List of destroyer escorts of the United States Navy


This is a list of destroyer escorts of the United States Navy, listed in a table sortable by both name and hull-number. It includes the hull classification symbols DE, DEG, and DER.
The Lend-lease Act was passed into law in the US in March 1941 enabling the United Kingdom to procure merchant ships, warships and munitions etc. from the US, in order to help with the war effort. This enabled the UK to commission the US to design, build and supply an escort vessel that was suitable for anti submarine warfare in deep open ocean situations, which they did in June 1941. Captain E.L. Cochrane of the American Bureau of Shipping came up with a design which was known as the British Destroyer Escort. The BDE designation was retained by the first six Destroyer Escorts transferred to the United Kingdom ; of the initial order of 50 these were the only ones the Royal Navy received, the rest being reclassified as Destroyer Escort on 25 January 1943 and taken over by the United States Navy.
Ships that were classified DE or DEG were reclassified in 1975 as FF or FFG. This affected hull numbers DE-1037 and higher as well as all DEGs.

Classes

Destroyer escorts

NameHull numberNotes
AbercrombieDE-343Sunk as target 7 January 1968
AcreeDE-167Sold for scrap, 19 July 1973
AhrensDE-575Sold for scrap, 20 January 1967
AinsworthDE-1090Museum ship, Izmir, Turkey
Albert DavidDE-1050In reserve,
Albert T. HarrisDE-447Sunk as target 9 April 1969
Alexander J. LukeDE-577Sunk as target, 22 October 1970
Alfred WolfDE-544cancelled
AlgerDE-101Scrapped, 1964
Alvin C. CockrellDE-366Sunk as target 19 September 1969
AlwynDE-1081Active,
AmesburyDE-66Sold for Scrap. Sank under tow, 1962
AmickDE-168Scrapped, 1989
AndresDE-45Sold for scrap, 1946
Arthur L. BristolDE-281Sold for scrap, 1965
AthertonDE-169Active,
AustinDE-15Scrapped, 1947
BadgerDE-1071sunk as a target, 1998
BagleyDE-1069Recycled, 2000
BakerDE-190Sunk as a target, 1970
BalduckDE-716Sold for scrap, 1976
BangustDE-739Scrapped, 1979
BarberDE-161Struck, 2001
BarbeyDE-1088Active,
BaronDE-166Struck, 1990
BarrDE-576Sunk as a target, 1963
BassettDE-672Active
BatesDE-68Sunk by Kamikazes, 1945
BauerDE-1025-
BayntunBDE-1-
BazelyBDE-2-
BebasDE-10-
BegorDE-711-
BeletDE-599-
BennerDE-551cancelled
BerryBDE-3-
Beverly W. ReidDE-722-
EiseleDE-75to Royal Navy as
BivinDE-536-
BlackwoodBDE-4-
BlairDE-147-
BlakelyDE-1072-
BlessmanDE-69-
BoothDE-170-
BorumDE-790-
BostwickDE-103-
BowenDE-1079-
BowersDE-637-
BrackettDE-41-
BradleyDE-1041-
BrayDE-709-
BreemanDE-104-
BrennanDE-13-
BrewtonDE-1086-
BridgetDE-1024-
BrightDE-747-
BristerDE-327-
BrockDE-234-
BronsteinDE-189-
BronsteinDE-1037-
BroughDE-148-
BrumbyDE-1044-
BuckleyDE-51-
BullDE-52-
BullDE-693-
BullenDE-78to Royal Navy as
BunchDE-694-
Burden R. HastingsDE-19-
BurdoDE-717-
BurgesBDE-12-
BurkeDE-215-
BurrowsDE-105-
ByronDE-79to Royal Navy as
CabanaDE-260-
CalcaterraDE-390-
CampDE-251-
CanfieldDE-262-
CannonDE-99-
CapodannoDE-1093-
CarlsonDE-9-
CarpellottiDE-548cancelled
CarpellottiDE-720re-designated as APD-136
CarrollDE-171-
CarterDE-112-
CatesDE-763-
CavallaroDE-712-
Cecil J. DoyleDE-368-
ChaffeeDE-230-
ChambersDE-391-
Charles BerryDE-1035-
Charles E. BrannonDE-446-
Charles J. KimmelDE-584-
Charles LawrenceDE-53-
Charles R. GreerDE-23-
Charles R. WareDE-547cancelled
ChaseDE-158-
ChatelainDE-149-
Chester T. O'BrienDE-421-
ChristopherDE-100-
Clarence L. EvansDE-113-
Claud JonesDE-1033-
ClouesDE-265-
CoatesDE-685-
CockrillDE-398-
CoferDE-208-
CoffmanDE-191-
ConklinDE-439-
ConnDE-80-
ConnoleDE-1056-
ConnollyDE-306-
CookDE-714-
CookDE-1083-
CoolbaughDE-217-
CoonerDE-172-
CorbesierDE-106-
CorbesierDE-438-
CosbyDE-94-
CottonDE-81-
CourtneyDE-1021-
CranstounDE-82-
CreadDE-227-
CreamerDE-308cancelled
CromwellDE-1014-
CroninDE-107-
CroninDE-704-
CrosleyDE-108-
CrosleyDE-226-
CrossDE-448-
CrouterDE-11-
CrowleyDE-303-
CubittDE-83-
CurrierDE-700-
Curtis W. HowardDE-752cancelled
CurzonDE-84-
DakinsDE-85-
Dale W. PetersonDE-337-
Damon CummingsDE-756cancelled
Damon M. CummingsDE-643-
DanielDE-335-
Daniel A. JoyDE-585-
Daniel T. GriffinDE-54-
DarbyDE-218-
DavidsonDE-1045-
DayDE-225-
DealeyDE-1006-
DeaneDE-86-
DeckerDE-47-
DeedeDE-263-
Delbert W. HalseyDE-310cancelled
DeLongDE-684-
DempseyDE-26-
DempseyDE-267-
DennisDE-405-
Dennis J. BuckleyDE-553cancelled
DiachenkoDE-690-
DionneDE-261-
DoblerDE-48-
DohertyDE-14-
Don O. WoodsDE-721-
Donald B. BearyDE-1085-
DonaldsonDE-44-
DonaldsonDE-55to Royal Navy as
Donald W. WolfDE-713-
DoneffDE-49-
DonnellDE-56-
Douglas A. MunroDE-422-
Douglas L. HowardDE-138-
DownesDE-1070-
Doyle C. BarnesDE-353-
DruryBDE-46-
DuffyDE-27-
DufilhoDE-423-
DurantDE-389-
DurikDE-666-
EarheartDE-603-
Earl K. OlsenDE-765-
Earl V. JohnsonDE-702-
Earle B. HallDE-597-
EbertDE-74to Royal Navy as
EbertDE-768-
Edgar G. ChaseDE-16-
EdmondsDE-406-
EdsallDE-129-
Edward C. DalyDE-17-
Edward H. AllenDE-531-
Edward McDonnellDE-1043-
Edwin A. HowardDE-346-
EichenbergerDE-202-
EiseleDE-34-
EisnerDE-192-
EisnerDE-269-
EkinsDE-87-
EldenDE-264-
EldridgeDE-173-
Elmer MontgomeryDE-1082-
ElyDE-309cancelled
EmeryDE-28-
EnglandDE-635-
EngstromDE-50-
EnrightDE-216-
EssingtonDE-67-
Eugene A. GreeneDE-549cancelled
Eugene E. ElmoreDE-686-
EvansDE-1023-
EvartsDE-5-
Everett F. LarsonDE-554cancelled
