WWII US Destroyers

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Destroyers built from 1922-1946
Farragut Class
(DD348) USS Farragut	15th March 1934	Scrapped in 1947.
(DD349) USS Dewey	28th July 1934	Scrapped in 1947.
(DD350) USS Hull	31st January 1934	Sunk on 18th December 1944.
(DD351) USS Macdonough	22nd August 1934	Scrapped in 1947.
(DD352) USS Worden	27th October 1934	Sunk on 12th January 1943.
(DD353) USS Dale	23rd January 1934	Scrapped in 1947.
(DD354) USS Monaghan	9th January 1935	Sunk on 18th December 1944.
(DD355) USS Aylwin	10th July 1934	Scrapped in 1947.
DD355 USS Aylwin. 3rd January 1943, Mare Island California Order Code DD355 One copy only of original 1940's printed photo plate, 10" x 8" available, price £15. Please note image shown has been cropped for website purpose and more sky and sea and text is shown on the photo plate. Please add post of £3 post for UK £10 overseas, recorded airmail order photograph here
Porter Class View Class
(DD356) USS Porter	12th December 1935	Sunk on 26th October 1942.
(DD357) USS Selfridge	18th April 1936	Scrapped in 1947.
(DD358) USS McDougal	17th July 1936	Scrapped after 1949.
(DD359) USS Winslow	21st September 1936	Scrapped after 1957.
(DD360) USS Phelps	18th July 1935	Scrapped in 1947.
(DD361) USS Clark	15th October 1935	Scrapped in 1946.
(DD362) USS Moffett	11th December 1935	Scrapped in 1947.
(DD363) USS Balch	24th March 1936	Scrapped in 1946.
Mahan Class
(DD364) USS Mahan	15th October 1935	Sunk on 7th December 1944.
(DD365) USS Cummings	11th December 1935	Scrapped in 1947.
(DD366) USS Drayton	26th March 1936	Scrapped in 1947.
USS Drayton. Sent in by John Hodgett.
(DD367) USS Lamson	17th June 1936	Used as a target and sunk on 2nd July 1946.
(DD368) USS Flusser	28th September 1935	Scrapped in 1948.
(DD369) USS Reid	11th January 1936	Sunk on 11th December 1944.
(DD370) USS Case	14th September 1935	Scrapped in 1948.
(DD371) USS Conyngham	14th September 1935	Used as a target and sunk on 2nd July 1948.
(DD372) USS Cassin	28th October 1935	Took severe damage at Pearl Harbor. Scrapped in 1948.
(DD373) USS Shaw	28th October 1935	Scrapped in 1946.
DD373 USS Shaw. July 5th 1942, Mare Island California. Order code DD373 One copy only of original 1940's printed photo plate, 10" x 8" available, price £15. Please note image shown has been cropped for website purpose and more sky and sea and text is shown on the photo plate. Please add post of £3 post for UK £10 overseas, recorded airmail order photograph here
(DD374) USS Tucker	26th February 1936	Sunk on 4th August 1942.
(DD375) USS Downes	22nd April 1936	Took severe damage at Pearl Harbor. Scrapped in 1948.
(DD376) USS Cushing	31st December 1935	Sunk on 13th November 1942.
(DD377) USS Perkins	31st December 1935	Sunk on 29th November 1943.
(DD378) USS Smith	20th February 1936	Scrapped in 1947.
(DD379) USS Preston	22nd April 1936	Sunk on 14th November 1942
(DD384) USS Dunlap	18th April 1936	Scrapped in 1948.
DD384 USS Dunlap, 10th May 1942. Order Code DD384 One copy only of original 1940's printed photo plate, 10" x 8" available, price £15. Please note image shown has been cropped for website purpose and more sky and sea and text is shown on the photo plate. Please add post of £3 post for UK £10 overseas, recorded airmail order photograph here
(DD385) USS Fanning	18th September 1936	Scrapped in 1948.
Gridley Class
(DD381) USS Gridley	1st December 1936	Scrapped in 1947.
(DD380) USS Craven	25th February 1937	Scrapped in 1947.
DD380 USS Craven, 10th May 1942, Mare Island California Order Code DD380 One copy only of original 1940's printed photo plate, 10" x 8" available, price £15. Please note image shown has been cropped for website purpose and more sky and sea and text is shown on the photo plate. Please add post of £3 post for UK £10 overseas, recorded airmail order photograph here
(DD400) USS McCall	20th November 1937	Scrapped in 1948.
DD400 USS McCall, 12th November 1942 Order Code DD400 One copy only of original 1940's printed photo plate, 10" x 8" available, price £15. Please note image shown has been cropped for website purpose and more sky and sea and text is shown on the photo plate. Please add post of £3 post for UK £10 overseas, recorded airmail order photograph here
(DD401) USS Maury	14th February 1938	Scrapped in 1946.
Bagley Class
(DD386) USS Bagley	3rd September 1936	Scrapped in 1947.
(DD387) USS Blue	27th May 1937	Sunk on 22nd August 1942
(DD388) USS Helm	27th May 1937	Scrapped in 1947.
(DD389) USS Mugford	31st October 1936	Used as a target and sunk on 22nd March 1948.
(DD390) USS Ralph Talbot	31st October 1936	Used as a target and sunk on 8th March 1948.
(DD391) USS Henley	11th January 1937	Sunk on 3rd October 1943.
(DD392) USS Patterson	6th May 1937	Scrapped in 1947.
(DD393) USS Jarvis	6th May 1937	Sunk on 9th August 1942.
Somers Class
(DD381) USS Somers	13th March 1937	Scrapped in 1947.
(DD383) USS Warrington	15th May 1937	Sunk on 13th September 1944.
(DD394) USS Sampson	16th April 1937	Scrapped in 1946.
