DD-75)
|
July 31, 1918
|
111/111
|
0
|
|
Clemson- class
|
USS Clemson (DD-186)
|
December 29, 1919
|
156/156
|
0
|
|
Farragut class
|
USS Farragut (DD-348)
|
June 18, 1934
|
8/8
|
0
|
|
Porter class
|
USS Porter (DD-356)
|
August 25, 1936
|
8/8
|
0
|
|
Mahan class
|
USS Mahan (DD-364)
|
September 18, 1936
|
18/18
|
0
|
|
Dunlap class
|
USS Dunlap (DD-384)
|
June 12, 1937
|
2/2
|
0
|
|
Bagley- class
|
USS Bagley (DD-386)
|
June 12, 1937
|
8/8
|
0
|
|
Gridley class
|
USS Gridley (DD-380)
|
June 24, 1937
|
4/4
|
0
|
|
Somers- class
|
USS Somers (DD-381)
|
0December 1, 1937
|
5/5
|
0
|
|
Benham class
|
USS Benham (DD-397)
|
0February 2, 1939
|
10/10
|
0
|
|
Sims class
|
USS Sims (DD-409)
|
0August 1, 1939
|
12/12
|
0
|
|
Gleaves class
|
USS Gleaves (DD-423)
|
June 14, 1940
|
66/66
|
0
|
|
Benson- class
|
USS Benson (DD-421)
|
July 25, 1940
|
30/30
|
0
|
|
Fletcher class
|
USS Fletcher (DD-445)
|
June 30, 1942
|
175/175
|
0
|
|
Allen-M.-Sumner class
|
USS Allen M. Sumner (DD-692)
|
January 26, 1944
|
58/58
|
0
|
|
Gearing class a)
|
USS Gearing (DD-710)
|
0May 3, 1945
|
98/98
|
0
|
|
Mitscher class
|
USS Mitscher (DDG-35)
|
May 15, 1953
|
4/4
|
0
|
|
Forrest-Sherman class
|
USS Forrest Sherman (DD-931)
|
0November 9, 1955
|
18/18
|
0
|
Farragut class
also called Coontz class
|
USS Farragut (DDG 37)
|
December 10, 1960
|
10/10
|
0
|
|
Charles F. Adams class b)
|
USS Charles F. Adams (DDG-2)
|
September 10, 1960
|
29/29
|
0
|
|
Decatur class c)
|
USS Decatur (DDG-31)
|
April 1967
|
4/4
|
0
|
|
Barry class c)
|
USS Barry (DD-933)
|
April 1968
|
8/8
|
0
|
|
Spruance class
|
USS Spruance (DD-963)
|
20th September 1975
|
31/31
|
0
|
|
Kidd class d)
|
USS Kidd (DDG-993)
|
March 27, 1981
|
4/4
|
0
|
|
Arleigh Burke class
|
USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51)
|
04th July 1991
|
75/62
|
62
|
|
Zumwalt class
|
USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000)
|
15th October 2016
|
3/1
|
1
|
- a): Further development of the Allen-M.-Sumner class
- b): three ships each were built for the Royal Australian Navy and the German Federal Navy
- c): Conversions from Forrest-Sherman- class ships
- d): originally intended for Iran , but put into service in the USA because of the revolution, now sold to Taiwan
See also
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