EversoleDE-404-
FairDE-35-
FalgoutDE-324-
FanningDE-1076-
FarquharDE-139-
FechtelerDE-157-
FessendenDE-142-
FieberlingDE-640-
FinchDE-328-
FinneganDE-307-
FiskeDE-143-
FitzroyDE-88-
FlahertyDE-135-
FlemingDE-32-
FlemingDE-271-
FoggDE-57-
ForemanDE-633-
FormoeDE-509-
FormoreDE-58-
ForsterDE-334-
FossDE-59-
FowlerDE-222-
FramentDE-677-
Francis HammondDE-1067-
Francis M. RobinsonDE-220-
FrancovichDE-379cancelled
FrancovichDE-606-
Frederick C. DavisDE-136-
FrenchDE-367-
FrostDE-144-
FrybargerDE-705-
GandyDE-764-
GantnerDE-60-
GarciaDE-1040-
Garfield ThomasDE-193-
GaryDE-326-
GaynierDE-751-
GendreauDE-639-
GentryDE-349-
GeorgeDE-276-
GeorgeDE-697-
George A. JohnsonDE-583-
George E. DavisDE-357-
George M. CampbellDE-773cancelled
George W. IngramDE-62-
GilletteDE-270-
GilletteDE-681-
GilliganDE-508-
GilmoreDE-18-
GloverDE-1098number 1098 being re-used
GossDE-444-
GosselinDE-710-
GradyDE-445-
GrayDE-1054-
GreenwoodDE-679-
GreinerDE-37-
GriswoldDE-7-
GrovesDE-543cancelled
GunasonDE-795-
GustafsonDE-182-
GyattDE-550cancelled
HaasDE-424-
HainesDE-792-
HalloranDE-305-
HalstedDE-91-
HammannDE-131-
HammerbergDE-1015-
HannaDE-449-
HargoodDE-573-
HarmonDE-72-
HarmonDE-678-
Harold C. ThomasDE-21-
Harold E. HoltDE-1074-
Harold J. EllisonDE-545cancelled
Harry L. CorlDE-598-
HartleyDE-1029-
HarvesonDE-316-
HaverfieldDE-393-
HayterDE-212-
HemmingerDE-746-
Henry R. KenyonDE-683-
Henry W. TuckerDE-377cancelled
HepburnDE-1055-
Herbert C. JonesDE-137-
HerzogDE-178-
HerzogDE-277-
HeyligerDE-510-
HilbertDE-742-
HillDE-141-
HissemDE-400-
HodgesDE-231-
HolderDE-401-
HollisDE-794-
HolmesDE-572-
HoltDE-706-
HoltonDE-703-
HooperDE-1026-
HoppingDE-155-
Horace A. BassDE-691-
HosteDE-521-
HothamDE-574-
HovaDE-110-
Howard D. CrowDE-252-
Howard F. ClarkDE-533-
HubbardDE-211-
Hunter MarshallDE-602-
HurstDE-250-
HuseDE-145-
InchDE-146-
InglisDE-525-
InmanDE-526-
Ira JefferyDE-63-
J. Douglas BlackwoodDE-219-
J. R. Y. BlakelyDE-140-
J. Richard WardDE-243-
JaccardDE-355-
Jack C. RobinsonDE-671-
Jack MillerDE-410-
Jack W. WilkeDE-800-
Jacob JonesDE-130-
James E. CraigDE-201-
JanssenDE-396-
JenksDE-665-
Jesse L. BrownDE-1089-
Jesse RutherfordDE-347-
JobbDE-707-
John C. ButlerDE-339-
John J. PowersDE-528-
John J. Van BurenDE-753cancelled
John L. WilliamsonDE-370-
John M. BerminghamDE-530-
John P. GrayDE-673-
John Q. RobertsDE-235-
John R. PerryDE-1034-
John WillisDE-1027-
Johnnie HutchinsDE-360-
JordanDE-204-
Joseph E. CampbellDE-70-
Joseph E. ConnollyDE-450-
Joseph HewesDE-1078-
Joseph M. AumanDE-674-
JoyceDE-317-
Julius A. RavenDE-600-
KeithDE-241-
Kendall C. CampbellDE-443-
Kenneth D. BaileyDE-552cancelled