DD394 USS Sampson, 14th March 1943 Order Code DD394 One copy only of original 1940's printed photo plate, 10" x 8" available, price £15. Please note image shown has been cropped for website purpose and more sky and sea and text is shown on the photo plate. Please add post of £3 post for UK £10 overseas, recorded airmail order photograph here
(DD395) USS Davis	30th July 1938	Scrapped in 1947.
(DD396) USS Jouett	24th September 1938	Scrapped in 1946.
Benham Class View Class
(DD397) USS Benham	16th April 1938	Sunk on 15th November 1942.
(DD398) USS Ellet	11th June 1938	Scrapped in 1947.
(DD399) USS Lang	27th August 1938	Scrapped in 1947.
(DD402) USS Mayrant	14th May 1938	Used as a target and sunk on 4th April 1948.
(DD403) USS Trippe	14th May 1938	Used as a target and sunk on 3rd February 1948.
(DD404) USS Rhind	28th July 1938	Used as a target and sunk on 22nd March 1948.
(DD405) USS Rowan	5th May 1938	Sunk on 10th September 1943.
(DD406) USS Stack	5th May 1938	Used as a target and sunk on 24th April 1948.
(DD407) USS Sterett	27th October 1938	Scrapped in 1947.
(DD408) USS Wilson	12th April 1939	Used as a target and sunk on 8th March 1948.
Sims Class
(DD409) USS Sims	8th April 1938	Sunk on 7th May 1942.
(DD410) USS Hughes	17th June 1939	Used as a target and sunk on 16th October 1948.
(DD411) USS Anderson	4th February 1939	Used as a target and sunk on 1st July 1946.
(DD412) USS Hammann	4th February 1939	Sunk on 6th June 1942.
(DD413) USS Mustin	8th December 1938	Used as a target and sunk on 18th April 1948.
(DD414) USS Russell	8th December 1938	Scrapped in 1947.
(DD415) USS O'Brien	20th October 1939	Sunk on 19th October 1942.
(DD416) USS Walke	20th October 1939	Sunk on 14th November 1942.
(DD417) USS Morris	1st June 1939	Scrapped in 1947.
(DD418) USS Roe	21st June 1939	Scrapped in 1947.
(DD419) USS Wainright	1st June 1939	Used as a target and sunk on 2nd July 1948.
(DD420) USS Buck	22nd May 1939	Sunk on 9th October 1943.
DD420 USS Buck, 5th August 1942 Order Code DD420 One copy only of original 1940's printed photo plate, 10" x 8" available, price £15. Please note image shown has been cropped for website purpose and more sky and sea and text is shown on the photo plate. Please add post of £3 post for UK £10 overseas, recorded airmail order photograph here
Benson/Gleaves Class View Class
(DD421) USS Benson	15th November 1939	Sold to Taiwan on 26th February 1954. Scrapped after 1975.
(DD422) USS Mayo	26th March 1940	Scrapped after 1970.
(DD423) USS Gleaves	9th December 1939	Decommissioned in 1969 and preserved.
(DD424) USS Niblack	18th May 1940	Scrapped after 1968.
(DD425) USS Madison	20th October 1939	Scrapped after 1968.
(DD426) USS Lansdale	20th October 1939	Sunk on 20th April 1944.
(DD427) USS Hilary P Jones	14th December 1939	Sold to Taiwan on 26th February 1954.
(DD428) USS Charles F Hughes	16th May 1940	Used as a target from June 1968.
(DD429) USS Livermore	3rd August 1940	Scrapped in 1950s.
(DD430) USS Eberle	14th September 1940	Sold to Greece in April 1951. Scrapped after 1972.
(DD431) USS Plunkett	9th March 1940	Sold to Taiwan on 16th February 1959, scrapped after 1975.
(DD432) USS Kearny	9th March 1940	Scrapped after 1971.
(DD433) USS Gwin	25th May 1940	Sunk on 13th July 1943.
(DD434) USS Meredith	24th April 1940	Sunk on 15th October 1940.
(DD435) USS Grayson	7th August 1940	Scrapped after 1971.
(DD436) USS Monssen	16th May 1940	Sunk on 13th November 1942.
(DD437) USS Woolsey	12th February 1940	Scrapped after 1971.
(DD438) USS Ludlow	11th November 1940	Sold to Greece on 21st January 1951.
(DD439) USS Edison	23rd November 1940	Scrapped after 1966.
(DD440) USS Ericsson	23rd November 1940	Scrapped after 1970.
(DD441) USS Wilkes	31st May 1940	Scrapped after 1970.
(DD442) USS Nicholson	31st May 1940	Sold to Italy on 15th January 1951.
(DD443) USS Swanson	2nd November 1940	Scrapped after 1970.
(DD444) USS Ingraham	15th February 1941	Sunk on 22nd August 1942.
(DD453) USS Bristol	25th July 1941	Sunk on 12th October 1943.
(DD454) USS Ellyson	25th July 1941	Sold to Japan on 19th October 1954 and then to Taiwan in 1970.
(DD455) USS Hambleton	26th September 1941	Scrapped after 1971.
(DD456) USS Rodman	26th September 1941	Sold to Taiwan on 28th July 1955, used as a target and sunk in 1976.
(DD457) USS Emmons	23rd August 1941	Sunk on 6th April 1945.
(DD458) USS Macomb	23rd September 1941	Sold to Japan on 19th October 1954, then to Taiwan in 1970.
(DD459) USS Laffey	29th November 1941	Sunk on 13th November 1942.
(DD460) USS Woodworth	29th November 1941	Sold to Italy on 25th May 1951.
(DD461) USS Forrest	14th June 1941	Scrapped in 1946.
(DD462) USS Fitch	14th June 1941	Scrapped after 1971.
