Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer
USS Lyman K. Swenson in 1955
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Class overview | |
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Name | Allen M. Sumner class |
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Operators |
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Preceded by | Fletcher class |
Succeeded by | Gearing class |
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Cost | $ 8 million, excluding armament |
In commission | 1943–75 (USN) |
Planned | 70 |
Completed | 58 |
Cancelled | 12 (completed as Robert H. Smith class minelayers) |
Lost | 4, plus 2 not repaired |
Preserved | USS Laffey |
General characteristics | |
Type | Destroyer |
Displacement |
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Beam |
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Draft |
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Propulsion | 4 (45 MW) total; two shafts |
Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
Range |
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Complement | 336–363 |
Sensors and processing systems | |
Armament |
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The Allen M. Sumner class was a group of 58
Completed in 1943–45, four Sumners were lost in the war and two were damaged so badly they were scrapped, but the surviving ships served in the US Navy into the 1970s. After being retired from the US fleet, 29 of them were sold to other navies, where they served many more years. One still exists as a museum ship in South Carolina.
Description
The first ship was laid down in May 1943, while the last was launched in April 1945. In that time, the United States produced 58 Allen M. Sumner-class destroyers. The Allen M. Sumner class was an improvement of the previous
The Allen M. Sumners achieved a 20% increase in 5-inch gun armament and almost a 50% increase in light AA armament on a hull the same length as a Fletcher, only 15 inches (38 cm) wider, and about 15 inches (38 cm) deeper in draft. The increase in standard displacement was only 150 tons, about 7.5%. Thus, the Allen M. Sumner class was a significant improvement in combat power at a small increase in cost.
See also the
Service
The Allen M. Sumners served on
In Navy slang, the modified destroyers were called "FRAM cans", "can" being a contraction of "tin can", the slang term for a destroyer or destroyer escort.
Many Allen M. Sumners provided significant
Disposition
The ships served in the US Navy into the 1970s. DASH was withdrawn from
Currently, only USS Laffey (DD-724) located at Patriots Point, Charleston, South Carolina remains as a museum ship.
Argentina
The Argentine Navy acquired four Sumners as a more capable adjunct to their previously acquired Fletcher class destroyers. While one was merely to provide spare parts to keep the rest of the fleet serviceable, the other three would go on and serve through the Falklands War, in which they would take a minor role. Soon after the conflict, they were stricken and disposed of.
Pennant | Ship name | Former name | Acquired | Fate |
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D-25 | ARA Segui | USS Hank | 1 July 1972 | Scrapped in 1983 |
D-26 | ARA Hipólito Bouchard | USS Borie | 1 July 1972 | Scrapped in 1984 |
D-29 | ARA Piedrabuena | USS Collett | 4 June 1974 | Sunk as a target in 1988 |
— | — | USS Mansfield | 4 June 1974 | Not commissioned; cannibalized for spare parts |
Ships in class
Name | Hull no. | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate | Ref |
