Allen M. Sumner class was a group of 58 destroyers built by the United States during World War II. Another twelve ships were completed as destroyer minelayers...
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USS Allen M. Sumner (DD-692), was the lead ship of her class of destroyers. The ship was named for Allen Melancthon Sumner, a United States Marine Corps...
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design was a minor modification of the Allen M. Sumner class, whereby the hull was lengthened by 14 ft (4.3 m) at amidships, which resulted in more fuel...
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List of major surface ships of the Turkish Navy (section Ex-Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer (US Navy))
Robert H. Smith class (Allen M. Sumner class): (Ex- US Navy Gearing-class destroyer:) Ex- US Navy Carpenter-class anti-submarine destroyer: (Modified US...
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single destroyer tender operated together.[citation needed] After the war, destroyers grew in size. The American Allen M. Sumner-class destroyers had a...
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USS Zellars (redirect from Iranian destroyer Babr (DDG-7))
USS Zellars (DD-777), was an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer that served in the United States Navy. Thomas Edward Zellars was born on 11 August 1898 in...
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USS Alfred A. Cunningham (category Allen M. Sumner-class destroyers of the United States Navy)
USS Alfred A. Cunningham (DD-752), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Alfred Austell Cunningham...
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USS Frank E. Evans (category Allen M. Sumner-class destroyers of the United States Navy)
USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754), was an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy. She was named in honor of United States Marine...
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"Allen M. Sumner-class destroyers in World War II". destroyerhistory.org. Destroyer History Foundation. "USS Henley (DD-762), Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer...
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Gleaves-class destroyer which served from 1942 until she was torpedoed off Algeria by German planes in 1943. USS Beatty (DD-756), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer...
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USS Taussig (redirect from ROCS Lo Yang (DD-14) (Allen M. Sumner class))
USS Taussig (DD-746) was an American Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer. It was named for Edward D. Taussig, a rear admiral of the United States Navy whose...
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USS Waldron (category Allen M. Sumner-class destroyers of the United States Navy)
USS Waldron (DD-699), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for John C. Waldron, a U.S. Naval aviator...
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USS Mansfield (category Allen M. Sumner-class destroyers of the United States Navy)
USS Mansfield (DD-728), was an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer of the United States Navy Duncan Mansfield was born in February 1778 at Albany, New York...
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USS Laffey (DD-459), a Benson-class destroyer lost during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, 1942 USS Laffey (DD-724), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer built in 1943;...
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USS Stormes (redirect from Iranian destroyer Palang (DDG-9))
USS Stormes (DD-780) was an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer that served in the United States Navy. Max Clifford Stormes was born on 27 July 1903 in Big...
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USS Hyman (category Allen M. Sumner-class destroyers of the United States Navy)
USS Hyman (DD-732), was an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer of the United States Navy. Willford Milton Hyman was born on 16 August 1901 in Pueblo, Colorado...
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Haven (DD-469), was a Fletcher-class destroyer, launched in 1942 and sunk in 1943. USS De Haven (DD-727), was a Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, launched in 1944 and...
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USS Bristol (DD-453), a Gleaves-class destroyer commissioned in 1941 and sunk off Algeria in 1943 USS Bristol (DD-857), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer commissioned in...
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USS Borie (DD-704) (category Allen M. Sumner-class destroyers of the United States Navy)
USS Borie (DD-704), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Adolph E. Borie, Secretary of the...
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decommissioned in 1946. The third USS Allen M. Sumner (DD-692), the lead ship of her class, was an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer commissioned in 1944 and decommissioned...
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USS Mannert L. Abele (category Allen M. Sumner-class destroyers of the United States Navy)
USS Mannert L. Abele (DD-733), was an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer of the United States Navy. The destroyer was sunk on 12 April 1945, near Okinawa...
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USS Cooper (category Allen M. Sumner-class destroyers of the United States Navy)
USS Cooper (DD-695), was an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer of the United States Navy. Elmer Glenn Cooper was born on 9 May 1905 in Monticello, Arkansas...
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USS Purdy (category Allen M. Sumner-class destroyers of the United States Navy)
USS Purdy (DD-734), was an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer of the United States Navy. Frederick Warren Purdy was born on 4 December 1911 in Chicago, Illinois...
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USS Collett (category Allen M. Sumner-class destroyers of the United States Navy)
USS Collett (DD-730) was a World War II-era Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy. John Austin Collett was born on...
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USS John R. Pierce (category Allen M. Sumner-class destroyers of the United States Navy)
USS John R. Pierce (DD-753), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Lieutenant Commander John...
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USS Hank (category Allen M. Sumner-class destroyers of the United States Navy)
USS Hank (DD-702), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was named for Lieutenant Commander William Hank. Hank was launched on 21 May 1944 by the Federal...
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USS O'Brien (DD-725), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, served from 1944 until 1972. USS O'Brien (DD-975), a Spruance-class destroyer, launched in 1976 and...
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USS Haynsworth (redirect from William M. Haynsworth Jr.)
USS Haynsworth (DD-700), was an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer of the United States Navy. William McCall Haynsworth Jr. was born on 16 January 1901 in...
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USS Massey (category Allen M. Sumner-class destroyers of the United States Navy)
USS Massey (DD-778), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was a United States Navy ship that served between 1944 and 1973. Massey (DD-778) was laid down...
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USS Wallace L. Lind (category Allen M. Sumner-class destroyers of the United States Navy)
USS Wallace L. Lind (DD-703), was an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer of the United States Navy. Wallace Ludwig Lind was born on 18 June 1887 in Brainerd...
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