(DD463) USS Corry	28th July 1941	Sunk on 6th June 1944.
(DD464) USS Hobson	8th September 1941	Sunk on 27th April 1952.
(DD483) USS Aaron Ward	22nd November 1941	Sunk on 7th April 1943.
(DD484) USS Buchanan	22nd November 1941	Sold to Turkey on 28th April 1949.
(DD485) USS Duncan	20th February 1942	Sunk on 12th October 1942.
(DD486) USS Lansdowne	20th February 1942	Sold to Turkey on 28th April 1949.
(DD487) USS Lardner	20th March 1942	Sold to Turkey on 28th April 1949.
(DD488) USS McCalla	20th March 1942	Sold to Turkey on 28th April 1949.
(DD489) USS Mervine	3rd May 1942	Scrapped after 1968.
(DD490) USS Quick	3rd May 1942	Scrapped after 1972.
(DD491) USS Farenholt	19th November 1941	Scrapped after 1971.
(DD492) USS Bailey	19th December 1941	Scrapped after 1968.
(DD493) USS Carmick	8th March 1942	Scrapped after 1971.
(DD494) USS Doyle	17th March 1942	Scrapped after 1970.
(DD495) USS Endicott	5th April 1942	Scrapped after 1969.
(DD496) USS McCook	30th April 1942	Scrapped after 1972.
(DD497) USS Frankford	17th May 1942	Scrapped after 1971.
(DD598) USS Bancroft	31st December 1942	Scrapped after 1971.
(DD599) USS Barton	31st January 1942	Sunk on 13th November 1942.
(DD600) USS Boyle	15th June 1942	Scrapped after 1971.
(DD601) USS Champlin	25th June 1942	Scrapped after 1971.
(DD602) USS Meade	15th February 1942	Scrapped after 1971.
(DD603) USS Murphy	29th April 1942	Scrapped after 1971.
(DD604) USS Parker	12th May 1942	Scrapped after 1971.
(DD605) USS Caldwell	15th January 1942	Sold for scrap on 4th November 1966.
(DD606) USS Coghlan	12th February 1942	Scrapped after 1971.
(DD607) USS Frazier	17th March 1942	Scrapped after 1971.
(DD608) USS Gansevoort	11th April 1942	Scrapped after 1971.
(DD609) USS Gillespie	8th May 1942	Scrapped after 1971.
(DD610) USS Hobby	4th June 1942	Scrapped after 1971.
(DD611) USS Kalk	18th July 1942	Scrapped after 1968.
(DD612) USS Kendrick	2nd April 1942	Used as a target from 1966.
(DD613) USS Laub	28th April 1942	Scrapped after 1971.
(DD614) USS Mackenzie	27th June 1942	Scrapped after 1971.
(DD615) USS McLanahan	7th September 1942	Scrapped after 1971.
(DD616) USS Nields	1st October 1942	Scrapped after 1970.
(DD617) USS Ordronaux	9th November 1942	Scrapped after 1971.
(DD618) USS Davison	19th July 1942	Scrapped after 1972.
(DD619) USS Edwards	19th July 1942	Scrapped after 1971.
(DD620) USS Glennon	26th August 1942	Sunk on 10th June 1944.
(DD621) USS Jeffers	26th August 1942	Scrapped after 1968.
(DD622) USS Maddox	15th September 1942	Ran aground on 16th April 1961 and was scuttled.
(DD623) USS Nelson	15th September 1942	Scrapped in 1947.
(DD624) USS Baldwin	14th June 1942	Scrapped after 1970.
(DD625) USS Harding	28th June 1942	Scrapped after 1968.
(DD626) USS Satterlee	17th July 1942	Scrapped after 1970.
(DD627) USS Thompson	10th August 1942	Scrapped after 1971.
(DD628) USS Welles	7th September 1942	Scrapped after 1968.
(DD632) USS Cowie	27th September 1941	Scrapped after 1970.
(DD633) USS Knight	27th September 1941	Used as a target from 1st June 1967.
(DD634) USS Doran	10th December 1941	Scrapped after 1972.
(DD635) USS Earle	10th December 1941	Scrapped after 1969.
(DD636) USS Butler	12th February 1942	Scrapped in 1948.
(DD637) USS Gherardi	12th February 1942	Scrapped after 1971.
(DD638) USS Herndon	5th February 1942	Scrapped after 1971.
(DD629) USS Shubrick	18th April 1942	Scrapped in 1947.
(DD640) USS Beatty	20th December 1941	Sunk on 6th November 1943.
(DD641) USS Tillman	20th December 1941	Scrapped after 1970.
(DD645) USS Stevenson	11th November 1941	Sold for scrap in 1970.
(DD646) USS Stockton	11th November 1941	Scrapped after 1971.
(DD647) USS Thorn	28th February 1943	Scrapped after 1971.
(DD648) USS Turner	28th February 1943	Sunk on 3rd January 1944.
Fletcher Class View Class
(DD445) USS Fletcher	3rd May 1942	Stricken 1st August 1967. Scrapped 1972
(DD446) USS Radford	3rd May 1942	Scrapped July 1969.
(DD447) USS Jenkins	21st June 1942	Scrapped July 1969.
(DD448) USS La Vallette	21st June 1942	Scrapped after 1974.
(DD449) USS Nicholas	19th February 1942	Scrapped January 1970.
(DD450) USS O'Bannon	14th March 1942	Stricken January 1970 Scrapped 1972
(DD451) USS Chevalier	11th April 1942	Sunk on 7th October 1943.
(DD465) USS Saufley	19th July 1942	Used as a target from September 1966. sunk 1968
(DD466) USS Waller	17th May 1942	stricken 1969 used as target 1970
(DD467 USS Strong	17th May 1942	Sunk on 5th July 1943.
