Ships in Class
| Ship Name | Hull No. | Commission– Decommission |
Disposition | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spruance | DD-963 | 1975–2005 | Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise | |
| Paul F. Foster | DD-964 | 1976–2003 | Active, in service as EDD-964 | |
| Kinkaid | DD-965 | 1976–2003 | Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise | |
| Hewitt | DD-966 | 1976–2001 | Disposed of by scrapping, dismantling | |
| Elliot | DD-967 | 1977–2003 | Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise | |
| Arthur W. Radford | DD-968 | 1977–2003 | Disposed of as artificial reef on 10 August 2011 off coast of Delaware | |
| Peterson | DD-969 | 1977–2002 | Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise | |
| Caron | DD-970 | 1977–2001 | Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise | |
| David R. Ray | DD-971 | 1977–2002 | Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise | |
| Oldendorf | DD-972 | 1978–2003 | Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise | |
| John Young | DD-973 | 1978–2002 | Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise | |
| Comte de Grasse | DD-974 | 1978–1998 | Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise | |
| O'Brien | DD-975 | 1977–2004 | Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise | |
| Merrill | DD-976 | 1978–1998 | Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise | |
| Briscoe | DD-977 | 1978–2003 | Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise | |
| Stump | DD-978 | 1978–2004 | Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise | |
| Conolly | DD-979 | 1978–1998 | Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise | |
| Moosbrugger | DD-980 | 1978–2000 | Disposed of by scrapping, dismantling | |
| John Hancock | DD-981 | 1978–2000 | Disposed of by scrapping, dismantling | |
| Nicholson | DD-982 | 1979–2002 | Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise | |
| John Rodgers | DD-983 | 1979–1998 | Disposed of by scrapping, dismantling | |
| Leftwich | DD-984 | 1979–1998 | Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise | |
| Cushing | DD-985 | 1979–2005 | Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise | |
| Harry W. Hill | DD-986 | 1979–1998 | Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise | |
| O'Bannon | DD-987 | 1979–2005 | Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise | |
| Thorn | DD-988 | 1980–2004 | Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise | |
| Deyo | DD-989 | 1980–2003 | Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise | |
| Ingersoll | DD-990 | 1980–1998 | Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise | |
| Fife | DD-991 | 1980–2003 | Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise | |
| Fletcher | DD-992 | 1980–2004 | Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise | |
| Hayler | DD-997 | 1983–2003 | Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise |
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