Mato Grosso-class destroyer

The Mato Grosso-class destroyer is a class of destroyers of the Brazilian Navy. Seven ships of the Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer were lent by the United States Navy and were in commission from 1972 until 1996.

Development
Mato Grosso was commissioned as USS Compton on 4 November 1944, Sergipe was commissioned as USS James C. Owens on 17 February 1945, Alagoas was commissioned as USS Buck (DD-761) on 28 June 1946, Rio Grande do Norte was commissioned as USS Strong (DD-758) on 8 March 1945 and Espírito Santo was commissioned as USS Lowry on 8 March 1945.

After World War II, they were in a mothball state, but were later handed over to Brazil based on the Brazil-US Ship Loan Agreement. Only the lead ship had not undergone FRAM, thus the ships having different armaments and configurations.