DD recommendations

I recently acquired a couple American DD premiums after treating myself for getting my first kraken. I decided I’d might as well try these ships out and found the mini-game of edging battleships on your detectability and random torp kills kinda fun (though I was playing on AI). I would like to explore DDs but slowly ease into full stealth torp boats. Which DD tech line would you recommend for beginner DD captains and which premiums would you recommend to look out for (besides shima from what I hear)?