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USS Allen M. Sumner (DD-692), was the lead ship of her class of destroyers. The ship was named for Allen Melancthon Sumner , a United States Marine Corps captain , who was killed in action during World War I .
The Allen M. Sumner design was extended 14 feet (4.3 m) amidships to become the Gearing class, which was produced in larger numbers but did not see significant service in World War II. Completed in 1943–45, four Sumners were lost in the war and two were damaged so badly they were scrapped, but the surviving ships served in the US Navy into ...
The destroyers, DD-333 and DD-692, were named after World War I Marine Corps Captain Allen Melancthon Sumner. The survey ships, AGS-5 and T-AGS-61, were named after the 19th century Navy captain Thomas Hubbard Sumner. The first USS Sumner (DD-333) was a Clemson-class destroyer commissioned in 1921 and decommissioned in 1930.
The USS Sumner (DD-333) was a ship of the United States Navy (USN) during the interwar period.During World War II, Sumner was honoured as the namesake of the newly developed Allen M. Sumner-class destroyers, a class of 58 destroyers, of which the lead ship was USS Allen M. Sumner (DD-692).
USS Allen M. Sumner United States: Destroyer Damaged 6 January 1945 16°40'N, 120°10'E Cressman, p 604 DANFS: USS Alpine ex SS Sea Arrow United States: Attack personnel transport ship Damaged 12 November 1944 11°07'N, 125°02'E Cressman, p 579 DANFS Naval Historical Center: USS Alpine ex SS Sea Arrow United States
USS Allen M. Sumner; USS Ault; B. USS Barton (DD-722) USS Beatty (DD-756) USS Blue (DD-744) USS Borie (DD-704) USS Bristol (DD-857) USS Brush; USS Buck (DD-761) C.
for Allen M. Sumner (DD-692) class: John R. Pierce: Adapted patterns MS-32/11A (aircraft carrier) adapted to Allen M. Sumner (DD-692) class: Aaron Ward:
Two survey ships of the United States Navy (USN), the USS Sumner (AGS-5) and USNS Sumner (T-AGS-61), were named in honour of Sumner. Note that two other Sumner's of the USN, the USS Sumner (DD-333) and the USS Allen M. Sumner (DD-692), were named for United States Marine Corps Captain Allen Melancthon Sumner, who died in action in World War I.