List of destroyer classes of the United States Navy

This is a list of destroyer classes of the United States Navy.

Bainbridge class — 13 ships, 1900–1902
Truxtun class — 3 ships, 1901
Smith class — 5 ships, 1908–1909
Paulding class — 21 ships, 1909–1912
Cassin class — 8 ships, 1912–1913
O'Brien class — 6 ships, 1914–1915
Tucker class — 6 ships, 1915
Sampson class — 6 ships, 1916
Caldwell class — 6 ships, 1917–1918
Wickes class — 111 ships, 1917–1919
Clemson class — 164 ships, 1919–1921
Farragut class (1934) — 8 ships, 1934–1935
Porter class — 8 ships, 1935–1936
Mahan class — 18 ships, 1936–1936
Gridley class — 4 ships, 1936–1938
Bagley class — 8 ships, 1936–1937
Somers class — 5 ships, 1937–1938
Benham class — 10 ships, 1938–1939
Sims class — 12 ships, 1938–1939
Gleaves class — 66 ships, 1938–1943
Benson class — 30 ships, 1939–1943
Fletcher class — 175 ships, 1942–1944
Allen M. Sumner class — 58 ships, 1943–1944
Gearing class — 98 ships, 1944–1946
Mitscher class — 4 ships, 1952
Forrest Sherman class — 18 ships, 1956–1958
Farragut class (1958) — 10 ships, 1958–1960
Charles F. Adams class — 23 ships, 1959–1963
Spruance class — 30 ships, 1973–1979
Kidd class, a modified Spruance class — 4 ships, 1979–1982
Arleigh Burke class — 36 ships, 1989– (further ships are being constructed or planned)
Zumwalt class — (ships in construction or planning)pl:Lista typów niszczycieli United States Navy