List of destroyers of the Second World War
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This is a list of destroyers of the Second World War.[1][2][3][4]
Dates are year_month_day to allow ordering. Click on headers to sort column alphabetically.
| Ship | Country | Class | Type | Displacement (tons) | First commissioned | Fate | 
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| Aaron Ward (DD-483) |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 4 March 1942 | Sunk 7 April 1943[5] | 
| Abbot (DD-629) |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 23 April 1943 | Decommissioned 1965, scrapped 1975[6] | 
| Abner Read |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 5 February 1943 | Sunk 1 November 1944 | 
| Acasta |  Royal Navy | A | destroyer | 1,350 | 11 February 1930 | Sunk 8 June 1940[7] | 
| Achates |  Royal Navy | A | destroyer | 1,350 | 27 March 1930 | Sunk 31 December 1942 | 
| Acheron |  Royal Navy | A | destroyer | 1,350 | 13 October 1931 | Sunk 17 December 1940 | 
| Active |  Royal Navy | A | destroyer | 1,350 | 9 February 1930 | Scrapped 1947 | 
| Aetos |  Hellenic Navy | Wild Beast | destroyer | 1,030 | 19 October 1912 | Decommissioned 1946 | 
| Afridi |  Royal Navy | Tribal | destroyer | 2,020 | 3 May 1938 | Sunk 3 May 1940 | 
| Akizuki |  Imperial Japanese Navy | Akizuki | destroyer | 2,700 | 11 June 1942 | Sunk 25 October 1944 | 
| Albert W. Grant |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 24 November 1943 | Decommissioned 1971, scrapped 1972 | 
| Aldea |  Chile | Serrano | destroyer | 1,090 | 1929 | Discarded 1957 | 
| Alden |  United States Navy | Clemson | destroyer | 1,250 | 24 November 1919 | Scrapped 30 November 1945 | 
| Alfred A. Cunningham |  United States Navy | Sumner | destroyer | 2,200 | 23 November 1944 | Decommissioned 1971, sunk as target 1979 | 
| Algonquin |  Royal Canadian Navy | V | destroyer | 2,700 | 28 February 1944 | paid off 1 April 1970 | 
| Allen M. Sumner |  United States Navy | Sumner | destroyer | 2,200 | 26 January 1944 | Scrapped 1974 | 
| Almirante Condell |  Chile | Almirante Lynch | destroyer | 1,430 | January 1914 | Decommissioned 1945 | 
| Almirante Lynch |  Chile | Almirante Lynch | destroyer | 1,430 | 1913 | Decommissioned 1945 | 
| Amazon |  Royal Navy | prototype | destroyer | 1,350 | 5 May 1927 | Scrapped 25 October 1948 | 
| Ambuscade |  Royal Navy | prototype | destroyer | 1,173 | 15 March 1927 | Scrapped 1946 | 
| Ammen |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 12 March 1943 | Scrapped 1960 | 
| Anderson |  United States Navy | Sims | destroyer | 1,570 | 19 May 1939 | Sunk in A-bomb test 1946 | 
| Annapolis |  Royal Canadian Navy | Town | destroyer | 1,190 | 24 September 1940 | paid off 4 June 1945 | 
| Antelope |  Royal Navy | A | destroyer | 1,350 | 20 March 1930 | Scrapped 1946 | 
| Anthony (H40) |  Royal Navy | A | destroyer | 1,350 | 14 February 1930 | Scrapped 1948 | 
| Anthony (DD-515) |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 26 February 1943 | To West Germany 1958, sunk as target 1979 | 
| Antiquois |  Colombian Navy | Guadiana | destroyer | 1,219 | former Douro (Portugal) | |
| Ardent |  Royal Navy | A | destroyer | 1,350 | 14 April 1930 | Sunk 8 June 1940[7] | 
| Armada |  Royal Navy | Battle | destroyer | 2,325 | 2 July 1945 | paid off 1960, scrapped 1965 | 
| Arrow |  Royal Navy | A | destroyer | 1,350 | 14 April 1930 | Irreparably damaged, 1944 | 
| Arunta |  Royal Australian Navy | Tribal | destroyer | 2,020 | 30 March 1942 | Scrapped 1968 | 
| Ashanti |  Royal Navy | Tribal | destroyer | 2,020 | 21 December 1938 | Scrapped 1949 | 
| Assiniboine |  Royal Canadian Navy | C | destroyer | 1,390 | 30 May 1932 | transferred to RCN 19 October 1939, paid off 8 August 1945 | 
| Athabaskan |  Royal Canadian Navy | Tribal | destroyer | 2,020 | 3 February 1943 | Sunk 29 April 1944 | 
| Aulick (DD-569) |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 27 October 1942 | To Greece 1959, scrapped 1997 | 
| Ault |  United States Navy | Sumner | destroyer | 2,200 | 31 May 1944 | Scrapped 1974 | 
| Ayanami |  Imperial Japanese Navy | Fubuki | destroyer | 2,090 | 30 April 1930 | Sunk 15 November 1942 | 
| Aylwin |  United States Navy | Farragut | destroyer | 1,365 | 1 March 1935 | Scrapped 1947 | 
| Babbitt |  United States Navy | Wickes | destroyer | 1,190 | 24 October 1919 | scrapped 1946 | 
| Bache |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 14 November 1942 | scrapped 1968 | 
| Badger |  United States Navy | Wickes | destroyer | 1,190 | 29 May 1919 | scrapped 1945 | 
| Bagley |  United States Navy | Bagley | destroyer | 1,500 | 12 June 1937 | scrapped 1947 | 
| Bailey (DD-492) |  United States Navy | Benson | destroyer | 1,620 | 11 May 1942 | decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1969 | 
| Bainbridge |  United States Navy | Clemson | destroyer | 1,200 | 9 February 1921 | scrapped 1945 | 
| Balch |  United States Navy | Porter | destroyer | 1,850 | 20 October 1936 | scrapped 1946 | 
| Baldwin |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 30 April 1943 | decommissioned 1946, scuttled 1961 | 
| Bancroft |  United States Navy | Benson | destroyer | 1,620 | 30 April 1942 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1973 | 
| Barfleur |  Royal Navy | Battle | destroyer | 2,325 | 14 September 1944 | paid off 1958, scrapped 1966 | 
| Barker |  United States Navy | Clemson | destroyer | 1,200 | 17 December 1919 | scrapped 1945 | 
| Barney |  United States Navy | Wickes | destroyer | 1,190 | 14 March 1919 | scrapped 1946 | 
| Barry |  United States Navy | Clemson | destroyer | 1,200 | 15 November 1921 | sunk 21 June 1945 | 
| Barton |  United States Navy | Benson | destroyer | 1,620 | 29 May 1942 | sunk 13 November 1942 | 
| Barton |  United States Navy | Sumner | destroyer | 2,200 | 30 December 1943 | sunk as target 1969 | 
| Basilisk |  Royal Navy | B | destroyer | 1,350 | 4 March 1931 | sunk 1 June 1940 | 
| Bataan |  Royal Australian Navy | Tribal | destroyer | 2,020 | 25 May 1945 | scrapped 1958 | 
| Bath |  Royal Navy  Royal Norwegian Navy | Town | destroyer | 1,190 | 23 September 1940 | to Norway as HNoMS Bath 9 January 1941, sunk on 19 August 1941 | 
| Beagle |  Royal Navy | B | destroyer | 1,350 | 9 April 1931 | scrapped January 1946 | 
| Beale |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 23 December 1942 | sunk as target 1969 | 
| Bearss |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 12 April 1944 | decommissioned 1963, scrapped 1976 | 
| Beatty (I) |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 7 May 1942 | sunk 6 November 1943 | 
| Beatty (II) |  United States Navy | Sumner | destroyer | 2,200 | 31 March 1945 | to Venezuela 1972, scrapped 1981 | 
| Bedouin |  Royal Navy | Tribal | destroyer | 2,020 | 15 March 1939 | Sunk 15 June 1942 | 
| Bell |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 4 March 1943 | decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1975 | 
| Belmont |  Royal Navy | Town | destroyer | 1,200 | 8 October 1940 | sunk 31 January 1942 | 
| Benham (I) |  United States Navy | Benham | destroyer | 1,500 | 2 February 1939 | sunk 15 November 1942 | 
| Benham (II) |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 20 December 1943 | to Peru 1960, scrapped 1980 | 
| Benner |  United States Navy | Gearing | destroyer | 2,250 | 13 February 1945 | scrapped 1975 | 
| Bennett |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 9 February 1943 | to Brazil 1959, scrapped 1978 | 
| Bennion |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 14 December 1943 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1973 | 
| Benson |  United States Navy | Benson | destroyer | 1,620 | 25 July 1940 | transferred to Taiwan 1954, scrapped 1974 | 
| Bernadou |  United States Navy | Wickes | destroyer | 1,190 | 19 May 1919 | scrapped 1945 | 
| Beverley |  Royal Navy | Town | destroyer | 1,200 | 8 October 1940 | sunk 11 April 1943 | 
| Biddle |  United States Navy | Wickes | destroyer | 1,190 | 22 April 1919 | scrapped 1946 | 
| Black |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 21 May 1943 | scrapped 1971 | 
| Blakeley |  United States Navy | Wickes | destroyer | 1,190 | 8 May 1919 | scrapped 1945 | 
| Blanche |  Royal Navy | B | destroyer | 1,350 | 14 February 1931 | sunk 13 November 1939 | 
| Blue (I) |  United States Navy | Bagley | destroyer | 1,500 | 14 August 1937 | sunk 22 August 1942 | 
| Blue (II) |  United States Navy | Sumner | destroyer | 2,200 | 20 March 1944 | sunk as target 1974 | 
| Błyskawica |  Poland | Grom | destroyer | 1,975 | 25 November 1937 | decommissioned 1 May 1976, preserved as museum ship | 
| Boadicea |  Royal Navy | B | destroyer | 1,350 | 7 April 1931 | sunk 13 June 1944 | 
| Bordelon |  United States Navy | Gearing | destroyer | 2,250 | 5 June 1945 | to Iran 1977 | 
| Boreas |  Royal Navy  Hellenic Navy | B | destroyer | 1,350 | 20 February 1931 | to Greece as Salamis 1944, scrapped 1951 | 
