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

USS Mannert L. Abele

Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer

USS Mannert L. Abele
U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo 80-G 382764 from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Mannert L. Abele (DD-733) underway at sea on 1 August 1944. She is wearing Camouflage Measure 32, Design 11A.

Service

  1. United States Navy as Mannert L. Abele4 July 1944 — 12 April 1945282 days of the war
Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer Particulars
Name
USS 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 Ohka suicide flying bomb during the battle for Okinawa 12 April 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
336
Main gun
127 mm (5 in)

USS Mannert L. Abele was a Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer built for the United States Navy. The ship was named after Mannert Lincoln Abele. Bath Iron Works laid her keel on 9 December 1943. Launched on 23 April 1944, she entered service on 4 July 1944.

54 ships of the class were built. 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 336.

Her main battery was six 127 mm (5 in) guns. Her machinery developed 60,000 shp.

She was in commission for 282 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk on 12 April 1945 by aircraft, at 27°15′N 126°30′E. The wreck survives.

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

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 2 propellers
Power
  • 60000 shp
Armament
  • 6 × 5 in/38 caliber guns (3x2)
  • 12 × 40 mm AA guns
  • 11 × 20 mm AA guns
  • 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (10 torpedoes)
  • 6 × depth charge projectors
  • 2 × depth charge tracks

Sister ships

29 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS Mannert L. Abele on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo 80-G 382764 from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons