Fletcher Class Destroyer - Other Navies

Other Navies

Many of the ships were sold to other navies during the mid 1950s, including:

Argentina: 5

Brazil: 7

Chile: 2

Colombia: 1

Greece: 6

Italy: 3

Japan: 2

Mexico: 2

Peru: 2

South Korea: 3

Spain: 5

Taiwan: 4

Turkey: 4

West Germany: 6

Any remaining were broken up in the 1970s. The last Fletcher in service, BAM Cuitlahuac (ex-John Rodgers), left the Mexican navy in 2001, meaning the total service life of the Fletchers stretched over almost six decades and into the 21st century.

Four ships have been preserved as museum ships:

• USS Cassin Young, in Boston, Massachusetts
• USS The Sullivans, in Buffalo, New York
• USS Kidd, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
• AT (Destroyer of Hellenic Navy) Velos former USS Charrette in Faliro, Greece