List of destroyer classes of the United States Navy
Cold War and beyond
The first major warship the U.S. Navy constructed after World War II was an all-weather, anti-submarine hunter-killer, designated "destroyer leader" (DL), but referred to as a "frigate" (see List of United States Navy destroyer leaders).

List of destroyer classes of the United States Navy

Section Title: Cold War and beyond
Table Section Text: The first major warship the U.S. Navy constructed after World War II was an all-weather, anti-submarine hunter-killer, designated "destroyer leader" (DL), but referred to as a "frigate" (see List of United States Navy destroyer leaders).

Class name	Number of ships	First ship laid down	Last ship commissioned	Notes	References

Mitscher	4	1949	1954	Originally designated "destroyer leader".	-

Forrest Sherman	18	1953	1959	Derived from the Fletcher concept.	-

Farragut	10	1956	1961	Originally designated "destroyer leader". The Farragut class of the Cold War was also called the Coontz class.	-

Charles F. Adams	23	1957	1964	Guided missile derivative of the Forrest Sherman class.	-

Spruance	31	1972	1983	First United States Navy ship to use gas turbines.	-

Kidd	4	1978	1982	The Kidd class was based upon the Spruance class but designed as more advanced multi-purpose vessels, originally intended for the Iranian Navy.	-

Arleigh Burke	66 (11+ planned)	1988	Ships still being built. Lead ship was first destroyer to be named after living man.	-

Zumwalt	3	2008	Ships still being built	-

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The Arleigh Burke class is the United States Navy's first class of destroyer.

final_sentence: The Arleigh Burke class is the United States Navy's first class of destroyer.