Kenneth M. WillettDE-354-
KephartDE-207-
KepplerDE-311cancelled
KepplerDE-375cancelled
KeyDE-348-
KingsmillDE-280-
KinzerDE-232-
KirkDE-1087-
KirkpatrickDE-318-
KirwinDE-229-
KleinsmithDE-376-
KleinsmithDE-718-
KlineDE-687-
KnoxDE-1052-
KnudsonDE-591-
KoelschDE-1049-
KoinerDE-331-
KretchmerDE-329-
KyneDE-744-
La PradeDE-409-
LakeDE-301-
LamonsDE-64-
LamonsDE-743-
LangDE-1060-
LaningDE-159-
LansingDE-388-
LawfordDE-516-
Lawrence C. TaylorDE-415-
LawsonDE-518-
Le Ray WilsonDE-414-
Lee FoxDE-65-
LeHardyDE-20-
Leland E. ThomasDE-420-
LeopoldDE-319-
Leslie L.B. KnoxDE-580-
LesterDE-1022-
LevyDE-162-
LewisDE-535-
LiddleDE-76to Royal Navy as
LiddleDE-206-
LloydDE-209-
Lloyd E. AcreeDE-356-
Lloyd ThomasDE-312cancelled
Lloyd ThomasDE-374cancelled
LockwoodDE-1064-
LoeserDE-680-
LoringDE-520-
LoughDE-586-
LouisDE-517-
LovelaceDE-198-
LoveringDE-39-
LoveringDE-272-
LoweDE-325-
LoyDE-160-
LymanDE-302-
MackDE-358-
MajorDE-796-
MaloyDE-791-
ManloveDE-36-
MannersDE-523-
ManningDE-199-
MarchandDE-249-
MarocainDE-109-
MarshDE-699-
MartinDE-30-
Martin H. RayDE-338-
MartsDE-174-
Marvin ShieldsDE-1066-
MasonDE-529-
Maurice J. ManuelDE-351-
McAnnDE-73to Royal Navy as
McAnnDE-179-
McCandlessDE-1084-
McClellandDE-750-
McCloyDE-1038-
McConnellDE-163-
McCoy ReynoldsDE-440-
McGintyDE-365-
McMorrisDE-1036-
McNultyDE-581-
Melvin R. NawmanDE-416-
MengesDE-320-
MerrillDE-392-
MetivierDE-582-
MeyerkordDE-1058-
MickaDE-176-
MillerDE-1091-
MillsDE-383-
Milton LewisDE-772cancelled
MitchellDE-43-
MoinesterDE-1097-
MooreDE-240-
MoorsomDE-522-
MosleyDE-321-
MounseyDE-524-
MuirDE-770-
MyersDE-595-
Myles C. FoxDE-546cancelled
NaifehDE-352-
NarboroughDE-569-
Neal A. ScottDE-769-
NeuendorfDE-200-
NeunzerDE-150-
NewellDE-322-
NewmanDE-205-
OberrenderDE-344-
O'CallahanDE-1051-
OdumDE-670-
O'FlahertyDE-340-
Oliver MitchellDE-417-
O'NeillDE-188-
O'ReillyDE-330-
OsbergDE-538-
OsmusDE-701-
OsterhausDE-164-
OswaldDE-71-
OswaldDE-767-
Oswald A. PowersDE-542cancelled
O'ToolDE-274-
O'TooleDE-527-
OtterDE-210-
OtterstetterDE-244-
OuellettDE-1077-
ParksDE-165-
ParleDE-708-
Pasley/LindsayDE-519-
PattersonDE-1061-
PaulDE-1080-
Paul G. BakerDE-642-
Paul G. BakerDE-755cancelled
PavlicDE-669-
PeifferDE-588-
PennewillDE-175-
PetersonDE-152-
PettitDE-253-
PharrisDE-1094-
PillsburyDE-133-
PooleDE-151-
PopeDE-134-
PrattDE-363-
PresleyDE-371-
PriceDE-332-
PrideDE-323-
RabyDE-698-
RallDE-304-
RamsdenDE-382-
RathburneDE-1057-
Ray K. EdwardsDE-237-
RaymondDE-341-
Raymon W. HerndonDE-688-
ReasonerDE-1063-
RedmillDE-89-
RednourDE-592-
ReevesDE-156-
RegisterDE-233-
RetalickDE-90-
Reuben JamesDE-153-
ReyboldDE-177-
ReyboldDE-275-
ReynoldsDE-42-
RhodesDE-384-