(DD468) USS Taylor	7th June 1942	Sold to Italy (Lanciere) on 2nd July 1969.
(DD469) USS De Haven	28th June 1942	Sunk on 1st February 1943.
(DD470) USS Bache	27th July 1942	Grounded and Stricken 1st March 1968
(DD471) USS Beale	24th August 1942	Stricken 1968. sunk as target 1969
(DD472) USS Guest	20th February 1942	Sold to Brazil on 5th June 1959.
(DD473) USS Bennett	16th April 1942	Sold to Brazil on 15th December 1959.
(DD474) USS Fullam	16th April 1942	Used as target and sunk 7th July 1962.
(DD475) USS Hudson	3rd June 1942	Scrapped after 1972.
(DD476) USS Hutchins	20th February 1942	Scrapped in 1948.
(DD477) USS Pringle	2nd May 1942	Sunk on 16th April 1945.
(DD478) USS Stanly	2nd May 1942	Scrapped after 1970.
(DD479) USS Stevens	24th June 1942	Scrapped after 1971.
(DD480) USS Halford	29th October 1942	Scrapped after 1968.
(DD481) USS Leutze	29th October 1942	Scrapped in 1947.
(DD498) USS Philip	13th October 1942	stricken on 1st October 1968., sunk in a storm 1972
(DD499) USS Renshaw	13th October 1942	Scrapped February 1970.
(DD500) USS Ringgold	11th November 1942	Sold to West Germany on 14th July 1959, scrapped after 1972.
(DD501) USS Schroeder	11th November 1942	Scrapped after 1972.
(DD502) USS Sigsbee	7th December 1942	Scrapped after 1974.
(DD507) USS Conway	16th August 1942	Stricken 1969. sunk as target 1969
(DD508) USS Cony	16th August 1942	Stricken 2nd July, target.
(DD509) USS Converse	30th August 1942	Sold
(DD510) USS Eaton	20th September 1942	Stricken 1969. sunk as
(DD511) USS Foote	11th October 1942	Stricken 1969. sunk as
(DD512) USS Spence	27th October 1942	Sunk on 18th December 1944.
(DD513) USS Terry	22nd November 1942	Scrapped after 1974.
(DD514) USS Thatcher	6th December 1942	Scrapped in 1948.
(DD515) USS Anthony	20th December 1942	Sold to West Germany on 17th January 1958.
(DD516) USS Wadsworth	10th January 1943	Sold to West Germany on 6th October 1959.
(DD517) USS Walker	31st January 1943	Sold to Italy (Fante) on 2nd July 1969.
(DD518) USS Brownson	24th September 1942	Sunk on 26th December 1943.
(DD519) USS Daly	24th October 1942	Served until 1960 stricken December 1974. BU 1976
(DD520) USS Isherwood	24th October 1942	Sold to Peru (Guise) on 15th December 1960.
(DD521) USS Kimberly	4th February 1942	Sold to Taiwan (An Yang) on 1st June 1967.
(DD522) USS Luce	6th March 1943	Sunk on 3rd May 1945.
(DD526) USS Abner Read	18th August 1942	Sunk on 1st November 1944.
(DD527) USS Ammen	17th September 1942	stricken 1960 scrapped 1961
(DD528) USS Mullany	10th October 1942	Sold to Taiwan (Ching Yang) on 6th October 1971.
(DD529) USS Bush	27th October 1942	Sunk on 6th April 1945.
(DD530) USS Trathen	22nd October 1942	Used as a target and sunk on 1st November 1972.
(DD531) USS Hazelwood	20th November 1942	Stricken Decmber 1974. scrapped 1976
(DD532) USS Heermann	5th December 1942	Sold to Argentina (Brown) on 1st August 1961.
(DD533) USS Hoel	19th December 1942	Sunk on 25th October 1944.
(DD534) USS McCord	10th January 1943	Used as a target and sunk on 1st November 1972.
(DD535) USS Miller	7th March 1943	Stricken December 1974.
(DD536) USS Owen	21st March 1943	Stricken April 1973. Scrapped 1974
(DD537) USS The Sullivans	4th April 1943	Stricken 1974. but Preserved 1977
(DD538) USS Stephen Potter	28th April 1943	Stricken December 1972.
(DD539) USS Tingey	28th May 1943	Used as a target from November 1965.
(DD540) USS Twining	11th July 1943	Sold to Taiwan (Kwei Yang ) on 6th October 1971.
(DD541) USS Yarnall	25th July 1943	Sold to Taiwan (Kuen Yang )on 10th June 1968.
(DD544) USS Boyd	29th October 1942	Sold to Turkey (Iskenderum) on 1st October 1969.
(DD545) USS Bradford	12th December 1942	Sold to Greece (Thyella) on 27th September 1962.
(DD546) USS Brown	21st February 1943	Sold to Greece (Navarinon ) on 27th September 1962.
(DD547) USS Cowell	18th March 1943	Sold to Argentina (Almirante Stormi) on 17th August 1971.
(DD550) USS Capps	31st May 1942	Sold to Spain on 15th May 1957.
(DD551) USS David W Taylor	4th July 1942	Sold to Spain on 15th May 1957.
(DD552) USS Evans	4th October 1942	Scrapped in 1947.
(DD553) USS John D Henley	15th November 1942	Scrapped in 1970.
(DD554) USS Franks	7th December 1942	Scrapped after 1974.
(DD555) USS Haggard	9th February 1943	Scrapped in 1946.
(DD556) USS Hailey	9th March 1943	Sold to Brazil 20th July 1961
(DD557) USS Johnston	25th March 1943	Sunk on 24th October 1944.
(DD558) USS Laws	22nd April 1943	Stricken April 1973.