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USS Allen M. Sumner | DD-692 | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company | 7 July 1943 | 15 December 1943 | 26 January 1944 | 15 August 1973 | Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping
externalities |
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USS Moale | DD-693 | 5 August 1943 | 16 January 1944 | 28 February 1944 | 2 July 1973 | Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping | [3] [4] | |
USS Ingraham | DD-694 | 4 August 1943 | 16 January 1944 | 10 March 1944 | 15 June 1971 | Sold to Greece 16 July 1971 as Miaoulis | [5] | |
USS Cooper | DD-695 | 30 August 1943 | 9 February 1944 | 27 March 1944 | — | Torpedoed and sunk by destroyer Take while intercepting a Japanese convoy into Ormoc Bay 3 December 1944 | [6] | |
USS English | DD-696 | 19 October 1943 | 27 February 1944 | 4 May 1944 | 15 May 1970 | Sold to Republic of China Navy 11 August 1970 as Huei Yang | [7] | |
USS Charles S. Sperry | DD-697 | 19 October 1943 | 13 March 1944 | 17 May 1944 | 15 December 1973 | Sold to Chile 8 January 1974 as Ministro Zenteno | [8] | |
USS Ault | DD-698 | 15 November 1943 | 26 March 1944 | 31 May 1944 | 16 July 1973 | Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping | [9] [10] | |
USS Waldron | DD-699 | 16 November 1943 | 26 March 1944 | 7 June 1944 | 17 May 1950 | Sold to Colombia 30 October 1973 as Santander (DD-03) | [11] [12] | |
20 November 1950 | 30 October 1973 | |||||||
USS Haynsworth | DD-700 | 16 December 1943 | 15 April 1944 | 22 June 1944 | 30 January 1970 | Sold to Republic of China Navy 12 May 1970 as Yuen Yang | [13] | |
22 September 1950 | 19 May 1950 | |||||||
USS John W. Weeks | DD-701 | 17 January 1944 | 21 May 1944 | 21 July 1944 | 31 May 1950 | Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise, 19 November 1970 | [14] [15] | |
24 October 1950 | 12 August 1970 | |||||||
USS Hank | DD-702 | 17 January 1944 | 21 May 1944 | 28 August 1944 | 1 July 1972 | Sold to Argentina 1 July 1972 as Segui | [16] [17] | |
USS Wallace L. Lind | DD-703 | 14 February 1944 | 14 June 1944 | 8 September 1944 | 4 December 1973 | Sold to Republic of Korea Navy 4 December 1973 as Dae Gu | [18] [19] | |
USS Borie | DD-704 | 29 February 1944 | 4 July 1944 | 21 September 1944 | 1 July 1972 | Sold to Argentina 1 July 1972 as Hipólito Bouchard (D-26) | [20] | |
USS Compton | DD-705 | 28 March 1944 | 17 September 1944 | 4 November 1944 | 17 September 1972 | Sold to Brazil 27 September 1972 as Mato Grosso | [21] | |
USS Gainard | DD-706 | 29 March 1944 | 17 September 1944 | 23 November 1944 | 26 February 1971 | Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping | [22] | |
USS Soley | DD-707 | 18 April 1944 | 8 September 1944 | 7 December 1944 | 13 February 1970 | Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise | [23] | |
USS Harlan R. Dickson | DD-708 | 23 May 1944 | 17 December 1944 | 17 February 1945 | 1 July 1972 | Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping, 4 January 1973 | [24] [25] | |
USS Hugh Purvis | DD-709 | 23 May 1944 | 17 December 1944 | 1 March 1945 | 15 June 1972 | Sold to Turkey 1 July 1972 as Zafer (F 253) | [26] [27] | |
USS Barton | DD-722 | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine | 24 May 1943 | 10 October 1943 | 30 December 1943 | 22 January 1947 | Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise. | [28] |
11 April 1949 | 30 September 1968 | |||||||
USS Walke | DD-723 | 7 June 1943 | 27 October 1943 | 21 January 1944 | 30 May 1947 | Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping, 3 January 1975 | [29] [30] | |
5 October 1950 | 30 November 1970 | |||||||
USS Laffey | DD-724 | 28 June 1943 | 21 November 1943 | 8 February 1944 | 30 June 1947 | Preserved as memorial and berthed at Patriot's Point, Charleston, South Carolina | [31] [32] | |
