USS Allen M. Sumner
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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 captain, who was killed in action during World War I.
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USS Allen M. Sumner (DD-692) in April 1959 | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Allen M. Sumner |
Namesake | Allen Melancthon Sumner |
Ordered | 7 August 1942 |
Builder | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company |
Laid down | 7 July 1943 |
Launched | 15 December 1943 |
Commissioned | 26 January 1944 |
Decommissioned | 15 August 1973 |
Stricken | 15 August 1973 |
Motto | Sui Generis |
Fate | Sold for scrap on 16 October 1974 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer |
Displacement |
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Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) |
Beam | 40 ft (12 m) |
Draft | 15 ft 8 in (4.78 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
Range | 6,500 nautical miles (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 336 officers and enlisted |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | Gyrodyne QH-50 DASH (years 1960) |
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Allen M. Sumner was laid down on 7 July 1943 at Kearny, New Jersey, by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company; launched on 15 December 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Allen M. Sumner, Captain Sumner's widow; and commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 26 January 1944.