This is a list of destroyer escorts of the United States Navy, listed in a table sortable by both name and hull-number. It includes the hull classification symbols DE (both Destroyer Escort and Ocean Escort), DEG (Destroyer Escort, Guided missile), and DER (Destroyer Escort, Radar picket).

Historical overview The Lend-Lease Act was passed into law in the US in March 1941 enabling the United Kingdom to procure merchant ships, warships and munitions etc. from the US, in order to help with the war effort. This enabled the UK to commission the US to design, build and supply an escort vessel that was suitable for anti submarine warfare in deep open ocean situations, which they did in June 1941. Captain E.L. Cochrane of the American Bureau of Shipping came up with a design which was known as the British Destroyer Escort (BDE). The BDE designation was retained by the first six Destroyer Escorts transferred to the United Kingdom (BDE 1, 2, 3, 4, 12 and 46); of the initial order of 50 these were the only ones the Royal Navy received, the rest being reclassified as Destroyer Escort (DE) on 25 January 1943 and taken over by the United States Navy.

Ships that were classified DE or DEG were reclassified in 1975 as FF or FFG (frigates). This affected hull numbers DE-1037 and higher as well as all DEGs.

Classes

97 Evarts were completed 32 converted to Royal Navy s before commissioning as DEs 34 converted to DERs 154 Buckleys were completed 46 converted to Captains before commissioning as DEs 37 reclassified and converted to APDs after having been commissioned as DEs 6 in addition to the 154 completed as APDs 22 Rudderrow were completed 1 converted to APD after commissioning as DE 50 additional completed as APDs 83 John C. Butler were completed 2 converted to DERs

Class Design type Lead ship Commissioned # Ships ordered # Ships completed as US DEs GMT 15 April 1943 105   65 TE 30 April 1943 154   65 DET 26 September 1943 116   58 FMR 10 April 1943   85   85 TEV 15 May 1944 252   21 WGT 31 March 1944 293   83 SCB 72 3 June 1954   13   13 SCB 131 10 February 1959     4     4 SCB 199 16 June 1963     2     2 SCB 199A 21 December 1964     11     11 SCB 199B 12 March 1966     19     6 SCB 199C 12 April 1969     55     46

Destroyer Escorts (DE)