The sleekest, the most graceful and
the most beautiful destroyer design of all time.
A ship of character.*
The US Navy’s 175 Fletcher-class destroyers are listed below in hull number order. 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 flush-deck, goldplater, Benson-Gleaves, and Allen M. Sumner-Gearing classes.
445 Fletcher
446 Radford
447 Jenkins
448 La Vallette
449 Nicholas
450 O’Bannon
451 Chevalier
465 Saufley
466 Waller
467 Strong
468 Taylor
469 De Haven
470 Bache
471 Beale
472 Guest
473 Bennett
474 Fullam
475 Hudson
476 Hutchins
477 Pringle
478 Stanly
479 Stevens
480 Halford
481 Leutze
498 Philip
499 Renshaw
500 Ringgold
501 Schroeder
502 Sigsbee
507 Conway
508 Cony
509 Converse
510 Eaton
511 Foote
512 Spence
513 Terry
514 Thatcher
515 Anthony
516 Wadsworth
517 Walker
518 Brownson
519 Daly
520 Isherwood
521 Kimberly
522 Luce
526 Abner Read
527 Ammen
528 Mullany
529 Bush
530 Trathen
531 Hazelwood
532 Heermann
533 Hoel
534 McCord
535 Miller
536 Owen
537 The Sullivans
538 Stephen Potter
539 Tingey
540 Twining
541 Yarnall
544 Boyd
545 Bradford
546 Brown
547 Cowell
550 Capps
551 David W. Taylor
552 Evans
553 John D. Henley
554 Franks
555 Haggard
556 Hailey
557 Johnston
558 Laws
559 Longshaw
560 Morrison
561 Prichett
562 Robinson
563 Ross
564 Rowe
565 Smalley
566 Stoddard
567 Watts
568 Wren
569 Aulick
570 Charles Ausburne
571 Claxton
572 Dyson
573 Harrison
574 John Rodgers
575 McKee
576 Murray
577 Sproston
578 Wickes
579 William D. Porter
580 Young
581 Charrette
582 Conner
583 Hall
584 Halligan
585 Haraden
586 Newcomb
587 Bell
588 Burns
589 Izard
590 Paul Hamilton
591 Twiggs
592 Howorth
593 Killen
594 Hart
595 Metcalf
596 Shields
597 Wiley
629 Abbot
630 Braine
631 Erben
642 Hale
643 Sigourney
644 Stembel
649 Albert W. Grant
650 Caperton
651 Cogswell
652 Ingersoll
653 Knapp
654 Bearss
655 John Hood
656 Van Valkenburgh
657 Charles J. Badger
658 Colahan
659 Dashiell
660 Bullard
661 Kidd
662 Bennion
663 Heywood L. Edwards
664 Richard P. Leary
665 Bryant
666 Black
667 Chauncey
668 Clarence K. Bronson
669 Cotten
670 Dortch
671 Gatling
672 Healy
673 Hickox
674 Hunt
675 Lewis Hancock
676 Marshall
677 McDermut
678 McGowan
679 McNair
680 Melvin
681 Hopewell
682 Porterfield
683 Stockham
684 Wedderburn
685 Picking
686 Halsey Powell
687 Uhlmann
688 Remey
689 Wadleigh
690 Norman Scott
691 Mertz
792 Callaghan
793 Cassin Young
794 Irwin
795 Preston
796 Benham
797 Cushing
798 Monssen
799 Jarvis
800 Porter
801 Colhoun
802 Gregory
803 Little
804 Rooks


* Walkowiak, Thomas F., The Floating Drydock’s Plan Book, the Fletcher Class, 1987, The Floating Drydock, Treasure Island, Florida.