(DD559) USS Longshaw	4th June 1943	Sunk on 18th May 1945.
(DD560) USS Morrison	4th July 1943	Sunk on 3rd May 1945.
(DD561) USS Prichett	31st July 1943	Sold to Italy (Geniere) on 10th January 1970.
(DD562) USS Robinson	28th August 1943	Stricken December 1974.
(DD563) USS Ross	10th September 1943	Stricken December 1974.
(DD564) USS Rowe	30th September 1943	Stricken December 1974.
(DD565) USS Smalley	17th October 1943	Scrapped in 1966.
(DD566) USS Stoddard	19th November 1943	Towed to a point North of Hawaii in July 1997 and sunk by charges placed on her, The last Fletcher class destroyer struck form the Naval register in 1975 (John Rauh )
(DD567) USS Watts	31st December 1943	Scrapped 1975.
(DD568) USS Wren	29th January 1944	Scrapped 1975.
(DD569) USS Aulick	2nd March 1942	Sold to Greece on 21st August 1959.
(DD570) USS Charles Ausburne	6th March 1942	Sold to west Germany on 12th April 1960.
(DD571) USS Claxton	1st April 1942	Sold to west Germany on 15th December 1959.
(DD572) USS Dyson	15th April 1942	Sold to west Germany on 17th February 1960.
(DD573) USS Harrison	7th May 1942	Sold to Mexico in August 1970.
(DD574) USS John Rodgers	7th May 1942	Sold to Mexico in August 1970.
(DD575) USS McKee	2nd August 1942	Scrapped after 1972.
(DD576) USS Murray	16th August 1942	Scrapped in 1966.
(DD577) USS Sproston	31st August 1942	Scrapped after 1968.
(DD578) USS Wickes	13th September 1942	Used as target and sunk on 1st November 1972.
(DD579) USS William D Porter	27th September 1942.	Sunk on 10th June 1945.
(DD580) USS Young	11th October 1942	Scrapped after 1968.
(DD581) USS Charrette	3rd June 1942	Sold to Greece on 15th June 1959.
(DD582) USS Conner	18th July 1942	Sold to Greece on 15th June 1959.
(DD583) USS Hall	18th July 1942	Sold to Greece on 9th February 1960.
(DD584) USS Halligan	19th March 1942	Sunk on 26th March 1945.
(DD585) USS Haraden	19th March 1942	Used as a target and sunk on 1st November 1972.
(DD586) USS Newcomb	4th July 1943	Scrapped in 1947.
(DD587) USS Bell	24th June 1942	Used as target and sunk on 1st November 1972.
(DD588) USS Burns	8th August 1942	Used as target and sunk on 1st November 1972.
(DD589) USS Izard	8th August 1942	Scrapped after 1968.
(DD590) USS Paul Hamilton	7th April 1943	Scrapped after 1968.
(DD591) USS Twiggs	7th April 1943	Sunk on 16th June 1945.
(DD592) USS Howorth	10th January 1943	Used as target and sunk on 8th March 1962.
(DD593) USS Killen	10th January 1943	Used as a target from 1967.
(DD594) USS Hart	25th September 1944	Scrapped after 1973.
(DD595) USS Metcalfe	25th September 1944	Scrapped after 1971.
(DD596) USS Shields	25th September 1944	Sold to Brazil on 1st July 1972.
(DD597) USS Wiley	25th September 1944	Scrapped after 1968.
(DD629) USS Abbot	17th February 1943	Scrapped after 1974.
(DD630) USS Braine	7th March 1943	Sold to Argentina on 1st August 1961.
(DD631) USS Erben	21st March 1943	Sold to South Korea on 1st May 1963.
(DD642) USS Hale	4th April 1943	Sold to Colombia in December 1960.
(DD643) USS Sigourney	24th April 1943	Scrapped after 1974.
(DD64?) USS Stembel	8th May 1943	Sold to Argentina on 1st August 1961.
(DD649) USS Albert W Grant	29th May 1943	Scrapped after 1971.
(DD650) USS Caperton	22nd May 1943	Scrapped after 1974.
(DD651) USS Cogswell	5th June 1943	Sold to Turkey on 1st October 1969.
(DD652) USS Ingersoll	28th June 1943	Sunk as target 1974
(DD653) USS Knapp	10th July 1943	Scrapped after 1972.
(DD654) USS Bears	25th July 1943	Scrapped after 1974.
(DD655) USS John Hood	25th October 1943	Scrapped after 1974.
(DD656) USS Van Valkenburgh	19th December 1943	Sold to Turkey on 28th February 1967.
(DD657) USS Charles J Badger	3rd April 1943	Scrapped after 1970.
(DD658) USS Colahan	3rd May 1943	Used as a target from 1966.
(DD659) USS Dashiell	6th February 1943	Scrapped after 1974.
(DD660) USS Bullard	28th February 1943	Scrapped after 1972.
(DD661) USS Kidd	28th February 1943	Restored to WW2 condition and on permanent display at Baton Rouge, Louisiana on the Mississippi river
(DD662) USS Bennion	4th July 1943	Scrapped after 1971.
(DD663) USS Heywood L Edwards	6th October 1943	Sold to Japan on 10th March 1959, scrapped in 1976.
(DD664) USS Richard P Leary	6th October 1943	Sold to Japan on 10th March 1959, scrapped in 1976.
(DD665) USS Bryant	29th May 1943	Scrapped after 1968.
(DD666) USS Black	28th March 1943	Scrapped after 1969.
(DD667) USS Chauncey	28th March 1943	Scrapped after 1972.
(DD668) USS Clarence K Bronson	18th April 1943	Sold to Turkey 14th January 1967.
(DD669) USS Cotten	12th June 1943	Scrapped after 1974.