26 January 1951 | 9 March 1975 | |||||||
USS O'Brien | DD-725 | 12 July 1943 | 8 December 1943 | 25 February 1944 | 4 October 1947 | Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise, 12 January 1972 | [33] [34] | |
5 October 1950 | 18 February 1972 | |||||||
USS Meredith | DD-726 | 26 July 1943 | 21 December 1943 | 14 March 1944 | — | Sunk 9 June 1944, Wreck sold and scrapped 5 August 1960 | [35] | |
USS De Haven | DD-727 | 9 August 1943 | 9 January 1944 | 31 March 1944 | 3 December 1973 | Sold to Republic of Korea Navy, 5 December 1973 as Incheon | [36] [37] | |
USS Mansfield | DD-728 | 28 August 1943 | 29 January 1944 | 14 April 1944 | 4 February 1971 | Sold to Argentina 4 June 1974 for spare parts | [38] [39] | |
USS Lyman K. Swenson | DD-729 | 11 September 1943 | 12 February 1944 | 2 May 1944 | 12 February 1971 | Sold to Republic of China Navy 6 May 1974 for spare parts | [40] [41] | |
USS Collett | DD-730 | 11 October 1943 | 5 March 1944 | 16 May 1944 | 18 December 1970 | Sold to Argentina in 1974 as Piedra Buena (D-29) | [42] [43] | |
USS Maddox | DD-731 | 28 October 1943 | 19 March 1944 | 2 June 1944 | 2 July 1972 | Sold to Republic of China Navy as Po Yang | [44] [45] | |
USS Hyman | DD-732 | 22 November 1943 | 8 April 1944 | 16 June 1944 | 16 November 1969 | Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping | [46] | |
USS Mannert L. Abele | DD-733 | 9 December 1943 | 23 April 1944 | 4 July 1944 | — | Sunk by an Ohka bomb during the battle for Okinawa 12 April 1945
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USS Purdy | DD-734 | 22 December 1943 | 7 May 1944 | 18 July 1944 | 2 July 1973 | Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping, 6 January 1974 | [48] | |
USS Drexler | DD-741 | 24 April 1944 | 3 September 1944 | 14 November 1944 | — | Sunk by kamikaze 28 May 1945 | [49] | |
USS Blue | DD-744 | Bethlehem Staten Island, Staten Island, New York | 30 June 1943 | 28 November 1943 | 20 March 1944 | 14 February 1947 | Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise, 28 April 1977 | [50] [51] |
14 May 1949 | 12 December 1949 | |||||||
15 September 1950 | 27 January 1971 | |||||||
USS Brush | DD-745 | 30 July 1943 | 28 December 1943 | 17 April 1944 | 27 October 1969 | Sold to Republic of China Navy 9 December 1969 as Hsiang Yang | [52] | |
USS Taussig | DD-746 | 30 August 1943 | 25 January 1944 | 20 May 1944 | 1 December 1970 | Sold to Republic of China Navy as second Lo Yang (DDG-914). Sold as scrap in 2013. | [53] [54] | |
USS Samuel N. Moore | DD-747 | 30 September 1943 | 23 February 1944 | 24 June 1944 | 24 October 1969 | Sold to Republic of China Navy 10 December 1969 as Heng Yang (DD-2) | [55] | |
USS Harry E. Hubbard | DD-748 | 30 October 1943 | 24 March 1944 | 22 July 1944 | 15 January 1947 | Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping | [56] | |
14 May 1949 | 12 December 1949 | |||||||
27 October 1950 | 17 October 1969 | |||||||
USS Alfred A. Cunningham | DD-752 | 23 February 1944 | 3 August 1944 | 23 November 1944 | August 1949 | Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise, 10 January 1979 | [57] [58] | |
5 October 1950 | 24 February 1971 | |||||||
USS John R. Pierce | DD-753 | 24 March 1944 | 1 September 1944 | 30 December 1944 | 1 May 1947 | Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping, 10 January 1974 | [59] [60] | |
11 April 1949 | 2 July 1973 | |||||||
USS Frank E. Evans | DD-754 | 21 April 1944 | 3 October 1944 | 3 February 1945 | 11 May 1949 | Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise, 10 October 1969 | [61] [62] | |
15 September 1950 | 1 July 1969 | |||||||