RichDE-695-
Richard M. RowellDE-403-
Richard S. BullDE-402-
Richard W. SuesensDE-342-
RicheyDE-385-
RickettsDE-254-
RiddleDE-185-
RileyDE-579-
RinehartDE-196-
RingnessDE-590-
RiouDE-92-
RizziDE-537-
RoarkDE-1053-
Robert BrazierDE-345-
Robert E. PearyDE-132-
Robert E. PearyDE-1073-
Robert F. KellerDE-419-
Robert I. PaineDE-578-
RobertsDE-749-
RocheDE-197-
Rogers BloodDE-555cancelled
Rogers BloodDE-605-
RolfDE-362-
RombachDE-364-
RowleyDE-95-
Roy O. HaleDE-336-
RuchamkinDE-228-
RudderowDE-224-
RunelsDE-793-
RupertDE-96-
Russell M. CoxDE-774cancelled
RutherfordDE-93-
SampleDE-1048-
Samuel B. RobertsDE-413-
Samuel S. MilesDE-183-
SanderDE-273-
SandersDE-40-
SavageDE-386-
SchmittDE-676-
ScottDE-214-
ScribnerDE-689-
ScrogginsDE-799-
SederstromDE-31-
SeidDE-256-
SellstromDE-255-
SeymourDE-98-
SheehanDE-541cancelled
SheltonDE-407-
SilversteinDE-534-
SimsDE-154-
SlaterDE-766-
SloatDE-245-
SmarttDE-257-
SnowdenDE-246-
SnyderDE-745-
SolarDE-221-
SomaliDE-111-
SpangenbergDE-223-
SpanglerDE-696-
SpraggeDE-563-
StadtfeldDE-29-
StaffordDE-411-
StantonDE-247-
StaynerDE-564-
SteeleDE-8-
SteinDE-1065-
SteinakerDE-452cancelled
SternDE-187-
StewartDE-238-
StockdaleDE-399-
StockhamDE-97-
StraubDE-77to Royal Navy as
StraubDE-181-
StrausDE-408-
StricklandDE-333-
SturtevantDE-239-
SuttonDE-286cancelled
SuttonDE-771-
SwaseyDE-248-
SwearerDE-186-
SwenningDE-394-
TabbererDE-418-
TatumDE-789-
TaussigDE-1030-
Thaddeus ParkerDE-369-
ThomasDE-102-
Thomas C. HartDE-1092-
Thomas F. NickelDE-587-
Thomas J. GaryDE-61-
ThomasonDE-203-
ThornboroughDE-565-
ThornhillDE-195-
TillsDE-748-
TinsmanDE-589-
TisdaleDE-33-
TisdaleDE-278-
TollbergDE-593-
TomichDE-242-
TorringtonDE-568-
TrawDE-350-
TrippeDE-1075-
TrollopeDE-566-
TruettDE-1095-
TrumpeterDE-180-
TrumpeterDE-279-
TruxtunDE-282-
TweedyDE-532-
TylerDE-567-
Ulvert M. MooreDE-442-
UnderhillDE-682-
UphamDE-283-
ValdezDE-1096-
VammenDE-644-
Van HoorhisDE-1028-
VanceDE-387-
VandivierDE-540-
VarianDE-798-
VogeDE-1047-
Vogelgesang DE-284cancelled
VreelandDE-1068-
WagnerDE-539-
WaldegraveDE-570-
WalshDE-601-
Walter B. CobbDE-596-
Walter C. WannDE-412-
Walter S. BrownDE-258-
Walter S. GorkaDE-604-
Walter X. YoungDE-715-
Walter X. YoungDE-723-
WaltonDE-361-
WantuckDE-692-
WatermanDE-740-
WeaverDE-741-
WeberDE-675-
WeedenDE-797-
WeeksDE-285cancelled
WeissDE-378-
WeissDE-719-
WessonDE-184-
WhippleDE-1062-
WhitakerDE-571-
WhitehurstDE-634-
WhitmanDE-24-
WilemanDE-22-
WilhoiteDE-397-
Willard KeithDE-754cancelled
Willard KeithDE-314cancelled
William C. ColeDE-641-
William C. LaweDE-313cancelled
William C. LaweDE-373cancelled
William C. MillerDE-259-
William J. PattisonDE-594-