(DD670) USS Dortch	20th June 1943	Sold to Argentina on 1st August 1961.
(DD671) USS Gatling	20th June 1943	Scrapped after 1974.
(DD672) USS Healy	4th July 1943	Scrapped after 1974.
(DD673) USS Hickox	4th July 1943	Sold to South Korea on 15th November 1968.
(DD674) USS Hunt	1st August 1943	Scrapped after 1974.
(DD675) USS Lewis Hancock	1st August 1943	Sold to Brazil on 2nd August 1967.
(DD676) USS Marshall	29th August 1943	Scrapped after 1969.
(DD677) USS McDermut	17th October 1943	Scrapped after 1965.
(DD678) USS McGowan	14th November 1943	Sold to Spain on 31st November 1960.
(DD679) USS McNair	14th November 1943	Scrapped after 1974.
(DD680) USS Melvin	17th October 1943	Scrapped after 1974.
(DD681) USS Hopewell	2nd May 1943	Underwent an INSURV inspection which recommended decommissioning, February 1972, sunk as target for a "walleye" test11, off the coast of California
(DD682) USS Porterfield	13th June 1943	Used as a target and sunk on 1st March 1975.
(DD683) USS Stockham	25th June 1943	Scrapped after 1974.
(DD684) USS Wedderburn	1st August 1943	Scrapped after 1969.
(DD685) USS Picking	1st June 1943	Scrapped after 1975.
(DD686) USS Halsey Powell	30th June 1943	Sold to South Korea on 27th April 1968.
(DD687) USS Uhlmann	30th July 1943	Scrapped after 1972.
(DD688) USS Remey	25th July 1943	Scrapped after 1974.
(DD689) USS Wadleigh	7th August 1943	Sold to Chile in July 1962.
(DD690) USS Norman Scott	28th August 1943	Scrapped after 1973.
(DD691) USS Mertz	11th September 1943	Scrapped after 1970.
(DD792) USS Callaghan	1st August 1943	Sunk on 28th July 1945.
(DD793) USS Cassin Young	12th September 1943	Stricken 1974. Now in Boston Harbour Naval Museum where restoration efforts are in progress. Thanks to Jeffrey Russell
(DD794) USS Irwin	31st October 1943	Sold to Brazil on 10th May 1968.
(DD795) USS Preston	12th December 1943	Sold to Turkey on 15th November 1969.
(DD796) USS Benham	30th August 1943	Sold to Peru on 8th October 1961.
(DD797) USS Cushing	30th September 1943	Sold to Brazil on 20th July 1961.
(DD798) USS Monssen	30th October 1943	Scrapped in 1964.
(DD799) USS Jarvis	14th February 1944	Sold to Spain on 3rd November 1960.
(DD800) USS Porter	13th March 1944	Scrapped after 1972.
(DD801) USS Colhoun	10th April 1944	Sunk on 6th April 1945.
(DD802) USS Gregory	8th May 1944	Used as a training ship from May 1966.
(DD803) USS Little	22nd May 1944	Sunk on 3rd May 1945.
(DD804) USS Rooks	6th June 1944	Sold to Chile in July 1962.
Allen M Sumner Class View Class
(DD692) USS Allen M Sumner	15th December 1943	Scrapped after 1973.
(DD693) USS Moale	16th January 1944	Sold to Greece in July 1972.
(DD694) USS Ingraham	16th January 1944	Sold to Greece in July 1971.
(DD695) USS Cooper	9th February 1944	Sunk on 3rd December 1944.
(DD696) USS English	27th February 1944	Sold to Taiwan on 11th August 1970.
(DD697) USS Charles S Sperry	13th March 1944	Sold to Chile on 8th January 1974.
(DD698) USS Ault	26th March 1944	Scrapped after 1973.
(DD699) USS Waldron	26th March 1944	Sold to Colombia on 30th October 1973.
(DD700) USS Haynsworth	15th April 1944	Sold to Taiwan on 12th May 1970.
(DD701) USS John W Weeks	21st May 1944	Scrapped after 1970.
(DD702) USS Hank	21st May 1944	Sold to Argentina on 1st July 1972.
(DD703) USS Wallace L Lind	14th June 1944	Sold to South Korea in December 1973.
(DD704) USS Borie	4th July 1944	Sold to Argentina on 1st July 1972.
(DD705) USS Compton	17th September 1944	Sold to Brazil on 27th September 1972.
(DD706) USS Gainard	17th September 1944	Scrapped after 1970.
(DD707) USS Soley	8th September 1944	Sold to Turkey on 15th February 1972.
(DD708) USS Harlan R Dickson	17th December 1944	Scrapped after 1968.
(DD709) USS Hugh Purvis	17th December 1944	Scrapped after 1974.
(DD722) USS Barton	10th October 1943	Scrapped after 1977.
(DD723) USS Walke	27th October 1943	Scrapped after 1974.
(DD724) USS Laffey	21st November 1943	Scrapped after 1977.
(DD725) USS O'Brien	8th December 1943	Scrapped after 1972.
(DD726) USS Meredith	21st December 1943	Sunk on 9th June 1944.
(DD727) USS De Haven	9th January 1944	Sold to South Korea in December 1973.
(DD728) USS Mansfield	29th January 1944	Sold to Argentina in June 1974, scrapped in 1978.
(DD729) USS Lyman K Swenson	12th February 1944	Scrapped after 1974.
(DD730) USS Collett	5th March 1944	Sold to Argentina in April 1974.
(DD731) USS Maddox	19th March 1944	Sold to Taiwan on 6th July 1972.
(DD732) USS Hyman	8th April 1944	Scrapped in 1970.
(DD733) USS Mannert L Abele	23rd April 1944	Sunk on 12th April 1945.
(DD734) USS Purdy	7th May 1944	Scrapped after 1973.