| Borie (I) |  United States Navy | Clemson | destroyer | 1,200 | 24 March 1920 | sank 2 November 1943 after ramming and sinking U-405 | 
| Borie (II) |  United States Navy | Sumner | destroyer | 2,200 | 21 September 1944 | to Argentina 1972, scrapped 1984 | 
| Boyd |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 8 May 1943 | to Turkey 1969, scrapped 1981 | 
| Boyle |  United States Navy | Benson | destroyer | 1,620 | 15 August 1942 | decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1973 | 
| Bradford |  Royal Navy | Town | destroyer | 1,200 | 8 October 1940 | scrapped 1946 | 
| Bradford |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 12 June 1943 | to Greece 1962, scrapped 1981 | 
| Braine |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 11 May 1943 | to Argentina 1971, sunk as target 1983 | 
| Brazen |  Royal Navy | B | destroyer | 1,350 | 8 April 1931 | sunk 20 July 1940 | 
| Breckinridge |  United States Navy | Wickes | destroyer | 1,190 | 27 February 1919 | scrapped 1946 | 
| Brighton |  Royal Navy  Soviet Navy | Town | destroyer | 1,200 | 23 September 1940 | to USSR as Zharki 16 July 1944 | 
| Brilliant |  Royal Navy | B | destroyer | 1,350 | 21 February 1931 | scrapped August 1947 | 
| Bristol (I) |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 22 October 1941 | sunk 13 October 1943 | 
| Bristol (II) |  United States Navy | Sumner | destroyer | 2,200 | 17 March 1945 | to Taiwan 1969, scrapped 1993 | 
| Broadwater |  Royal Navy | Town | destroyer | 1,200 | 9 October 1940 | sunk 18 October 1941 | 
| Broadway |  Royal Navy | Town | destroyer | 1,200 | 8 October 1940 | scrapped 1947 | 
| Brooks |  United States Navy | Clemson | destroyer | 1,200 | 18 June 1920 | constructive loss 6 January 1945, scrapped | 
| Broome |  United States Navy | Clemson | destroyer | 1,200 | 31 October 1919 | scrapped 1946 | 
| Brown |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 10 July 1943 | to Greece 1962, scrapped 1981 | 
| Brownson |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 3 February 1943 | sunk 26 December 1943 | 
| Brush |  United States Navy | Sumner | destroyer | 2,200 | 17 April 1944 | to Taiwan 1969 | 
| Bryant |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 4 December 1943 | decommissioned 1947, sunk as a target 1969 | 
| Buchanan (II) |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 21 March 1942 | to Turkey 1949, scrapped 1976 | 
| Buck |  United States Navy | Sims | destroyer | 1,570 | 15 May 1940 | sunk 9 October 1943 | 
| Buenos Aires |  Argentine Navy | Buenos Aires | destroyer | 1,375 | 1938 | 1971 | 
| Bullard |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 9 April 1943 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1973 | 
| Bulldog |  Royal Navy | B | destroyer | 1,350 | 8 April 1931 | scrapped January 1946 | 
| Bulmer |  United States Navy | Clemson | destroyer | 1,200 | 16 August 1920 | scrapped 1947 | 
| Burnham |  Royal Navy | Town | destroyer | 1,200 | 8 October 1940 | scrapped 1948 | 
| Burns |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 3 April 1943 | decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1974 | 
| Burwell |  Royal Navy | Town | destroyer | 1,200 | 8 October 1940 | scrapped 1947 | 
| Burza |  Poland | Wicher | destroyer | 1,400 | 10 July 1932 | Scrapped 1977 | 
| Bush |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 10 May 1943 | sunk 6 April 1945 | 
| Butler |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 15 August 1942 | scrapped 1948 | 
| Buxton |  Royal Navy  Royal Canadian Navy | Town | destroyer | 1,215 | 8 October 1940 | to RCN August 1942 as HMCS Buxton, paid off 1945 | 
| Cadiz |  Royal Navy | Battle | destroyer | 2,325 | 12 April 1946[8] | paid off 1953 | 
| Caesar |  Royal Navy | C | destroyer | 1,710 | 5 October 1944 | paid off June 1965, scrapped 1967 | 
| Caldas |  Colombian Navy | destroyer | 1,219 | former Tejo (Portugal) | ||
| Caldwell |  Royal Navy  Royal Canadian Navy | Town | destroyer | 1,190 | 24 September 1940 | to RCN 1942, scrapped 1944 | 
| Caldwell |  United States Navy | Benson | destroyer | 1,620 | 10 June 1942 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1966 | 
| Callaghan |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 27 November 1943 | sunk 28 July 1945 | 
| Cambrian |  Royal Navy | C | destroyer | 1,710 | 14 July 1944 | Paid off December 1968, scrapped 1971 | 
| Cameron |  Royal Navy | Town | destroyer | 1,190 | 24 September 1940 | constructive loss 5 December 1940 | 
| Campbeltown |  Royal Navy | Town | destroyer | 1,190 | 9 September 1940 | expended as demolition-ship at St Nazaire, 29 March 1942 | 
| Camperdown |  Royal Navy | Battle | destroyer | 2,325 | 18 June 1945 | paid off 18 June 1945, scrapped 1970 | 
| Caperton |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 30 June 1943 | decommissioned 1960, sunk as target | 
| Capps |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 23 June 1943 | To Spain 1957, scrapped 1985 | 
| Caprice |  Royal Navy | C | destroyer | 1,710 | 5 April 1944 | paid off March 1973, scrapped 1979 | 
| Carmick |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 28 December 1942 | decommissioned 1954, scrapped 1972 | 
| Carron |  Royal Navy | C | destroyer | 1,710 | 6 November 1944 | paid off March 1963, scrapped 1967 | 
| Carysfort |  Royal Navy | C | destroyer | 1,710 | 20 February 1945 | paid off February 1969, scrapped 1970 | 
| Case |  United States Navy | destroyer | 1,450 | 15 September 1936 | scrapped 1948 | |
| Cassandra |  Royal Navy | C | destroyer | 1,710 | 28 July 1944 | paid off January 1966, scrapped 1967 | 
| Cassin |  United States Navy | Mahan | destroyer | 1,450 | 21 August 1936 | destroyed 7 December 1941 but "rebuilt," scrapped 1948 | 
| Cassin Young |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 31 December 1943 | decommissioned 1960, museum ship at Boston, MA | 
| Castleton |  Royal Navy | Town | destroyer | 1,190 | 9 September 1940 | scrapped 1947 | 
| Catamarca |  Argentine Navy | Catamarca | destroyer | 1,010 | ca.1912 | Sold 1959 | 
| Cavalier |  Royal Navy | C | destroyer | 1,710 | 22 November 1944 | Paid off July 1972 museum ship | 
| Cavendish |  Royal Navy | C | destroyer | 1,710 | 13 December 1944 | paid off 1964, scrapped 1967 | 
| Cayuga |  Royal Canadian Navy | Tribal | destroyer | 1,850 | 20 October 1947 | built and launched during the war, paid off 27 February 1964 | 
| Cervantes |  Argentine Navy | Cervantes | destroyer | 1,522 | Discarded 24 June 1961 | |
| Champlin |  United States Navy | Benson | destroyer | 1,620 | 12 September 1942 | decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1972 | 
| Chaplet |  Royal Navy | C | destroyer | 1,710 | 24 August 1945 | Laid up 1961. Sold for scrapping 1965.[9] | 
| Charles Ausburne |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 24 November 1942 | scrapped 1968 | 
| Charles F. Hughes |  United States Navy | Benson | destroyer | 1,620 | 5 September 1940 | decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1969 | 
| Charles J. Badger |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 23 July 1943 | decommissioned 1957, scrapped 1974 | 
| Charles P. Cecil |  United States Navy | Gearing | destroyer | 2,250 | 29 June 1945 | to Greece 1980, scrapped 2003 | 
| Charles R. Ware |  United States Navy | Gearing | destroyer | 2,250 | 21 July 1945 | decommissioned 1974, sunk as target 1981 | 
| Charles S. Sperry |  United States Navy | Sumner | destroyer | 2,200 | 17 May 1944 | to Chile 1974, scrapped 1990 | 
| Charlestown |  Royal Navy | Town | destroyer | 1,190 | 23 September 1940 | scrapped 1947[10] | 
| Charrette |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 18 May 1943 | to Greece 1959, museum ship at Athens | 
| Chauncey |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 31 May 1943 | decommissioned 1954, scrapped 1972 | 
| Chelsea |  Royal Navy  Royal Canadian Navy  Soviet Navy | Town | destroyer | 1,190 | 9 September 1940 | to Canada November 1942, to USSR July 1944 as Derzkiy | 
| Chequers |  Royal Navy | C | destroyer | 1,710 | 28 September 1945 | scrapped 1966. | 
| Chesterfield |  Royal Navy | Town | destroyer | 1,190 | 9 September 1940 | scrapped 1947 | 
| Chevalier (I) |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 20 June 1942 | sunk 7 October 1943 | 
| Chevalier (II) |  United States Navy | Gearing | destroyer | 2,250 | 9 January 1945 | to South Korea 1977 | 
| Chevron |  Royal Navy | C | destroyer | 1,710 | 23 August 1945 | scrapped 1969 | 
| Chew |  United States Navy | Wickes | destroyer | 1,190 | 12 December 1918 | scrapped 1946 | 
| Chieftain |  Royal Navy | C | destroyer | 1,710 | 7 March 1946 | Scrapped 1961 | 
| Churchill |  Royal Navy  Soviet Navy | Town | destroyer | 1,190 | 9 September 1940 | to USSR as Deyatelny 16 July 1944, sunk 16 January 1945 | 
| Clare |  Royal Navy | Town | destroyer | 1,190 | 9 September 1940 | scrapped 1945 | 
