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World War II Destroyer Shipbuilders map from Department of Defense (DoD) 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 Fletcher class, which were built from 1941 until ...
Pages in category "Vietnam War destroyers of the United States" The following 149 pages are in this category, out of 149 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
USS Frank E. Evans was an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer. She was laid down on 21 April 1944, and commissioned into the United States Navy (USN) on 3 February 1945. [2] She served in the Second World War, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, and had earned eleven battle stars. [2]
USS Maddox (DD-731), was an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer. It was named after Captain William A. T. Maddox of the United States Marine Corps . Maddox screened the ships of the Fast Carrier Task Force during strikes against Japanese targets in the western Pacific.
2.1.3 Vietnam War. 2.2 Service in the ... USS Samuel N. Moore (DD-747), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for ...
English: The U.S. Navy's Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD-729) firing a 6-gun salvo at shore targets during the Vietnam War between November 1968 and July 1969. Date between November 1968 and July 1969
USS Borie (DD-704), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Adolph E. Borie, Secretary of the Navy under President Ulysses S. Grant. Construction
USS Robert K. Huntington (DD-781) was an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer. It is the only ship of the United States Navy to have been named for Robert Kingsbury Huntington, a naval aviator and member of Torpedo Squadron 8. The entire squadron was lost during the Battle of Midway.