List of destroyers of the United States Navy

This is a list of destroyers of the United States Navy, sorted by hull number. It includes all of the series DD, DL, DDG, DLG, and DLGN.

CG-47 Ticonderoga and CG-48 Yorktown were approved as destroyers (DDG-47 and DDG-48) and redesignated cruisers before being laid down; it is uncertain whether CG-49 Vincennes and CG-50 Valley Forge were ever authorized as destroyers by the United States Congress (though the fact that the DDG sequence resumes with DDG-51 Arleigh Burke argues that they were).

Destroyer types listed

DD Destroyer DL Destroyer Leader (later Frigate) (retired) DDG Destroyer, Guided Missile FFG Frigate, Guided Missile (abolished 30 June 1975) FFGN Frigate, Guided Missile, Nuclear-Propulsion (abolished 30 June 1975)

Other destroyer types These destroyer types were destroyers listed in this article which were later converted to other purposes, and so are also listed in other articles.

DE: Destroyer escorts: List of destroyer escorts of the United States Navy

DM: Destroyer minelayers:

DMS: Destroyer minesweepers:

APD: High-speed transports, destroyers converted to land Marines ashore:

AVD: Destroyer seaplane tenders: - The first seven of these ships were originally classed as Small seaplane tenders (AVP), then changed to AVD

Destroyers