Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
United States Navy — Destroyer

USS Allen M. Sumner

Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer

USS Allen M. Sumner
AT2 Glenn Muzzy, USN — U.S. Navy photograph [1] from ussfranklindroosevelt.com — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Allen M. Sumner (DD-692) in April 1959. The photo was taken from the aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42) during that carrier's deployment to the Mediterranean Sea from 13 February to 1 September 1959.

Service

  1. United States Navy as Allen M. Sumner26 January 1944 — 15 August 1973585 days of the war
Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer Particulars
Name
USS Allen M. Sumner
Namesake
Allen Melancthon Sumner
Builder
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Ordered
7 August 1942
Laid down
7 July 1943
Launched
15 December 1943
Commissioned
26 January 1944
Decommissioned
15 August 1973
Struck
15 August 1973
Fate
Sold for scrap on 16 October 1974 (1974)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
2,890 long tons (2,936 t)
Displacement, full load
3,315 long tons (3,368 t)
Length
114.6 m (376 ft)
Beam
12.19 m (40 ft)
Draught
4.57 m (15 ft)
Speed
34 knots (63 km/h, 39.1 mph)
Range
6,500 nmi (12,038 km)
Complement
336
Main gun
127 mm (5 in)

USS Allen M. Sumner was a Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer of the United States Navy. She was named for Allen Melancthon Sumner. Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company laid her keel on 7 July 1943. She entered service on 26 January 1944, having been launched on 15 December 1943.

Her class ran to 54 ships. The class followed the Fletcher-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Gearing-class destroyer.

Displacement was 2,890 long tons standard and 3,315 long tons at full load. She measured 114.6 m (376 ft) long with a beam of 12.2 m (40 ft). Her designed speed was 34 knots, and she carried a complement of 336.

Her main battery was six 127 mm (5 in) guns.

She was in commission for 585 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 15 August 1973. She was struck from the register on 15 August 1973.

She was broken up for scrap on 16 October 1974.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 60000 shp
  • 2 propellers
Armament
  • 6 × 5 in/38 calibre guns
  • 12 × 40 mm AA guns
  • 11 × 20 mm AA guns
  • 10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 6 × depth charge projectors
  • 2 × depth charge tracks
Aircraft
  • Gyrodyne QH-50 DASH (years 1960)

Sister ships

29 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS Allen M. Sumner on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: AT2 Glenn Muzzy, USN — U.S. Navy photograph [1] from ussfranklindroosevelt.com — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons