Parâ was commissioned as on 15 December 1942, Paraíba was commissioned as on 9 February 1943, Paraná was commissioned as on 17 January 1944, Pernambuco was commissioned as on 30 September 1943, Piauí was commissioned as on 30 September 1943, Santa Catarina was commissioned as on 30 September 1943 and Maranhao was commissioned as on 8 February 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. The ships took part in the Lobster War, in the 1960s, while escorting the aircraft carrier Minas Gerais. All 7 ships were delivered in batches of 2 at a time, thus the ships having different armaments and configurations.
| Pará class | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Acquired | Decommissioned | Fate | ||
| D27 | Pará | Boston Navy Yard | 27 September 1941 | 20 February 1942 | 5 June 1959 | 1978 | Sunk as target, 1983 | |
| D28 | Paraíba | 10 December 1941 | 16 April 1942 | 15 December 1959 | 1978 | Scrapped, 1978 | ||
| D29 | Paraná | Bethlehem Steel | 3 May 1943 | 30 September 1943 | 20 July 1961 | 1 August 1973 | Scrapped, 1982 | |
| D30 | Pernambuco | Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation | 11 April 1942 | 9 March 1943 | 20 July 1961 | 1982 | Sunk as target, 1982 | |
| D31 | Piauí | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company | 31 March 1943 | 1 August 1943 | 1 August 1967 | 1989 | Scrapped, 1989 | |
| D32 | Santa Catarina | Bethlehem Shipbuilding San Pedro | 2 May 1943 | 31 October 1943 | 10 May 1968 | 28 December 1988 | Sunk as target, 1990 | |
| D33 | Maranhao | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard | 10 August 1943 | 25 September 1944 | 1 July 1972 | 1990 | Scrapped, 1990 | |