| Clarence K. Bronson |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 11 June 1943 | to Turkey 1967, scrapped 1987 | 
| Clark |  United States Navy | Porter | destroyer | 1,850 | 20 May 1936 | scrapped 1946 | 
| Claxton |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 8 December 1942 | To West Germany 1959 | 
| Clemson |  United States Navy | Clemson | destroyer | 1,250 | 29 December 1919 | Decommissioned 12 October 1945 | 
| Cockade |  Royal Navy | C | destroyer | 1,885 | 29 September 1945 | Paid off 1958, scrapped 1964 | 
| Codrington |  Royal Navy | A destroyer leader | destroyer | 1,350 | 4 June 1930 | sunk 27 July 1940 | 
| Coghlan |  United States Navy | Benson | destroyer | 1,620 | 10 July 1942 | decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1974 | 
| Cogswell |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 17 August 1943 | to Turkey 1969, scrapped 1980 | 
| Colahan |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 23 August 1943 | sunk as target 1966 | 
| Cole |  United States Navy | Wickes | destroyer | 1,190 | 19 June 1919 | scrapped 1947 | 
| Colhoun (I) |  United States Navy | Wickes | destroyer | 1,060 | 13 June 1918 | sunk 30 August 1942 | 
| Calhoun (II) |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 8 July 1944 | Sunk 6 April 1945 | 
| Collett |  United States Navy | Sumner | destroyer | 2,200 | 16 May 1944 | to Argentina 1974 | 
| Columbia |  Royal Canadian Navy | Town | destroyer | 1,060 | 24 September 1940 | paid off August 1945 | 
| Comet |  Royal Navy | C | destroyer | 1,885 | 6 June 1945 | Paid off 1958, scrapped 1962 | 
| Compton |  United States Navy | Sumner | destroyer | 2,200 | 4 November 1944 | to Brazil 1972, scrapped 1990 | 
| Cone |  United States Navy | Gearing | destroyer | 2,250 | 18 August 1945 | to Pakistan 1982, scrapped 1998 | 
| Conner (II) |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 8 June 1943 | to Greece 1959, scrapped 1997 | 
| Contest |  Royal Navy | C | destroyer | 1,885 | 9 November 1945 | scrapped 1960 | 
| Converse |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 20 November 1942 | to Spain 1959, scrapped 1988 | 
| Conway |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 9 October 1942 | sunk as target 1970 | 
| Cony |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 30 October 1942 | sunk as target 1970 | 
| Conyngham |  United States Navy | Mahan | destroyer | 1,450 | 4 November 1936 | scuttled 1948 after A-bomb test | 
| Cooper |  United States Navy | Sumner | destroyer | 2,200 | 9 February 1944 | sunk 3 December 1944 | 
| Corry |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 18 December 1941 | sunk 6 June 1944 | 
| Cossack (I) |  Royal Navy | Tribal | destroyer | 2,020 | 7 June 1938 | sunk 24 October 1941 | 
| Cossack (II) |  Royal Navy | C | destroyer | 1,885 | 4 September 1945 | scrapped 1961 | 
| Corrientes |  Argentine Navy | Buenos Aires | destroyer | 1,375 | Lost 3 October 1941 | |
| Cotten |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 24 July 1943 | decommissioned 1960, scrapped 1975 | 
| Cowell |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 23 August 1943 | to Argentina 1971, scrapped 1982 | 
| Cowie |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 1 June 1942 | decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1972 | 
| Crane |  United States Navy | Wickes | destroyer | 1,190 | 18 April 1919 | scrapped 1946 | 
| Craven |  United States Navy | Gridley | destroyer | 1,590 | 2 September 1937 | scrapped 1947 | 
| Crescent |  Royal Canadian Navy | C | destroyer | 1,900 | 21 August 1945 | delivered to Canada January 1945, scrapped 1971 | 
| Crosby |  United States Navy | Wickes | destroyer | 1,190 | 24 January 1919 | scrapped 1946 | 
| Crusader |  Royal Canadian Navy | C | destroyer | 1,900 | 26 November 1945 | delivered to Canada January 1945, scrapped 1971 | 
| Cummings |  United States Navy | Mahan | destroyer | 1,450 | 25 November 1936 | scrapped 1947 | 
| Cushing (I) |  United States Navy | Mahan | destroyer | 1,450 | 28 August 1936 | sunk 13 November 1942 | 
| Cushing (II) |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 17 January 1944 | to Brazil 1961, scrapped 1982 | 
| Dahlgren |  United States Navy | Clemson | destroyer | 1,200 | 6 January 1920 | scrapped 1946 | 
| Dale |  United States Navy | Farragut | destroyer | 1,365 | 17 June 1935 | scrapped 1947 | 
| Dallas |  United States Navy | Clemson | destroyer | 1,200 | 29 October 1920 | scrapped 1945 | 
| Daly |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 24 October 1942 | decommissioned 1960, scrapped 1976 | 
| Dashiell |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 20 March 1943 | decommissioned 1960, scrapped 1975 | 
| David W. Taylor |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 18 September 1943 | to Spain 1957, scrapped 1987 | 
| Davis |  United States Navy | Somers | destroyer | 1,850 | 9 November 1938 | scrapped 1947 | 
| Davison |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 11 September 1942 | decommissioned 1949, scrapped 1973 | 
| Decatur |  United States Navy | Clemson | destroyer | 1,200 | August 1922 | scrapped 1945 | 
| Decoy |  Royal Navy  Royal Canadian Navy | D | destroyer | 1,375 | 4 April 1933 | Transferred to RCN 12 April 1943 as HMCS Kootenay, paid off 26 October 1945 | 
| De Haven (I) |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 21 June 1942 | sunk 1 February 1943 | 
| De Haven (II) |  United States Navy | Sumner | destroyer | 2,200 | 31 March 1944 | to South Korea 1973, scrapped 1993 | 
| Dennis J. Buckley |  United States Navy | Gearing | destroyer | 2,250 | 2 March 1945 | scrapped 1974 | 
| Dent |  United States Navy | Wickes | destroyer | 1,150 | 9 September 1918 | scrapped 1946 | 
| Dewey |  United States Navy | Farragut | destroyer | 1,365 | 14 October 1934 | scrapped 1946 | 
| Diana |  Royal Navy  Royal Canadian Navy | D | destroyer | 1,375 | 21 December 1932 | Transferred to RCN 6 September 1940 as HMCS Margaree, sunk in 22 October 1940 | 
| Dickerson |  United States Navy | Wickes | destroyer | 1,150 | 3 September 1919 | sunk 4 April 1945 | 
| Doran |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 4 August 1942 | decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1973 | 
| Dorsey |  United States Navy | Wickes | destroyer | 1,150 | 16 September 1918 | grounded in typhoon, 9 October 1945 | 
| Dortch |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 7 August 1943 | to Argentina 1961, scrapped 1977 | 
| Douglas H. Fox |  United States Navy | Sumner | destroyer | 2,200 | 26 December 1944 | to Chile 1974, sunk as target 1998 | 
| Downes |  United States Navy | Mahan | destroyer | 1,450 | 15 January 1937 | destroyed 7 December 1941 but "rebuilt," scrapped 1948 | 
| Doyle |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 27 January 1943 | decommissioned 1955, scrapped 1972 | 
| Drayton |  United States Navy | Mahan | destroyer | 1,450 | 1 September 1936 | scrapped 1947 | 
| Drexler |  United States Navy | Sumner | destroyer | 2,200 | 14 November 1944 | sunk 28 May 1945 | 
| Duncan (I) |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 16 April 1942 | sunk 12 October 1942 | 
| Duncan (II) |  United States Navy | Gearing | destroyer | 2,250 | 25 February 1945 | decommissioned 1971, sunk as target 1980 | 
| Dunlap |  United States Navy | Mahan | destroyer | 1,450 | 12 June 1937 | scrapped 1948 | 
| Du Pont |  United States Navy | Wickes | destroyer | 1,150 | 30 April 1919 | scrapped 1947 | 
| Dyess |  United States Navy | Gearing | destroyer | 2,250 | 21 May 1945 | scrapped 1981 | 
| Dyson |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 30 December 1942 | to West Germany 1960, scrapped 1982 | 
| Earle |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 1 September 1942 | decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1970 | 
| Eberle |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 4 December 1940 | Transferred to Greece, 22 January 1951, scrapped 1972 | 
| Echo |  Royal Navy  Hellenic Navy | E | destroyer | 1,405 | 22 October 1934 | to Greece as Navarion 5 April 1944, scrapped April 1956 | 
| Edison |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 31 January 1941 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1966 | 
| Edwards |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 18 September 1942 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1973 | 
| Ellet |  United States Navy | Benham | destroyer | 1,500 | 17 February 1939 | scrapped 1947 | 
| Ellyson |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 28 November 1941 | to Japan 1954, scrapped 1970 | 
| Emmons |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 5 December 1941 | sunk 6 April 1945 | 
| Endicott |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 25 February 1943 | decommissioned 1955, scrapped 1970 | 
| Entre Rios |  Argentine Navy | Buenos Aires | destroyer | 1,375 | ||
