USS Drexler

Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer

Service

United States Navy14 November 1944 — 28 May 1945195 days of the war

Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer Particulars

Name: USS Drexler
Namesake: Henry Clay Drexler
Builder: Bath Iron Works
Laid down: 24 April 1944
Launched: 3 September 1944
Commissioned: 14 November 1944
Fate: Sunk by kamikaze 28 May 1945
By aircraft (1945)
Status: Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, standard: 2,200 long tons (2,235 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: 357
Main gun: 120 mm (4.7 in)

USS Drexler was a Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer built for the United States Navy. The ship was named after Henry Clay Drexler. Bath Iron Works laid her keel on 24 April 1944. Launched on 3 September 1944, she entered service on 14 November 1944.

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

She displaced 2,200 long tons. 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 357. Her main battery was of 120 mm (4.7 in) calibre.

She was in commission for 195 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk on 28 May 1945 by aircraft, at 27°06′N 127°38′E. The wreck survives.

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

Armament and machinery

Propulsion: 60,000 shp (45 MW)
2 propellers
Armament: 6 × 5 in./38 guns (12 cm)
12 × 40mm AA guns
11 × 20mm AA guns
10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
6 × depth charge projectors
2 × depth charge tracks

Sister ships

29 more in the class

Sources

Facts harvested from USS Drexler on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo NH 107142 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons