Ships in Class
| Ship Name | Hull No. | Commission– Decommission |
Fate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles F. Adams | DDG-2 | 1960–1990 | Museum hold | |
| John King | DDG-3 | 1961–1990 | Scrapped | |
| Lawrence | DDG-4 | 1962–1990 | Scrapped | |
| Claude V. Ricketts | DDG-5 | 1962–1989 | Scrapped | |
| Barney | DDG-6 | 1962–1990 | Scrapped | |
| Henry B. Wilson | DDG-7 | 1960–1989 | sunk as target ship | |
| Lynde McCormick | DDG-8 | 1961–1991 | Sunk as target | |
| Towers | DDG-9 | 1961–1990 | Sunk as target | |
| Sampson | DDG-10 | 1961–1991 | Scrapped | |
| Sellers | DDG-11 | 1961–1989 | Scrapped | |
| Robison | DDG-12 | 1961–1991 | Scrapped | |
| Hoel | DDG-13 | 1962–1990 | Converted to power barge, then scrapped | |
| Buchanan | DDG-14 | 1962–1991 | Sunk as target | |
| Berkeley | DDG-15 | 1962–1992 | Sold to Greece as Themistocles (D-221), scrapped later | |
| Joseph Strauss | DDG-16 | 1963–1990 | Sold to Greece as Formion (D-220), scrapped later | |
| Conyngham | DDG-17 | 1963–1990 | Scrapped | |
| Semmes | DDG-18 | 1962–1991 | Sold to Greece as Kimon (D-218), scrapped later | |
| Tattnall | DDG-19 | 1963–1991 | Scrapped | |
| Goldsborough | DDG-20 | 1963–1993 | Sold to Australia as a parts hulk, scrapped later | |
| Cochrane | DDG-21 | 1964–1990 | Scrapped | |
| Benjamin Stoddert | DDG-22 | 1964–1991 | Sank while under tow en route for scrapping | |
| Richard E. Byrd | DDG-23 | 1964–1990 | Sold to Greece for parts, sunk as target later | |
| Waddell | DDG-24 | 1964–1992 | Sold to Greece as Nearchos (D-219), sunk as target later |
Hellenic Navy
- HS Kimon (D-218) (formerly USS Semmes)
- HS Nearchos (D-219) (formerly USS Waddell)
- HS Formion (D-220) (formerly USS Joseph Strauss)
- HS Themistocles (D-221) (formerly USS Berkeley)
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