| Ericsson |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 13 March 1941 | decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1970 | 
| Eskimo |  Royal Navy | Tribal | destroyer | 2,020 | 30 December 1938 | scrapped 1949 | 
| Express |  Royal Navy  Royal Canadian Navy | E | destroyer | 1,405 | 29 May 1934 | Transferred to RCN June 1943 as HMCS Gatineau, paid off 1955 | 
| Fanning |  United States Navy | Mahan | destroyer | 1,450 | 8 October 1937 | scrapped 1948 | 
| Farenholt |  United States Navy | Benson | destroyer | 1,620 | 2 April 1942 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1972 | 
| Farragut |  United States Navy | Farragut | destroyer | 1,365 | 18 June 1934 | scrapped 1947 | 
| Finisterre |  Royal Navy | Battle | destroyer | 2,325 | 11 September 1945[8] | paid off 1965, scrapped 1967 | 
| Fitch |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 3 February 1942 | decommissioned 1956, sunk as target 1973 | 
| Fletcher |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,100 | 30 June 1942 | Decommissioned 1 August 1969, scrapped 1972 | 
| Flusser |  United States Navy | Mahan | destroyer | 1,450 | 1 October 1936 | scrapped 1948 | 
| Forrest |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 13 January 1942 | scrapped 1946 | 
| Fortune |  Royal Navy  Royal Canadian Navy | F | destroyer | 1,405 | 27 April 1935 | to Canada as Saskatchewan 31 May 1943, mined 21 June 1944 | 
| Foxhound |  Royal Navy  Royal Canadian Navy | V | destroyer | 1,405 | 6 June 1935 | Transferred to RCN 8 February 1944 as HMCS Qu'Appelle, paid off 26 May 1946 | 
| Frankford |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 31 March 1943 | decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1973 | 
| Fraser |  Royal Canadian Navy | C | destroyer | 1,375 | 17 February 1937 | sunk in a collision 25 June 1940 | 
| Frazier |  United States Navy | Benson | destroyer | 1,620 | 30 July 1942 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1972 | 
| Fubuki |  Imperial Japanese Navy | Fubuki | destroyer | 1.750 | 10 August 1928 | sunk 11 October 1942 | 
| Fujinami |  Imperial Japanese Navy | Yūgumo | destroyer | 2.520 | 31 July 1943 | sunk 10 January 1945 | 
| Fumizuki |  Imperial Japanese Navy | Mutsuki | destroyer | 1.315 | 3 July 1926 | sunk 18 February 1944 | 
| Fury |  Royal Navy | F | destroyer | 1,405 | 10 September 1934 | mined 21 June 1944, not repaired | 
| Fuyuzuki |  Imperial Japanese Navy | Akizuki | destroyer | 2.700 | 30 April 1944 | scrapped and converted to breakwater 1948 | 
| Gabbard |  Royal Navy | Battle | destroyer | 2,325 | 10 December 1946[8] | paid off 1953 | 
| Gallant |  Royal Navy | G | destroyer | 1,335 | 25 February 1936 | sunk as a blockship September 1943, scrapped 1953 | 
| Gansevoort |  United States Navy | Benson | destroyer | 1,620 | 25 August 1942 | decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1972 | 
| Garland |  Royal Navy  Poland | G | destroyer | 1,335 | 3 March 1936 | to Poland 3 May 1940, paid off 24 September 1946 | 
| Georgetown |  Royal Navy  Royal Canadian Navy  Soviet Navy | Town | destroyer | 1,200 | 23 September 1940 | to Canada Sept 1942, to USSR as Doblestny 10 August 1944 | 
| Gherardi |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 15 September 1942 | decommissioned 1955, sunk as target 1973 | 
| Gillespie |  United States Navy | Benson | destroyer | 1,620 | 18 September 1942 | decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1973 | 
| Gipsy |  Royal Navy | G | destroyer | 1,350 | 22 February 1936 | sunk 21 November 1939 | 
| Gleaves |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 14 June 1940 | Sold 29 June 1972 and broken up for scrap | 
| Glennon |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 8 October 1942 | sunk 10 June 1944 | 
| Glowworm |  Royal Navy | G | destroyer | 1,350 | 22 January 1936 | sunk 8 April 1940 | 
| Goldsborough |  United States Navy | Clemson | destroyer | 1,250 | 26 January 1920 | Decommissioned 11 October 1945 | 
| Grafton |  Royal Navy | G | destroyer | 1,350 | 20 March 1936 | scuttled after torpedo attack by U-62 on 29 May 1940 | 
| Gravelines |  Royal Navy | Battle | destroyer | 2,325 | 14 June 1946[8] | paid off March 1953 | 
| Grayson |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 14 February 1941 | decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1974 | 
| Greenhalgh |  Brazilian Navy | Marcilio Dias | destroyer | 1,500 | 29 November 1943 | decommissioned 1966 | 
| Grenade |  Royal Navy | G | destroyer | 1,350 | 28 March 1936 | sunk 29 May 1940 | 
| Grenville (I) |  Royal Navy | G | destroyer | 1,350 | 1 July 1936 | sunk 19 January 1940 | 
| Grenville (II) |  Royal Navy | U | destroyer | 1,777 | 27 May 1943 | paid off 1974, scrapped 1983 | 
| Greyhound |  Royal Navy | G | destroyer | 1,350 | 1 February 1936 | sunk 22 May 1941 | 
| Gridley |  United States Navy | Gridley | destroyer | 1,590 | 24 June 1937 | scrapped 1947 | 
| Griffin |  Royal Navy  Royal Canadian Navy | G | destroyer | 1,350 | 6 June 1936 | to Canada 1 March 1943 as HMCS Ottawa, paid off May 1945 | 
| Grom |  Poland | Grom | destroyer | 1,975 | 11 May 1937 | sunk 4 May 1940 | 
| Gurkha (I) |  Royal Navy | Tribal | destroyer | 2,020 | 21 October 1938 | sunk 9 April 1940 | 
| Gurkha (II) |  Royal Navy | L | destroyer | 1,920 | 18 February 1941 | sunk 17 January 1942 | 
| Gwin |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 15 January 1941 | sunk 13 July 1943 | 
| Haida |  Royal Canadian Navy | Tribal | destroyer | 2,020 | 30 August 1943 | paid off11 October 1963, museum ship | 
| Hambleton |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 22 December 1941 | decommissioned 1955, scrapped 1972 | 
| Hamilton |  Royal Navy  Royal Canadian Navy | Town | destroyer | 1,060 | 23 September 1940 | to Canada June 1941 | 
| Hammann |  United States Navy | Sims | destroyer | 1,570 | 11 August 1939 | sunk 6 June 1942 | 
| Harding |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 25 May 1943 | scrapped 1947 | 
| Hardy (I) |  Royal Navy | H | destroyer | 1,455 | 11 December 1936 | beached and capsized under attack 10 April 1940 | 
| Hardy (II) |  Royal Navy | V | destroyer | 1,710 | August 1943 | sunk 30 January 1944 | 
| Harvester |  Royal Navy | Havant | destroyer | 1,340 | 23 May 1940 | sunk 11 March 1943 | 
| Hasty |  Royal Navy | H | destroyer | 1,350 | 11 November 1936 | sunk 15 June 1942. | 
| Havant |  Royal Navy | Havant | destroyer | 1,340 | 19 December 1939 | scuttled 1 June 1940 | 
| Havelock |  Royal Navy | Havant | destroyer | 1,340 | 10 February 1940 | scrapped October 1946 | 
| Havock |  Royal Navy | H | destroyer | 1,350 | 16 January 1937 | ran aground 6 April 1942 | 
| Heermann |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 6 July 1943 | transfer to Argentina 1961, scrapped 1982 | 
| Helm |  United States Navy | Bagley | destroyer | 1,500 | 16 October 1937 | scrapped 1947 | 
| Henley |  United States Navy | Bagley | destroyer | 1,500 | 14 August 1937 | sunk 3 October 1943 | 
| Hereward |  Royal Navy | H | destroyer | 1,350 | 9 December 1936 | sunk 29 May 1941 | 
| Herndon |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 20 December 1942 | decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1973 | 
| Hero |  Royal Navy  Royal Canadian Navy | H | destroyer | 1,350 | 23 October 1936 | to Canada 15 November 1943 as HMCS Chaudière, paid off 19 March 1946 | 
| Hesperus |  Royal Navy | Havant | destroyer | 1,340 | 22 January 1940 | scrapped November 1946 | 
| Highlander |  Royal Navy | Havant | destroyer | 1,340 | 18 March 1940 | scrapped May 1946 | 
| Hilary P. Jones |  United States Navy | Benson | destroyer | 1,620 | 6 September 1940 | to Taiwan 1954, scrapped 1974 | 
| Hobby |  United States Navy | Benson | destroyer | 1,620 | 18 November 1942 | decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1972 | 
| Hobson |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 22 January 1942 | sunk in collision 1952 | 
| Hoel |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,100 | 19 July 1943 | sunk 25 October 1944, Battle of Samar | 
| Hostile |  Royal Navy | H | destroyer | 1,350 | 10 September 1936 | scuttled 23 August 1940 | 
| Hotspur |  Royal Navy | H | destroyer | 1,350 | 29 December 1936 | to Dominican Republic after war | 
| Hogue |  Royal Navy | Battle | destroyer | 2,325 | 24 July 1945 | constructive loss 25 August 1962 | 
| Hughes |  United States Navy | Sims | destroyer | 1,570 | 21 September 1939 | scuttled after A-bomb test 1948 | 
| Hull |  United States Navy | Farragut | destroyer | 1,365 | 11 January 1935 | foundered in typhoon 18 December 1944 | 
| Hunter |  Royal Navy | H | destroyer | 1,350 | 30 September 1936 | sunk 10 April 1940 | 
| Huron |  Royal Canadian Navy | Tribal | destroyer | 1,927 | 19 July 1943 | scrapped 1965 | 
| Hurricane |  Royal Navy | Havant | destroyer | 1,340 | 21 June 1940 | sunk 24 December 1943 | 
| Giuseppe Miraglia | _crowned.svg.png) Regia Marina | seaplane tender | 4,965 | 1927 | decommissioned 15 July 1950 | |
| Hydra |  Hellenic Navy | Freccia modified | destroyer | 1,350 | 1933 | sunk 22 April 1941 | 
| Hyperion |  Royal Navy | H | destroyer | 1,350 | 3 December 1936 | sunk 22 December 1940 | 
| Ierax |  Hellenic Navy | Wild Beast | destroyer | 1,030 | 19 October 1912 | Decommissioned 1946 | 
| Ingraham |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 19 July 1941 | sunk 22 August 1942 | 
| Iroquois |  Royal Canadian Navy | Tribal | destroyer | 2,020 | 30 November 1942 | paid off 24 October 1962, scrapped 1966 | 
| Jackal |  Royal Navy | J | destroyer | 1,690 | 31 March 1939 | scuttled 11 May 1942 | 
| Jaguar |  Royal Navy | J | destroyer | 1,690 | 12 September 1939 | sunk 26 March 1942 by U-652 | 
| Janus |  Royal Navy | J | destroyer | 1,690 | 5 August 1939 | sunk 23 January 1944 | 
| Jarvis |  United States Navy | Bagley | destroyer | 1,500 | 27 October 1937 | sunk 9 August 1942 | 
| Javelin |  Royal Navy | J | destroyer | 1,690 | 10 June 1939 | scrapped 1949 | 
| Jeffers |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 5 November 1942 | decommissioned 1955, scrapped 1973 | 
| Jersey |  Royal Navy | J | destroyer | 1,690 | 28 April 1939 | sank 4 May 1941 | 
| Jervis |  Royal Navy | J | destroyer | 1,690 | 12 May 1939 | scrapped 1949 | 
| Johnston |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,700 | 27 October 1943 | sunk 25 October 1944 | 
| Jouett |  United States Navy | Somers | destroyer | 1,850 | 25 January 1939 | scrapped 1946 | 
| Juan De Garray |  Argentine Navy | Churruca | destroyer | 1,522 | Discarded 25 March 1960 | |
| Jujuy |  Argentine Navy | Catamarca | destroyer | 1,010 | Sold 10 January 1957 | |
| Juno |  Royal Navy | J | destroyer | 1,690 | 25 August 1939 | sunk 21 May 1941 | 
| Jupiter |  Royal Navy | J | destroyer | 1,690 | 25 June 1939 | sank 28 February 1942 | 
| Kalk |  United States Navy | Benson | destroyer | 1,620 | 17 October 1942 | decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1969 | 
| Kandahar |  Royal Navy | K | destroyer | 1,690 | 10 October 1939 | sunk 20 December 1941 | 
| Kashmir |  Royal Navy | K | destroyer | 1,690 | 26 October 1939 | sunk 23 May 1941 | 
| Kearny |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 13 September 1940 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1972 | 
| Keith |  Royal Navy | B | destroyer | 1,350 | 20 March 1931 | sunk 1 June 1940 | 
| Kelly |  Royal Navy | K | destroyer | 1,690 | 23 August 1939 | sunk 23 May 1941 | 
| Kelvin |  Royal Navy | K | destroyer | 1,690 | 27 November 1939 | scrapped 1949 | 
| Kempenfelt |  Royal Navy | W | destroyer | 1,710 | 25 October 1943 | paid off January 1946 | 
| Kendrick |  United States Navy | Benson | destroyer | 1,620 | 12 September 1942 | decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1966 | 
| Khartoum |  Royal Navy | K | destroyer | 1,690 | 6 November 1939 | sunk 23 June 1940 | 
| Kimberley |  Royal Navy | K | destroyer | 1,690 | 21 February 1940 | scrapped 1949 | 
| Kingston |  Royal Navy | K | destroyer | 1,690 | 14 September 1939 | constructive total loss 11 April 1942 | 
| Kipling |  Royal Navy | K | destroyer | 1,690 | 22 December 1939 | sunk 11 May 1942 | 
| Knapp |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,500 | 16 September 1943 | Decommissioned: 4 March 1957, scrapped 1972 | 
| Knight |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 23 June 1942 | decommissioned 1947, sunk as target 1967 | 
| Kortenaer |  Netherlands | Admiralen | destroyer | 1,680 | 3 September 1928 | sunk 27 February 1942 | 
| Kountouriotis |  Hellenic Navy | Freccia modified | destroyer | 1,389 | 1933 | decommissioned 1946 | 
| La Rioja |  Argentine Navy | destroyer | 1,570 | |||
| Laffey (I) |  United States Navy | Benson | destroyer | 1,620 | 31 March 1942 | sunk 13 November 1942 | 
| Laffey (II) |  United States Navy | Sumner | destroyer | 2,200 | 8 February 1944 | decommissioned 1975, memorial at Charleston, SC | 
| Laforey |  Royal Navy | L | destroyer | 1,920 | 26 August 1941 | sunk 30 March 1944 by U-223 | 
| Lagos |  Royal Navy | Battle | destroyer | 2,325 | 2 November 1945[8] | paid off 1960, scrapped 1967 | 
| Lamson |  United States Navy | Mahan | destroyer | 1,450 | 21 October 1936 | sunk in A-bomb test, 1946 | 
| Lance |  Royal Navy | L | destroyer | 1,920 | 13 May 1941 | constructive loss and scrapped April 1942 | 
| Lang |  United States Navy | Benham | destroyer | 1,500 | 30 March 1939 | scrapped 1947 | 
| Lansdale |  United States Navy | Benson | destroyer | 1,620 | 17 September 1940 | sunk 20 April 1944 | 
| Lansdowne |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 29 April 1942 | to Turkey 1949, scrapped 1973 | 
| Lardner |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 13 May 1942 | to Turkey 1949, sunk as target 1982 | 
| Laub |  United States Navy | Benson | destroyer | 1,620 | 24 October 1942 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1975 | 
| Leeds |  Royal Navy | Caldwell | destroyer | 1,125 | 12 January 1918 | paid off April 1945 | 
| Legion |  Royal Navy | L | destroyer | 1,920 | 19 December 1940 | sunk 26 March 1942 | 
| Leamington |  Royal Navy  Royal Canadian Navy  Soviet Navy | Town | destroyer | 1,327 | 23 October 1940 | to Canada October 1942, to USSR 16 July 1944 | 
| Leningrad |  Soviet Navy | Leningrad | destroyer | 2,150 | December 1936 | scrapped in 1960 | 
| Leon |  Hellenic Navy | Wild Beast | destroyer | 1,030 | 19 October 1912 | sunk 15 May 1941 | 
| Léopard |  Free French Naval Forces | Chacal | destroyer | 2,126 | 31 August 1940 | sunk 27 May 1943 | 
| Lewes |  Royal Navy | Caldwell | destroyer | 1,125 | 23 October 1940 | scuttled 25 May 1946 | 
| Lightning |  Royal Navy | L | destroyer | 1,920 | 28 May 1941 | sunk 12 March 1943 | 
| Lincoln |  Royal Navy  Royal Norwegian Navy  Royal Canadian Navy | Town | destroyer | 1,190 | 20 October 1940 | to Norway February 1942, to Canada July 1942 - Dec 1943 | 
| Lively |  Royal Navy | L | destroyer | 1,920 | 20 July 1941 | sunk 11 May 1942 | 
| Livermore |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 7 October 1940 | Sold 3 March 1961 for scrapping | 
| Lookout |  Royal Navy | L | destroyer | 1,920 | 30 January 1942 | paid off 19 October 1945, scrapped February 1948 | 
| Loyal |  Royal Navy | L | destroyer | 1,920 | 31 October 1942 | constructive loss 12 October 1944,, scrapped 1948 | 
| Ludlow |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 5 March 1941 | to Greece 1951, scrapped 1972 | 
| Macdonough |  United States Navy | Farragut | destroyer | 1,365 | 15 March 1935 | scrapped 1947 | 
| MacKenzie |  United States Navy | Benson | destroyer | 1,620 | 21 November 1942 | decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1974 | 
| Macomb |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 26 January 1942 | to Japan 1954, to Taiwan 1970, scrapped 1980 | 
| Maddox |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 31 October 1942 | sunk 10 July 1943 | 
| Madison |  United States Navy | Benson | destroyer | 1,620 | 6 August 1940 | decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1969 | 
| Mahan |  United States Navy | Mahan | destroyer | 1,450 | 18 September 1936 | sunk 7 December 1944 | 
| Mahratta |  Royal Navy | M | destroyer | 1,920 | 28 July 1942 | sunk 25 February 1944 | 
| Mansfield |  Royal Navy | Town | destroyer | 1,190 | 23 October 1940 | paid off 22 June 1944 | 
| Maori |  Royal Navy | Tribal | destroyer | 2,020 | 2 January 1939 | sunk 12 February 1942 | 
| Marcilio Dias |  Brazilian Navy | Marcilio Dias | destroyer | 1,500 | 29 November 1943 | Decommissioned 22 August 1972 | 
| Mariz e Barros |  Brazilian Navy | Marcilio Dias | destroyer | 1,500 | 29 November 1943 | Decommissioned 22 August 1972 | 
| Marne |  Royal Navy | M | destroyer | 1,920 | 2 December 1941 | scrapped 1970 | 
| Martin |  Royal Navy | M | destroyer | 1,920 | sunk 10 November 1942 | |
| Mashona |  Royal Navy | Tribal | destroyer | 2,020 | 28 March 1939 | sunk 28 May 1941 | 
| Matabele |  Royal Navy | Tribal | destroyer | 2,020 | 25 January 1939 | sunk 17 January 1941 | 
| Matchless |  Royal Navy | M | destroyer | 1,920 | 12 February 1942 | paid off 12 February 1942 | 
| Maury |  United States Navy | Gridley | destroyer | 1,590 | 5 August 1938 | scrapped 1946 | 
| Mayo |  United States Navy | Benson | destroyer | 1,620 | 18 September 1940 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1972 | 
| Mayrant |  United States Navy | Benson | destroyer | 1,500 | 13 September 1939 | scuttled after A-bomb test 1948 | 
| McCall |  United States Navy | Gridley | destroyer | 1,590 | 22 June 1938 | scrapped 1947 | 
| McCalla |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 27 May 1942 | to Turkey 1949, scrapped 1973 | 
| McCook |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 15 March 1943 | decommissioned 1949, scrapped 1973 | 
| McDougal |  United States Navy | Porter | destroyer | 1,850 | 23 December 1936 | scrapped 1949 | 
| McLanahan |  United States Navy | Benson | destroyer | 1,620 | 19 December 1942 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1974 | 
| Meade |  United States Navy | Benson | destroyer | 1,620 | 22 June 1942 | decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1973 | 
| Melvin |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 24 November 1943 | Decommissioned 13 January 1954, scrapped 1975 | 
| Mendoza |  Argentine Navy | Mendoza | destroyer | 1,570 | Discarded 30 April 1962 | |
| Meredith |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 1 March 1941 | sunk 15 October 1942 | 
| Mervine |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 17 June 1942 | decommissioned 1949, scrapped 1969 | 
| Meteor |  Royal Navy | M | destroyer | 1,920 | 12 August 1942 | |
| Micmac |  Royal Canadian Navy | Tribal | destroyer | 1,927 | 18 September 1945 | built and launched during war, paid off 31 March 1964 | 
| Milne |  Royal Navy | M | destroyer | 1,935 | 6 August 1942 | |
| Minegumo |  Imperial Japanese Navy | Asashio | destroyer | 1,961 | ||
| Misiones |  Argentine Navy | Buenos Aires | destroyer | 1,375 | Discarded 3 May 1971 | |
| Moffett |  United States Navy | Porter | destroyer | 1,850 | 28 August 1936 | scrapped 1947 | 
| Mohawk |  Royal Navy | Tribal | destroyer | 2,020 | 7 September 1938 | sunk 16 April 1941 | 
| Monaghan |  United States Navy | Farragut | destroyer | 1,365 | 18 April 1935 | foundered in typhoon 18 December 1944 | 
| Monssen |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 14 March 1941 | Sunk 13 November 1942 | 
| Montgomery |  Royal Navy  Royal Canadian Navy | Town | destroyer | 1,247 | 23 October 1940 | to Canada 1942, paid off 22 June 1944 | 
| Morris |  United States Navy | Sims | destroyer | 1,570 | 5 March 1940 | scrapped 1947 | 
| Morrison |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 tons | 18 December 1943 | Sunk by kamikazes, 4 May 1945 | 
| Mugford |  United States Navy | Bagley | destroyer | 1,500 | 16 August 1937 | scuttled after A-bomb test 1948 | 
| Murasame |  Imperial Japanese Navy | Shiratsuyu | destroyer | 1,685 | 7 January 1937 | sunk 4 March 1943 | 
| Murphy |  United States Navy | Benson | destroyer | 1,620 | 25 July 1942 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1972 | 
| Musketeer |  Royal Navy | M | destroyer | 1,935 | 18 September 1942 | scrapped 1955 | 
| Mustin |  United States Navy | Sims | destroyer | 1,570 | 15 September 1939 | scuttled after A-bomb test 1948 | 
| Myrmidon |  Royal Navy | M | destroyer | 1,920 | 1941 | to Greece as Orkan 18 Nov 1942, sunk 8 October 1943 | 
| Myngs |  Royal Navy | V | destroyer | 1,830 | 23 June 1944 | |
| Napier |  Royal Australian Navy | N | destroyer | 1,773 | 28 November 1940 | 25 October 1945 | 
| Natsuzuki |  Imperial Japanese Navy | Akizuki | destroyer | 2,700 | 8 April 1945 | scrapped after the war | 
| Nelson |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 26 November 1942 | decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1969 | 
| Nepal |  Royal Australian Navy | N | destroyer | 1,773 | 29 May 1942 | paid off 22 October 1945, sold for scrap 1955 | 
| Nestor |  Royal Australian Navy | N | destroyer | 1,773 | 12 February 1941 | scuttled 15 June 1942 | 
| Newark |  Royal Navy | Town | destroyer | 1,060 | 26 November 1940 | scrapped February 1947 | 
| Newmarket |  Royal Navy | Town | destroyer | 1,060 | 26 November 1940 | scrapped September 1945 | 
| Newport |  Royal Norwegian Navy | Town | destroyer | 1,190 | March 1942 | June 1942, returned to RN | 
| Niagara |  Royal Canadian Navy | Town | destroyer | 1,190 | 24 September 1940 | paid off 27 May 1946 | 
| Niblack |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 1 August 1940 | Sold 16 August 1973 and broken up for scrap | 
| Nicholson |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 3 June 1941 | to Italy 1951, sunk as target 1975 | 
| Nields |  United States Navy | Benson | destroyer | 1,620 | 15 January 1943 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1972 | 
| Nizam |  Royal Australian Navy | N | destroyer | 1,773 | 19 December 1940 | paid off 17 October 1945, sold for scrap 1955 | 
| Nootka |  Royal Canadian Navy | Tribal | destroyer | 1,927 | 9 August 1946 | built and launched during war, paid off 6 February 1964 | 
| Norman |  Royal Australian Navy | N | destroyer | 1,773 | 29 September 1941 | paid off October 1945, sold for scrap 1958 | 
| Nubian |  Royal Navy | Tribal | destroyer | 2,020 | 6 December 1938 | scrapped 1949 | 
| O'Brien |  United States Navy | Sims | destroyer | 1,570 | 2 March 1940 | sunk 19 October 1942 | 
| Offa |  Royal Navy | O | destroyer | 1,540 | 20 September 1941 | scrapped 1959 | 
| Onslaught |  Royal Navy | O | destroyer | 1,540 | 19 June 1942 | scrapped 1977 | 
| Onslow |  Royal Navy | O | destroyer | 1,540 | 8 October 1941 | paid off April 1947 | 
| Ordronaux |  United States Navy | Benson | destroyer | 1,620 | 13 February 1943 | decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1973 | 
| Orella |  Chile | Serrano | destroyer | 1,090 | ||
| Oribi |  Royal Navy | O | destroyer | 1,540 | 5 July 1941 | paid off 1 January 1946 | 
| Ottawa |  Royal Canadian Navy | C | destroyer | 1,375 | 15 June 1938 | sunk 14 September 1942 by U-91 | 
| Ouragan |  French Navy  Free French Naval Forces,  Poland | Bourrasque | destroyer | 1,319 | 19 January 1927 | to Poland 17 July 1940, to Free French 30 April 1941 scrapped 7 April 1949. | 
| Pakenham |  Royal Navy | P | destroyer | 1,690 | 4 February 1942 | constructive loss, scuttled 16 April 1943 | 
| Paladin |  Royal Navy | P | destroyer | 1,690 | December 1941 | paid off June 1961, scrapped 1962 | 
| Panther |  Hellenic Navy | Wild Beast | destroyer | 1,030 | 19 October 1912 | Decommissioned 1946 | 
| Panther |  Royal Navy | P | destroyer | 1,690 | 12 December 1941 | sunk 9 October 1943 | 
| Parker |  United States Navy | Benson | destroyer | 1,620 | 31 August 1942 | decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1973 | 
| Partridge |  Royal Navy | P | destroyer | 1,690 | 5 July 1941 | paid off 1 January 1946 | 
| Pathfinder |  Royal Navy | P | destroyer | 1,690 | 13 April 1942 | paid off 1945, scrapped 1948 | 
| Patterson |  United States Navy | Bagley | destroyer | 1,500 | 22 September 1937 | scrapped 1947 | 
| Penn |  Royal Navy | P | destroyer | 1,690 | 10 February 1942 | scrapped 30 October 1950 | 
| Perkins |  United States Navy | Mahan | destroyer | 1,450 | 18 September 1936 | sunk 29 November 1942 | 
| Petard |  Royal Navy | P | destroyer | 1,690 | 15 June 1942 | scrapped June 1967 | 
| Phelps |  United States Navy | Porter | destroyer | 1,850 | 26 February 1936 | scrapped 1947 | 
| Piorun |  Poland | N | destroyer | 1,690 | 4 November 1940 | to Poland October 1940, to UK August 1946, scrapped 1955 | 
| Plunkett |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 17 July 1940 | to Taiwan 1959, scrapped 1975 | 
| Porcupine |  Royal Navy | P | destroyer | 1,690 | 31 August 1942 | Strangest vessel of the war? Torpedoed, split almost in half, declared constructive loss March 1943. Towed to harbour, cut into two, rebuilt, and each half was re-commissioned into the Royal Navy; as HMS Pork, and HMS Pine. Paid off 31 August 1946. | 
| Porter |  United States Navy | Porter | destroyer | 1,850 | 25 August 1936 | sunk 26 October 1942 | 
| Preston |  United States Navy | Mahan | destroyer | 1,450 | 27 October 1936 | sunk 14 November 1942 | 
| Psara |  Hellenic Navy | Freccia modified | destroyer | 1,350 | 1933 | sunk 20 April 1941 | 
| Punjabi |  Royal Navy | Tribal | destroyer | 2,020 | 29 March 1939 | sunk 1 May 1942 | 
| Quadrant |  Royal Navy | Q | destroyer | 1,692 | 26 November 1942 | paid off late 1945 | 
| Quail |  Royal Navy | Q | destroyer | 1,692 | 7 January 1943 | Damaged by mine 15 November 1943, sunk under tow 18 May 1944 | 
| Quality |  Royal Navy | Q | destroyer | 1,692 | 7 September 1942 | paid off 8 October 1945 | 
| Queenborough |  Royal Navy | Q | destroyer | 1,692 | 15 September 1942 | paid off September 1945 | 
| Quentin |  Royal Navy | Q | destroyer | 1,692 | 15 April 1942 | sunk 2 December 1942 | 
| Quiberon |  Royal Navy | Q | destroyer | 1,692 | 22 October 1942 | 26 June 1964 | 
| Quick |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 3 July 1942 | decommissioned 1949, scrapped 1973 | 
| Quickmatch |  Royal Navy | Q | destroyer | 1,692 | 14 September 1942 | paid off 26 April 1963 | 
| Quilliam |  Royal Navy | Q | destroyer | 1,692 | 22 October 1942 | 21 November 1945 | 
| Racehorse |  Royal Navy | R | destroyer | 1,705 | 1942 | scrapped 8 December 1949 | 
| Raider |  Royal Navy | R | destroyer | 1,705 | 1942 | paid off January 1946 | 
| Ralph Talbot |  United States Navy | Bagley | destroyer | 1,500 | 14 October 1937 | scuttled after A-bomb test, 1948 | 
| Rapid |  Royal Navy | R | destroyer | 1,705 | ||
| Razumny |  Soviet Navy | Gnevny | destroyer | 1695 | 1941 | foundered 1960s | 
