[1] These are ships used by the United States Navy during World War II and slightly modernized in electronics and weaponry at the beginning of the 1950s.

They were once magnificent ships, which throughout the 1960s constituted the backbone of the Spanish Navy.

Eventually, they were replaced in escort duties by the Descubierta-class corvettes in the early 1980s.

They received five destroyers of the Fletcher class for the Spanish Navy from the United States from 1957 to 1988 as part of the Military Assistance Program.

Before the takeover, the ships were modernized to a considerable extent.