The Allen M. Sumner class of destroyers was built by the United States during World War II. USS Lassen, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and manouverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet or battle group and defend them against smaller, short-range attackers (originally torpedo boats, later submarines and aircraft). ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km (over 11 miles) into the air, August 9, 1945. ...

General characteristics

• Displacement: 2,420 tons (stand)
• Length: 390 ft (119 m) oa
• Beam: 41 ft (12.5 m)
• Draft: 15 ft (4.6 m) max
• Armament
  • 6 x 5 in (127 mm) /38 DP in twins
  • 2 x 40 mm quads
  • 2 x 40 mm twins
  • 11 x 20 mm
  • 2 depth charge tracks
  • 6 depth charge projectors
  • 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (quints)
• Speed: 34 knots (63 km) max
• Power: 60,000 shp (45 MW)
• Drive: 2 screws; geared turbine
• Fuel: 740 tons oil (max)

Sumner class ships

• USS Allen M. Sumner (DD-692)
• USS Moale (DD-693)
• USS Ingraham (DD-694)
• USS Cooper (DD-695)
• USS English (DD-696)
• USS Charles S. Sperry (DD-697)
• USS Ault (DD-698)
• USS Waldron (DD-699)
• USS Haynsworth (DD-700)
• USS John W. Weeks (DD-701)
• USS Hank (DD-702)
• USS Wallace L. Lind (DD-703)
• USS Borie (DD-704)
• USS Compton (DD-705)
• USS Gainard (DD-706)
• USS Soley (DD-707)
• USS Harlan R. Dickson (DD-708)
• USS Hugh Purvis (DD-709)
• USS Barton (DD-722)
• USS Walke (DD-723)
• USS Laffey (DD-724)
• USS O'Brien (DD-725)
• USS Meredith (DD-726)
• USS De Haven (DD-727)
• USS Mansfield (DD-728)
• USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD-729)
• USS Collett (DD-730)
• USS Maddox (DD-731)
• USS Hyman (DD-732)
• USS Mannert L. Abele (DD-733)
• USS Purdy (DD-734)
• USS Drexler (DD-741)
• USS Blue (DD-744)
• USS Brush (DD-745)
• USS Taussig (DD-746)
• USS Samuel N. Moore (DD-747)
• USS Harry E. Hubbard (DD-748)
• USS Alfred A. Cunningham (DD-752)
• USS Ammen (DD-75?)
• USS John R. Pierce (DD-753)
• USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754)
• USS John A. Bole (DD-755)
• USS Beatty (DD-756)
• USS Putnam (DD-757)
• USS Strong (DD-758)
• USS Lofberg (DD-759)
• USS Lowrey (DD-770)
• USS Hugh W. Hadley (DD-774)
• USS Willard Keith (DD-775)
• USS James C. Owens (DD-776)
• USS Zellars (DD-777)
• USS Massey (DD-778)
• USS Douglas H. Fox (DD-779)
• USS Stormes (DD-780)
• USS Robert K. Huntington (DD-781)
• USS Bristol (DD-857)

Categories: Allen M. Sumner class destroyers ... The Third Ingraham (DD-694) was launched 16 January 1944 by Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey; sponsored by Mrs. ... USS Ault (DD-698) was an class destroyer named for Commander William Bowen Ault, Air group commander aboard Lexington. ... (DD-724): dp. ... USS Collett (DD-730) was a World War II-era -class destroyer in the service of the U.S. Navy, named after John Austin Collett. ... USS Maddox (DD-731), named for Captain William A. T. Maddox, USMC, (1814-1889), was an class destroyer laid down by the Bath Iron Works Corporation at Bath in Maine on 28 October 1943, launched on 19 March 1944 by Mrs. ... USS (DD-754), an class destroyer, was named in honor of a leader of the American Expeditionary Force in France during World War I. Her keel was laid down at the Bethlehem Steel Company of Staten Island, New York. ... USS (DD-779) an class destroyer, was named in honor of the captain of the Barton, who went down with his ship when she was torpedoed and sunk in the naval battle of Guadalcanal November 13, 1942. ...