USS John A. Bole | DD-755 | 20 May 1944 | 1 November 1944 | 3 March 1945 | 6 November 1970 | Sold to Republic of China Navy 6 May 1974 for spare parts | [63] [64] | |
USS Beatty | DD-756 | 4 July 1944 | 30 November 1944 | 31 March 1945 | 14 July 1972 | Sold to Venezuela 14 July 1972 as Carabobo | [65] | |
USS Putnam | DD-757 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California | 11 July 1943 | 26 March 1944 | 12 October 1944 | 6 January 1950 | Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping, 6 January 1974 | [66] [67] |
October 1950 | 6 August 1973 | |||||||
USS Strong | DD-758 | 25 July 1943 | 23 April 1944 | 8 March 1945 | 9 May 1947 | Sold to Brazil, 31 October 1973, as Rio Grande do Norte (D-37) | [68] [69] | |
14 May 1949 | 31 October 1973 | |||||||
USS Lofberg | DD-759 | 4 November 1943 | 12 August 1944 | 26 April 1945 | 15 January 1971 | Sold to Republic of China Navy 6 May 1974 for spare parts | [70] [71] | |
USS John W. Thomason | DD-760 | 21 November 1943 | 30 September 1944 | 11 October 1945 | 8 December 1970 | Sold to Republic of China Navy 6 May 1974 as Nan Yang | [72] [73] | |
USS Buck | DD-761 | 1 February 1944 | 11 March 1945 | 28 June 1946 | 15 July 1973 | Sold to Brazil 16 July 1973 as Alagoas | [74] [75] | |
USS Henley | DD-762 | 8 February 1944 | 8 April 1945 | 8 October 1946 | 1 March 1950 | Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping, 6 January 1974 | [76] [77] | |
23 September 1950 | 1 July 1973 | |||||||
USS Lowry | DD-770 | San Pedro, California, Terminal Island
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1 August 1943 | 6 February 1944 | 23 July 1944 | 30 June 1947 | Sold to Brazil 31 October 1973 as Espirito Santo | [78] [79] |
27 December 1950 | 29 October 1973 | |||||||
USS Hugh W. Hadley | DD-774 | 6 February 1944 | 16 July 1944 | 25 November 1944 | 15 December 1945 | Sold 2 September 1947 for scrap | [80] | |
USS Willard Keith | DD-775 | 5 March 1944 | 29 August 1944 | 27 December 1944 | 20 June 1947 | Sold to Colombia as Caldas (DD-02) | [81] | |
23 October 1950 | 1 July 1972 | |||||||
USS James C. Owens | DD-776 | 9 April 1944 | 1 October 1944 | 17 February 1945 | 3 April 1950 | Sold to Brazil 15 July 1973 as Sergipe | [82] [83] | |
20 September 1950 | 15 July 1973 | |||||||
USS Zellars | DD-777 | Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington | 24 December 1943 | 19 July 1944 | 25 October 1944 | 19 March 1971 | Sold to Iran 12 October 1973 as Babr | [84] |
USS Massey | DD-778 | 14 January 1944 | 12 September 1944 | 24 November 1944 | 17 September 1973 | Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping, 10 January 1974 | [85] [86] | |
USS Douglas H. Fox | DD-779 | 31 January 1944 | 30 September 1944 | 26 December 1944 | 21 April 1950 | Sold to Chile 8 January 1974 Ministro Portales (DD-17) | [87] [88] | |
15 November 1950 | 15 December 1973 | |||||||
USS Stormes | DD-780 | 15 February 1944 | 4 November 1944 | 27 January 1945 | 5 December 1970 | Sold to Iran 16 February 1972 Palang (DDG-9) | [89] | |
USS Robert K. Huntington | DD-781 | 29 February 1944 | 5 December 1944 | 3 March 1945 | 31 October 1973 | Sold to Venezuela as Falcon | [90] [91] | |
USS Bristol | DD-857 | San Pedro, California, Terminal Island
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5 May 1944 | 29 October 1944 | 17 March 1945 | 21 November 1969 | Sold to Republic of China Navy 9 December 1969 Hua Yang | [92] |
See also
- List of ship classes of the Second World War
References
- ^ ."The Sumner Class As Built Archived 22 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 25 August 2009."
- ^ ISBN 1-55750-442-3..
- ^ "Special Feature – FRAM". www.navsource.org.
- ^ Friedman, p. 283