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• THRU WORLD WAR II
  • Introduction
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  • Destroyer Escorts
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    • New York Shipbuilding
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  • Squadrons
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• POST-WORLD WAR II
  • Frigates 1950-75
    • Destroyer Leaders
    • Farragut-Coontz Class
    • Leahy Class
    • Belknap Class
    • Nuclear Classes
  • Gun Destroyers
    • World War II Classes
    • Forrest Sherman Class
  • Missile Destroyers
    • USS Gyatt
    • Charles F. Adams Class
    • Kidd Class
  • Early ASW Escorts
    • Dealey Class
    • Claud Jones Class
    • Bronstein Class
    • Garcia Class
    • USS Glover
    • Brooke Class
    • Knox Class
  • Post-1975 ASW Escorts
    • Spruance Class
    • Oliver Hazard Perry Class
  • Arleigh Burke Class
    • Flights I, IA and II
    • Flight IIA
    • Flight III
• COLLECTIONS
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    • Nate Cook
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  • Historical Research
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• DEPARTMENTS
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    • Tin Can Sailors
  • Museums
    • Adams Class Museum
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    • USS Kidd
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    • USS Slater
    • Naval War College
  • Scale Models
    • 1:24 Sectional Model
    • 1:48 Operating Model
    • 1:96 Professional Model
    • 1:350 Kit-based Model
• ABOUT US
  • Foundation
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The US Navy’s 73 destroyers from classes introduced in the 1930s are listed below in order of commissioning date. Click on any ship name for more information. If you do not find what you’re looking for here, try the similar ship lists for the Benson-Gleaves, Fletcher and Allen M. Sumner-Gearing classes.