(DD741) USS Drexler	3rd September 1944	Sunk on 28th May 1945.
(DD744) USS Blue	28th November 1943	Scrapped after 1974.
(DD745) USS Brush	28th December 1943	Sold to Taiwan on 2nd December 1969.
(DD746) USS Taussig	25th January 1944	Sold to Taiwan on 6th May 1974.
(DD747) USS Samuel N Moore	23rd February 1944	Sold to Taiwan on 2nd December 1969.
(DD748) USS Harry E Hubbard	24th March 1944	Scrapped in 1970.
(DD752) USS Alfred A Cunningham	3rd August 1944	Scrapped after 1974.
(DD753) USS John R Pierce	1st September 1944	Scrapped after 1973.
(DD754) USS Frank E Evans	3rd October 1944	Collided with another vessel and sank on 2nd June 1969.
(DD755) USS John A ole	1st November 1944	Scrapped after 1974.
(DD756) USS Beatty	30th November 1944	Sold to Veneuela in 1972. becoming Carabobo
(DD757) USS Putnam	26th March 1944	Served in the Pacific during WW2 and was first US ship to fly UN Flag. Scrapped after 1973.
(DD758) USS Strong	23rd April 1944	Sold to Brazil on 31st October 1973.
(DD759) USS Lofberg	12th August 1944	Scrapped after 1974.
(DD760) USS John W Thomason	30th September 1944	Sold to Taiwan on 6th May 1974.
(DD761) USS Buck	11th March 1944	Sold to Brazil on 31st October 1973.
(DD762) USS Henley	8th April 1945	Scrapped after 1973.
(DD770) USS Lowry	6th February 1944	Sold to Brazil on 29th October 1973.
(DD774) USS Hugh W Hadley	16th July 1944	Scrapped in 1947.
(DD775) USS Willard Keith	29th August 1944	Sold to Colombia on 1st July 1972.
(DD776) USS James C Owens	1st October 1944	Sold to Brazil on 16th July 1973.
(DD777) USS Zellars	19th July 1944	Sold to Iran in March 1971.
(DD778) USS Massey	19th August 1944	Scrapped after 1973.
(DD779) USS Douglas H Fox	30th September 1944	Sold to Chile on 8th January 1974.
(DD780) USS Stormes	4th November 1944	Sold to Iran in March 1971.
(DD781) USS Robert K Huntington	5th December 1944	Sold to Venezuela on 31st October 1973.
(DD857) USS Bristol	29th October 1944	Sold to Taiwan on 22nd September 1969.
Gearing Class View Class
(DD710) USS Gearing	18th February 1945	Scrapped after 1973.
(DD711) USS Eugene A Greene	18th March 1945	Sold to Spain on 31st August 1972.
(DD712) USS Gyatt	15th April 1945	Scrapped after 1969.
(DD713) USS Kenneth D Bailey	17th June 1945	Sold to Iran on 13th January 1975.
(DD714) USS William R Rush	8th July 1945	Sold to South Korea on 1st July 1976.
(DD715) USS William M Wood	29th July 1945	Scrapped after 1976.
(DD716) USS Wiltsie	31st August 1945	Sold to Pakistan on 29th April 1977.
(DD717) USS Theodore E Chandler	20th October 1945	Scrapped after 1975.
(DD718) USS Hamner	24th November 1945	Went into reserve in 1980.
(DD719) USS Epperson	22nd December 1945	Sold to Pakistan on 29th April 1977.
(DD742) USS Frank Knox	17th September 1944	Sold to Greece on 30th January 1971.
(DD743) USS Southerland	5th October 1944	Placed in Reserve in 1980.
(DD763) USS William C Lawe	21st May 1945	Placed in Reserve in 1980.
(DD764) USS Lloyd Thomas	5th October 1945	Sold to Taiwan on 12th October 1972.
(DD765) USS Keppler	24th June 1946	Sold to Turkey on 30th June 1972.
(DD782) USS Rowan	29th December 1944	Sold to Taiwan on 18th December 1975.
(DD783) USS Gurke	15th December 1945	Sold to Greece on 17th March 1977.
(DD784) USS McKean	31st March 1945	Placed in reserve in 1980.
(DD785) USS Henderson	28th May 1945	Placed in reserve in 1980.
(DD786) USS Richard B Anderson	7th July 1945	Sold to Taiwan on 10t June 1977.
(DD787) USS James E Kyes	4th August 1945	Sold to Taiwan on 18th April 1973.
(DD788) USS Hollister	9th October 1945	Scrapped after 1979.
(DD789) USS Eversole	8th January 1946	Sold to Turkey on 11th July 1973.
(DD790) USS Shelton	8th March 1946	Sold to Taiwan on 18th April 1973.
(DD805) USS Chevalier	29th October 1944	Sold to South Korea on 5th July 1972.
(DD806) USS Higbee	12th November 1944	Scrapped after 1979.
(DD807) USS Benner	30th November 1944	Scrapped after 1974.
(DD808) USS Dennis J Buckley	20th December 1944	Scrapped after 1973.
(DD817) USS Corry	28th July 1945	Placed in reserve in 1980.
(DD818) USS New	18th August 1945	Sold to South Korea on 23rd February 1977.
(DD819) USS Holder	25th August 1945	Sold to Ecuador on 1st September 1978.
(DD820) USS Rich	5th October 1945	Scrapped in 1977.
(DD821) USS Johnston	19th October 1945	Placed in reserve in 1980.
(DD822) USS Robert McCard	9th November 1945	Placed in reserve in 1980.
(DD823) USS Samuel B Roberts	30th November 1945	Scrapped in 1970.
(DD824) USS Basilone	22nd December 1945	Scrapped in 1978.