William M. HobbyDE-236-
William M. WoodDE-287cancelled
William M. WoodDE-557cancelled
William R. RushDE-288cancelled
William R. RushDE-556cancelled
William S. SimsDE-1059-
William SeiverlingDE-441-
William T. PowellDE-213-
WilliamsDE-290cancelled
WilliamsDE-372-
WillisDE-395-
WillmarthDE-638-
WingfieldDE-194-
WintleDE-25-
WintleDE-266-
WisemanDE-667-
WitterDE-636-
Woodrow R. ThompsonDE-451cancelled
WoodsonDE-359-
WyffelsDE-6-
WymanDE-38-
YokesDE-668-
DE-114 to DE-128Cancelled Cannon-class vessels, unnamed
DE-289Cancelled Rudderow-class vessel, unnamed
DE-291 to DE-300Cancelled Rudderow-class vessels, unnamed
DE-315Cancelled Evarts-class vessel, unnamed
DE-380 to DE-381Cancelled John C. Butler-class vessels, unnamed
DE-425 to DE-437Cancelled John C. Butler-class vessels, unnamed
DE-453 to DE-507Cancelled John C. Butler-class vessels, unnamed
DE-511 to DE-515Cancelled John C. Butler-class vessels, unnamed
DE-558 to DE-562Cancelled John C. Butler-class vessels, unnamed
DE-607 to DE-632Cancelled Rudderow-class vessels, unnamed
DE-645 to DE-664Cancelled Rudderow-class vessels, unnamed
DE-724 to DE-738Cancelled Rudderow-class vessels, unnamed
DE-757 to DE-762Cancelled Cannon-class vessels, unnamed
DE-775 to DE-788Cancelled Cannon-class vessels, unnamed
DE-801 to DE-904Cancelled John C. Butler-class vessels, unnamed
DE-905 to DE-1005Cancelled Rudderow-class vessels, unnamed
DE-1007 to DE-1013Le Normand-class, paid for by United States Navy and built in France to a French design for the Marine Nationale
DE-1016 to DE-1019Le Corse-class, paid for by United States Navy and built in France to a French design for the Marine Nationale
DE-1020Canopo-class, paid for by the United States Navy and built in Italy to an Italian design for the Italian Navy
DE-1031Canopo-class, paid for by the United States Navy and built in Italy to an Italian design for the Italian Navy
DE-1032NRP Pêro Escobar, paid for by the United States Navy and built in Italy to an Italian design for the Portuguese Navy
DE-1039Admiral Pereira da Silva-class, paid for by the United States Navy and built in Italy to an Italian design for the Portuguese Navy
DE-1042Admiral Pereira da Silva-class, paid for by the United States Navy and built in Italy to an Italian design for the Portuguese Navy
DE-1046Admiral Pereira da Silva-class, paid for by the United States Navy and built in Italy to an Italian design for the Portuguese Navy
DE-1098 to DE-1100Cancelled Knox-class vessels, unnamed
DE-1101Cancelled, unnamed. Planned as experimental gas turbine ship.
DE-1102 to DE-1107Cancelled Knox-class vessels, unnamed

Guided Missile Destroyer Escort