USS Mannert L. Abele
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USS Mannert L. Abele (DD-733), was an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer of the United States Navy. The destroyer was sunk on April 12, 1945, near Okinawa with 84 casualties.[1] It was the first US warship to be damaged or sunk by the rocket powered Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka suicide flying bomb.[2]
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Name | Mannert L. Abele |
Namesake | Mannert Lincoln Abele |
Builder | Bath Iron Works |
Laid down | 9 December 1943 |
Launched | 23 April 1944 |
Commissioned | 4 July 1944 |
Fate | Sunk by the Ohka suicide flying bomb during the battle for Okinawa 12 April 1945 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,200 tons |
Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) |
Beam | 40 ft (12 m) |
Draft | 15 ft 8 in (4.78 m) |
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Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 336 |
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