(DD825) USS Carpenter	28th December 1945	Placed in reserve in 1980.
(DD826) USS Agerholm	30th March 1946	Used as a target from December 1978.
(DD827) USS Robert A Owens	15th July 1946	Scrapped in 1980.
(DD828) USS Timmerman	19th May 1951	Scrapped in 1959.
(DD829) USS Myles C Fox	13th January 1945	Scrapped after 1979.
(DD830) USS Everett F Larson	28th January 1945	Sold to South Korea on 23rd February 1977.
(DD831) USS Goodrich	25th February 1945	Scrapped in 1978.
(DD832) USS Hanson	11th March 1945	Sold to Taiwan on 18th April 1973.
(DD833) USS Herbert J Thomas	25th March 1945	Sold to Taiwan on 6th May 1974.
(DD834) USS Turner	8th April 1945	Scrapped in 1970.
(DD835) USS Charles P Cecil	22nd April 1945	Scrapped after 1979.
(DD836) USS George K Mackenzie	13th May 1945	Used as a target and sunk on 17th October 1976.
(DD837) USS Sarsfield	27th May 1945	Sold to Taiwan on 1st October 1977.
(DD838) USS Ernest G Small	14th June 1945	Sold to Taiwan in February 1971.
(DD839) USS Power	30th June 1945	Sold to Taiwan on 1st October 1977.
(DD840) USS Glennon	14th July 1945	Scrapped in 1977.
(DD841) USS Noa	30th July 1945	Sold to Spain on 31st October 1973.
(DD842) USS Fiske	8th September 1945	Placed in reserve in 1980.
(DD843) USS Warrington	27th September 1945	Scrapped after 1972.
(DD844) USS Perry	25th October 1945	Scrapped after 1973.
(DD845) USS Baussell	19th November 1945	Used as a target from May 1978.
(DD846) USS Ozbourn	22nd December 1945	Scrapped after 1975.
(DD847) USS Robert L Wilson	5th January 1946	Scrapped after 1975.
(DD848) USS Witek	2nd February 1946	Used as a target from September 1968.
(DD849) USS Richard E Kraus	2nd March 1946	Sold to South Korea on 30th October 1972.
(DD850) USS Joseph P Kennedy Jr	26th July 1945	Scrapped after 1973.
(DD851) USS Rupertus	21st September 1945	Sold to Greece on 10th July 1973.
(DD852) USS Leonard F Mason	4th January 1946	Sold to Taiwan on 10th March 1978.
(DD853) USS Charles H Roan	15th March 1946	Sold to Turkey on 21st September 1973.
(DD858) USS Fred T Berry	28th January 1945	Scrapped in 1971.
(DD859) USS Norris	25th February 1945	Sold to Turkey on 7th July 1974.
(DD860) USS McCaffery	12th April 1945	Scrapped after 1973.
(DD861) USS Harwood	22nd May 1945	Sold to Turkey on 17th December 1971 she sank on 22nd July 1974.
(DD862) USS Vogelgesang	15th January 1945	Placed in reserve in 1980.
(DD863) USS Steinaker	13th February 1945	Placed in reserve in 1980.
(DD864) USS Harold J Ellison	14th March 1945	Sold to Egypt on 6th October 1979.
(DD865) USS Charles R Ware	12th April 1945	Scrapped after 1974.
(DD866) USS Cone	10th May 1945	Placed in reserve in 1980.
(DD867) USS Stribling	8th June 1945	Used as a target from July 1976.
(DD868) USS Brownson	7th July 1945	Scrapped in 1977.
(DD869) USS Arnold J Isbell	6th August 1945	Sold to Greece on 4th December 1973.
(DD870) USS Fechteler	19th September 1945	Scrapped in 1971.
(DD871) USS Damato	21st November 1945	Sold to Egypt on 6th October 1979.
(DD872) USS Forrest Royal	17th January 1946	Sold to Turkey on 27th March 1971.
(DD873) USS Hawkins	7th October 1944	Scrapped after 1979.
(DD874) USS Duncan	27th October 1944	Scrapped after 1973.
(DD875) USS Henry W Tucker	8th November 1944	Sold to Brazil on 3rd December 1973.
(DD876) USS Rogers	20th November 1944	Placed in reserve in 1980.
(DD877) USS Perkins	7th December 1944	Sold to Argentina on 15th January 1973.
(DD878) USS Vesole	29th December 1944	Scrapped after 1976.
(DD879) USS Leary	20th January 1945	Sold to Spain on 31st August 1972.
(DD880) USS Dyess	26th January 1945	Placed in reserve in 1980.
(DD881) USS Bordelon	3rd March 1945	Sold to Iran on 1st February 1977.
(DD882) USS Furse	9th March 1945	Sold to Spain on 31st August 1972.
(DD883) USS Newman K Perry	17th January 1945	Placed in reserve in 1980.
(DD884) USS Floyd B Parks	31st March 1945	Scrapped after 1973.
(DD885) USS John R Craig	14th April 1945	Scrapped after 1979.
(DD886) USS Orleck	12th May 1945	Placed in reserve in 1980.
(DD887) USS Brinkley Bass	26th May 1945	Sold to Brazil on 3rd December 1973.
(DD888) USS Stickell	16th June 1945	Sold to Greece on 1st July 1972.
(DD889) USS O'Hare	22nd June 1945	Sold to Spain on 31st October 1973.
(DD890) USS Meredith	28th June 1945	Scrapped after 1979.

DE14 USS Doherty, 23rd September 1943, Mare Island, California Order Code DE14 One copy only of original 1940's printed photo plate, 10" x 8" available, price £15. Please note image shown has been cropped for website purpose and more sky and sea and text is shown on the photo plate. Please add post of £3 post for UK £10 overseas, recorded airmail order photograph here

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