| Redoubt |  Royal Navy | R | destroyer | 1,705 | 1942 | |
| Reid |  United States Navy | Mahan | destroyer | 1,450 | 2 November 1936 | sunk 11 December 1944 | 
| Relentless |  Royal Navy | R | destroyer | 1,705 | 30 November 1942 | paid off August 1965 | 
| Restigouche |  Royal Canadian Navy | C | destroyer | 1,375 | 15 June 1938 | paid off 6 October 1945 | 
| Reuben James |  United States Navy | Clemson | destroyer | 1,200 | 24 September 1920 | sunk by U-552, 31 October 1941 | 
| Rhind |  United States Navy | Benham | destroyer | 1,500 | 10 November 1939 | scuttled after A-bomb test 1948 | 
| Richmond |  Royal Navy  Royal Canadian Navy  Soviet Navy | Town | destroyer | 1,060 | 26 November 1940 | to Canada 1942, to USSR 16 July 1944 as Jivoochyi | 
| Riquelme |  Chile | Serrano | destroyer | 1,090 | Discarded 1963 | |
| Rocket |  Royal Navy | R | destroyer | 1,705 | 4 August 1943 | paid off 11 May 1962 | 
| Rodman |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 29 April 1942 | to Taiwan 1955, damaged and struck 1969, destroyed for motion picture 1976 | 
| Roe |  United States Navy | Sims | destroyer | 1,570 | 5 January 1940 | scrapped 1947 | 
| Roebuck |  Royal Navy | R | destroyer | 1,705 | 10 June 1943 | paid off 1962 | 
| Rotherham |  Royal Navy | R | destroyer | 1,705 | August 1942 | paid off 1945 | 
| Rowan |  United States Navy | Benham | destroyer | 1,500 | 23 September 1939 | sunk 11 September 1943 | 
| Roxborough |  Royal Navy  Royal Canadian Navy  Soviet Navy | Town | destroyer | 1,060 | 23 September 1940 | to Canada 1942, to USSR 1 August 1944 as Zhyostky | 
| Russell |  United States Navy | Sims | destroyer | 1,570 | 3 November 1939 | scrapped 1947 | 
| Saguenay |  Royal Canadian Navy | A | destroyer | 1,337 | 21 May 1931 | paid up July 1945 | 
| Saintes |  Royal Navy | Battle | destroyer | 2,325 | 27 September 1946[8] | paid off May 1962, scrapped 1972 | 
| Sakura |  Imperial Japanese Navy | Matsu | destroyer | 1,262 | 25 November 1944 | sunk by mine 11 July 1945 | 
| Salisbury |  Royal Navy  Royal Canadian Navy | Town | destroyer | 1,190 | 5 December 1940 | to Canada September 1942, paid off 10 December 1943, scrapped 1944 | 
| Sampson |  United States Navy | Somers | destroyer | 1,850 | 19 August 1938 | scrapped 1946 | 
| San Juan |  Argentine Navy | Buenos Aires | destroyer | 1,375 | Discarded 1973 | |
| San Luis |  Argentine Navy | Buenos Aires | destroyer | 1,375 | Discarded 3 May 1971 | |
| Santa Cruz |  Argentine Navy | Buenos Aires | destroyer | 1,375 | Discarded 1973 | |
| Satterlee |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 1 July 1943 | Decommissioned 16 March 1946, scrapped 1972 | 
| Saumarez |  Royal Navy | S | destroyer | 1,710 | 1 July 1943 | scrapped 1950 | 
| Savage |  Royal Navy | S | destroyer | 1,710 | ||
| Schubrick |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 7 February 1943 | scrapped 1947 | 
| Scorpion |  Royal Navy | S | destroyer | 1,710 | 11 May 1943 | paid off 16 August 1945 | 
| Scourge |  Royal Navy | S | destroyer | 1,710 | 14 July 1943 | to Netherlands 1 February 1946 | 
| Selfridge |  United States Navy | Porter | destroyer | 1,850 | 25 November 1936 | scrapped 1947 | 
| Semmes |  United States Navy | Clemson | destroyer | 1,250 | 21 February 1920 | scrapped 25 November 1946 | 
| Serapis |  Royal Navy | S | destroyer | 1,710 | ||
| Serrano |  Chile | Serrano | destroyer | 1,090 | Discarded 1967 | |
| Shaw |  United States Navy | Mahan | destroyer | 1,450 | 18 September 1936 | scrapped 1946 | 
| Sikh |  Royal Navy | Tribal | destroyer | 2,020 | 12 October 1938 | sunk 17 January 1941 | 
| Sims |  United States Navy | Sims | destroyer | 1,570 | 1 August 1939 | sunk 7 May 1942 | 
| Sioux |  Royal Canadian Navy | V | destroyer | 1,710 | 14 September 1943 | paid off 30 October 1963 | 
| Skeena |  Royal Canadian Navy | A | destroyer | 1,350 | 10 June 1931 | sunk 25 October 1944 | 
| Sluys |  Royal Navy | Battle | destroyer | 2,325 | 30 September 1946[8] | paid off 1953 | 
| Smith |  United States Navy | Mahan | destroyer | 1,450 | 19 September 1936 | scrapped 1946 | 
| Solebay |  Royal Navy | Battle | destroyer | 2,325 | 25 September 1945[8] | paid off April 1962, scrapped 1967 | 
| Somali |  Royal Navy | Tribal | destroyer | 2,020 | 12 December 1938 | sunk 24 September 1942 | 
| Somers |  United States Navy | Somers | destroyer | 1,850 | 1 December 1937 | scrapped 1947 | 
| Spetsai |  Hellenic Navy | Freccia modified | destroyer | 1,350 | 1933 | decommissioned 1946 | 
| St Albans |  Royal Navy  Royal Norwegian Navy | Town | destroyer | 1,190 | 23 September 1940 | to Norway 14 April 1941, to USSR 16 July 1944, scrapped 1949 | 
| St Clair |  Royal Canadian Navy | Town | destroyer | 1,190 | 24 September 1940 | paid off 1946 | 
| St Croix |  Royal Canadian Navy | Clemson | destroyer | 1,190 | 24 September 1940 | sunk 22 September 1943 | 
| St Francis |  Royal Canadian Navy | Clemson | destroyer | 1,216 | 24 September 1940 | paid off 1945, sank under tow July 1945 | 
| St. Kitts |  Royal Navy | Battle | destroyer | 2,325 | 21 January 1946[8] | paid off 1957, scrapped February 1962 | 
| St Laurent |  Royal Canadian Navy | C | destroyer | 1,375 | 17 February 1937 | paid off 10 October 1945 | 
| Stack |  United States Navy | Benham | destroyer | 1,500 | 20 November 1939 | scuttled after A-bomb test 1948 | 
| Stembel |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 16 July 1943 | loaned to Argentina as Rosales 1961, scrapped 1982 | 
| Sterett |  United States Navy | Benham | destroyer | 1,500 | 15 August 1939 | scrapped 1947 | 
| Stevenson |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 15 December 1942 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1970 | 
| Stewart |  USA  Imperial Japanese Navy | Clemson | destroyer | 1,200 | 15 September 1920 | scuttled 2 March 1942, raised by IJN and recommissioned September 1943 | 
| Stockton |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 11 January 1943 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1973 | 
| Stord |  Royal Norwegian Navy | S | destroyer | 2,400 | 29 September 1943 | scrapped 1959 | 
| Sullivans |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 4 April 1943 | museum ship | 
| Svenner |  Royal Norwegian Navy | S | destroyer | 1,710 | 11 March 1944 | sunk 6 June 1944 | 
| Swanson |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 29 May 1941 | decommissioned 1945, scrapped 1972 | 
| Swift |  Royal Navy | S | destroyer | 1,710 | sunk 24 June 1944 | |
| Tartar |  Royal Navy | Tribal | destroyer | 2,020 | 10 March 1939 | Scrapped 22 February 1948 | 
| Tattnall |  United States Navy | Wickes | destroyer | 1,060 | 26 June 1919 | Decommissioned 17 December 1945 | 
| Taylor |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 28 August 1942 | Decommissioned 31 May 1946 | 
| Teazer |  Royal Navy | T | destroyer | 1,710 | 13 September 1943 | Scrapped 7 August 1965 | 
| Tenacious |  Royal Navy | T | destroyer | 1,710 | 30 October 1943 | scrapped June 1965 | 
| Termagant |  Royal Navy | T | destroyer | 1,710 | 8 October 1943 | paid off 1960, scrapped 5 November 1965 | 
| Terpsichore |  Royal Navy | T | destroyer | 1,710 | 20 January 1944 | scrapped 17 May 1966 | 
| Teruzuki |  Imperial Japanese Navy | Akizuki | destroyer | 2,700 | 11 June 1942 | sunk 12 December 1942 | 
| Thompson |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 10 July 1943 | decommissioned 1954, scrapped 1972 | 
| Thorn |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 1 April 1943 | decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1974 | 
| Tillman |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 4 June 1942 | decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1972 | 
| Trafalgar |  Royal Navy | Battle | destroyer | 2,325 | 23 July 1945 | paid off 1963, scrapped 1970 | 
| Trippe |  United States Navy | Benham | destroyer | 1,500 | 1 November 1939 | scuttled after A-bomb test 1948 | 
| Troubridge |  Royal Navy | T | destroyer | 1,710 | 8 March 1943 | paid off 27 March 1969, scrapped 1970 | 
| Tucker |  United States Navy | Mahan | destroyer | 1,450 | 23 July 1936 | sunk 4 August 1942 | 
| Tucuman |  Argentine Navy | Mendoza | destroyer | 1,570 | Discarded 30 April 1962 | |
| Tumult |  Royal Navy | T | destroyer | 1,710 | 2 April 1943 | Scrapped 25 October 1965 | 
| Turner |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 15 April 1943 | exploded 3 January 1944 | 
| Tuscan |  Royal Navy | T | destroyer | 1,710 | 11 March 1943 | Scrapped 26 May 1966 | 
| Tyrian |  Royal Navy | T | destroyer | 1,710 | 8 April 1943 | scrapped 9 March 1965 | 
| Ulster |  Royal Navy | U | destroyer | 1,777 | 30 June 1943 | paid off 1977, scrapped 1980 | 
| Ulysses |  Royal Navy | U | destroyer | 1,777 | 23 December 1943 | paid off 1963, scrapped 1970 | 
| Undaunted |  Royal Navy | U | destroyer | 1,777 | 3 March 1944 | paid off 1974, sunk as target 1978 | 
| Undine |  Royal Navy | U | destroyer | 1,777 | 23 December 1943 | scrapped November 1965 | 
| Ursa |  Royal Navy | U | destroyer | 1,777 | 23 December 1943 | paid off November 1966 | 
| Urchin |  Royal Navy | U | destroyer | 1,777 | 24 September 1943 | paid off 1964, scrapped 1967 | 
| Urania |  Royal Navy | U | destroyer | 1,777 | 18 January 1944 | scrapped 1971 | 
| Van Galen |  Netherlands | N | destroyer | 1,680 | 20 February 1929 | Sunk 10 May 1940 | 
| Van Ghent |  Netherlands | N | destroyer | 1,680 | 31 May 1928 | Ran aground and was scuttled 15 February 1942 | 
| Vasilefs Georgios |  Hellenic Navy  Kriegsmarine | G | destroyer | 1,350 | 15 February 1939 | captured, became ZG3 Hermes (Germany) 21 March 1942, scuttled 7 May 1943 | 
| Vasilissa Olga |  Hellenic Navy | G | destroyer | 1,350 | February 1939 | sunk 26 September 1943 | 
| Venus |  Royal Navy | V | destroyer | 1,710 | 28 August 1943 | scrapped 1972 | 
| Verulam |  Royal Navy | V | destroyer | 1,710 | 10 December 1943 | scrapped 1972 | 
| Videla |  Chile | Serrano | destroyer | 1,090 | Discarded 1960 | |
| Vigilant |  Royal Navy | V | destroyer | 1,710 | 22 December 1942 | paid off 1963, Scrapped 6 June 1965 | 
| Virago |  Royal Navy | V | destroyer | 1,710 | 5 November 1943 | scrapped 1965 | 
| Volage |  Royal Navy | V | destroyer | 1,710 | 26 May 1944 | scrapped 1977 | 
| Wager |  Royal Navy | W | destroyer | 1,710 | 14 April 1944 | paid off January 1946 | 
| Wainwright |  United States Navy | Sims | destroyer | 1,570 | 15 April 1940 | scuttled after A-bomb test 1948 | 
| Wakeful |  Royal Navy | W | destroyer | 1,710 | 17 February 1944 | scrapped 5 July | 
| Walke |  United States Navy | Sims | destroyer | 1,570 | 27 April 1940 | sunk 15 November 1942 | 
| Ward |  United States Navy | Wickes | destroyer | 1,190 | 24 July 1918 | Sunk 7 December 1944 | 
| Warramunga |  Royal Australian Navy | Tribal | destroyer | 2,020 | 23 November 1942 | scrapped 1963 | 
| Warrington |  USA | Somers-class destroyer | destroyer leader | 1,850 | 9 February 1938 | foundered in hurricane 13 September 1944 | 
| Welles |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 16 August 1943 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1969 | 
| Wessex |  Royal Navy | W | destroyer | 1,710 | 11 May 1944 | paid off January 1946 | 
| Whelp |  Royal Navy | W | destroyer | 1,710 | 25 April 1944 | paid off January 1946 | 
| Whirlwind |  Royal Navy | W | destroyer | 1,710 | 1943 | foundered 29 October 1974 | 
| Wicher |  Poland | Wicher | destroyer | 1,400 | 13 July 1930 | sunk 3 September 1939 | 
| Wiley |  United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 22 February 1945 | decommissioned 9 August 1946 | 
| Wilkes |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 22 April 1941 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1972 | 
| Wilson |  United States Navy | Benham | destroyer | 1,500 | 5 July 1939 | scuttled after A-bomb test 1948 | 
| Winslow |  United States Navy | Porter | destroyer | 1,850 | 17 February 1937 | scrapped 1959 | 
| Wizard |  Royal Navy | W | destroyer | 1,710 | 30 March 1944 | scrapped 1967 | 
| Woodworth |  United States Navy | Benson | destroyer | 1,620 | 30 April 1942 | to Italy 1951, scrapped 1971 | 
| Woolsey |  United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 7 May 1941 | decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1974 | 
| Worden |  United States Navy | Farragut | destroyer | 1,365 | 15 January 1935 | sunk 12 January 1943 | 
| Wrangler |  Royal Navy | W | destroyer | 1,710 | 14 July 1944 | to South Africa after war | 
| Wrestler |  Royal Navy | Admiralty W | destroyer | 1,188 | 15 May 1918 | mined 6 June 1944, scrapped July 1944 | 
| Yakov Sverdlov |  Soviet Navy | Novik | destroyer | 1,260 | 1913 | sunk 28 August 1941 | 
| Yukikaze |  Imperial Japanese Navy | Kagero | destroyer | 2,490 | ca.1940 | to China 1947, renamed Tan Yang | 
| Z1 Leberecht Maass |  Kriegsmarine | 1934 | destroyer | 2,230 | 14 January 1937 | sunk 22 February 1940 | 
| Z2 Georg Thiele |  Kriegsmarine | 1934 | destroyer | 3,150 | 27 February 1937 | sunk 13 April 1940 | 
| Z3 Max Schultz |  Kriegsmarine | 1934 | destroyer | 3,150 | 27 February 1937 | sunk 13 April 1940 | 
| Z4 Richard Beitzen |  Kriegsmarine | 1934 | destroyer | 3,150 | 13 May 1937 | ceded to UK, scrapped 1947 | 
| Z5 Paul Jakobi |  Kriegsmarine | 1934A | destroyer | 3,100 | 29 June 1937 | ceded to UK, then to France February 1946 and renamed Desaix, scrapped 1958 | 
| Z6 Theodor Riedel |  Kriegsmarine | 1934A | destroyer | 3,100 | 2 July 1937 | Ceded to UK, then to France February 1946, renamed Kleber, scrapped 1958 | 
| Z7 Hermann Schoemann |  Kriegsmarine | 1934A | destroyer | 3,100 | 9 September 1937 | sunk 2 May 1942 | 
| Z8 Bruno Heinemann |  Kriegsmarine | 1934A | destroyer | 3,100 | 8 January 1938 | sunk 25 January 1942 | 
| Z9 Wolfgang Zenker |  Kriegsmarine | 1934A | destroyer | 3,100 | 2 July 1938 | scuttled 13 April 1940 | 
| Z10 Hans Lody |  Kriegsmarine | 1934A | destroyer | 3,100 | 13 September 1938 | scrapped 1946 - 1949 | 
| Z11 Bernd von Arnim |  Kriegsmarine | 1934A | destroyer | 3,100 | 6 December 1938 | scuttled 13 April 1940 | 
| Z12 Erich Giese |  Kriegsmarine | 1934A | destroyer | 3,100 | 4 March 1939 | sunk 13 April 1940 | 
| Z13 Erich Koellner |  Kriegsmarine | 1934A | destroyer | 3,100 | 28 March 1939 | sunk 13 April 1940 | 
| Z14 Friedrich Ihn |  Kriegsmarine | 1934A | destroyer | 3,100 | 6 April 1938 | scrapped 1952 | 
| Z15 Erich Steinbrinck |  Kriegsmarine | 1934A | destroyer | 3,100 | 31 May 1938 | ceded to USSR, 5 November 1945, renamed Pylikiy; scrapped 1958 | 
| Z16 Friedrich Eckoldt |  Kriegsmarine | 1934A | destroyer | 3,100 | 28 July 1938 | sunk 31 December 1942 | 
| Z17 Diether von Roeder |  Kriegsmarine | 1936 | destroyer | 4,400 | 29 August 1938 | sunk 13 April 1940 | 
| Z18 Hans Lüdemann |  Kriegsmarine | 1936 | destroyer | 3,400 | 8 October 1938 | sunk 13 April 1940 | 
| Z19 Hermann Künne |  Kriegsmarine | 1936 | destroyer | 3,400 | 12 January 1939 | sunk 13 April 1940 | 
| Z20 Karl Galster |  Kriegsmarine | 1936 | destroyer | 3,415 | 21 March 1939 | scrapped 1956 | 
| Z21 Wilhelm Heidkamp |  Kriegsmarine | 1936 | destroyer | 3,400 | 10 June 1939 | sunk 10 April 1940 | 
| Z22 Anton Schmidt |  Kriegsmarine | 1936 | destroyer | 3,400 | 24 September 1939 | Sunk 10 April 1940 | 
| Z23 |  Kriegsmarine | 1936A Narvik | destroyer | 3,605 | 15 September 1940 | decommissioned 21 August 1944, scrapped in 1951. | 
| Z24 |  Kriegsmarine | 1936A Narvik | destroyer | 3,605 | 26 October 1940 | sunk 25 August 1944 | 
| Z25 |  Kriegsmarine | 1936A Narvik | destroyer | 3,605 | 30 November 1940 | taken by France after war, scrapped in 1958. | 
| Z26 |  Kriegsmarine | 1936A Narvik | destroyer | 3,605 | 11 January 1941 | sunk 29 March 1942 | 
| Z27 |  Kriegsmarine | 1936A Narvik | destroyer | 3,605 | 26 February 1941 | sunk 28 December 1943 | 
| Z28 |  Kriegsmarine | 1936A Narvik | destroyer | 3,605 | 9 August 1941 | sunk 3 March 1945 | 
| Z29 |  Kriegsmarine | 1936A Narvik | destroyer | 3,605 | 25 June 1941 | taken by Britain after war, given to US, scuttled 16 December 1946 | 
| Z30 |  Kriegsmarine | 1936A Narvik | destroyer | 3,605 | 15 November 1941 | taken by Norway after war, given to Britain, scrapped 1949 | 
| Z31 |  Kriegsmarine | 1936A Mob | destroyer | 3,691 | 11 April 1942 | taken by France after war, scrapped in 1958. | 
| Z32 |  Kriegsmarine | 1936A Mob | destroyer | 3,691 | 15 September 1942 | destroyed 9 June 1944 | 
| Z33 |  Kriegsmarine | 1936A Mob | destroyer | 3,691 | 6 February 1943 | taken by Soviet Union after war, sunk as target ship 1961. | 
| Z34 |  Kriegsmarine | 1936A Mob | destroyer | 3,691 | 5 June 1943 | taken by USA after war, scuttled 26 March 1946 | 
| Z37 |  Kriegsmarine | 1936A Mob | destroyer | 3,691 | 16 July 1942 | scuttled 24 August 1944, scrapped in 1949 | 
| Z38 |  Kriegsmarine | 1936A Mob | destroyer | 3,691 | 20 March 1943 | taken by Britain after war, scrapped between 1949 and 1950. | 
| Z39 |  Kriegsmarine | 1936A Mob | destroyer | 3,691 | 21 August 1943 | taken by Britain after war, scrapped in 1964. | 
| Z35, Z36, Z43 |  Kriegsmarine | Type 1936B | destroyer | 3,540 | 1943/44 | |
| Zambesi |  Royal Navy | V | destroyer | 1,830 | 18 July 1944 | scrapped 1959 | 
| Zealous |  Royal Navy | V | destroyer | 1,830 | 9 October 1944 | to Israel after war | 
| Zebra |  Royal Navy | V | destroyer | 1,830 | 13 October 1944 | scrapped 1954 | 
| Zenith |  Royal Navy | V | destroyer | 1,830 | 22 December 1944 | to Egypt after war | 
| Zephyr |  Royal Navy | V | destroyer | 1,830 | 6 September 1944 | paid off 1954 | 
| Zest |  Royal Navy | V | destroyer | 1,830 | 12 July 1944 | paid off July 1968 | 
| Zodiac |  Royal Navy | V | destroyer | 1,830 | 23 October 1944 | to Israel after war | 
| Zulu |  Royal Navy | Tribal | destroyer | 2,020 | 7 September 1938 | sunk 14 September 1942 | 
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