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Class: Allen B. Sumner (p 1)

(All ships of this class are listed in our pages)

Category: Destroyer

Nation: USA

Main statistics:

Displacement: 3 315 tons
Length: 115 meters
Speed: 37 knots
6 x 5'' guns

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The Taussig after World War II with a reinforced radar equipement. The three double turrets with 5'' guns are clearly visible on this picture.

The class Allen B. Sumner inaugurated the mounting of double 5" turrets to replace the single model of the Fletcher. It was a good idea, since it was also adopted in the the Gearing, the next class of destroyer. All units were launched between 1943 and the begining of 1945. None were cancelled.
Five ships were sunk before the end of the war, three of them by kamikaze. The Cooper was the last victim of the "long lance" torpedo of a Japanese destroyer, in the Philippines during a night combat at the end of 1944. The Sumner went on being used in the US and other Navies after the war. One of them, the Taussig was still in service in 1998.
Besides the 58 destroyers, 12 other ships of the same class were completed as fast minesweepers. They are listed in the class Robert H. Smith.

Mannert L. Abele, DD 733

1943	December 9th	Laid down.	US East Coast
1944	April 23rd	Launched. Destroyer, named Mannert L. Abele.
	July 4th	Commissioned.
	November 17th	Arrived at Pearl Harbor, coming from the USA.	Hawaii
1945	February 15th	Terrible conquest of Iwo Jima.	Japan
	March 24th	Campaign of Okinawa.
	April 12th	Only ship sunk by a "baka" (kamikaze rocket): sunk by a kamikaze.

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Ault, DD 698

1943	November 15th	Laid down.	US East Coast
1944	March 26th	Launched. Destroyer, named Ault.
	May 31st	Commissioned.
	September 29th	Arrived at Pearl Harbor, coming from the USA.	Hawaii
	December 18th	Arrival in a new area.	Central Pacific
	December 30th	Carrier raid against Formose and in the South China Sea.	Vietnam
1945	February 17th	Terrible conquest of Iwo Jima.	Japan
	March 18th	Carrier raid preparing the landing at Okinawa.
	April 1st	Campaign of Okinawa.
	July 18th	Bombardment against Homeland Japan.
	July 24th	Final raid against Japan.
	September 2nd	Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay.
1967	April 16th	Indochina and Vietnam War.	Vietnam
1974	April 30th	Scrapped.	US East Coast

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Barton II, DD 722

1943	May 24th	Laid down.	US East Coast
	October 10th	Launched. Destroyer, named Barton II.
	December 30th	Commissioned.
1944	May 27th	Preparations for Overlord.	Great Britain
	June 6th	Landing in Normandy.	Channel
	June 25th	Bombardment of Cherbourg: damaged by a coastal battery.
	July 10th	Arrival in a new area.	US East Coast
	October 2nd	Arrived at Pearl Harbor, coming from the USA.	Hawaii
	November 9th	Arrival in a new area.	Philippines
	December 7th	Landing at Ormoc.
	December 15th	Allied landing at Mindoro.
1945	January 9th	Landing at Lingayen and conquest of Luzon Island.
	February 16th	Terrible conquest of Iwo Jima: damaged in a collision.	Japan
	March 26th	Campaign of Okinawa.
	July 10th	Final raid against Japan.
1946	June 15th	Atomic test at Bikini.	Central Pacific
1952	June	Korean War.	Korea
1969	October 8th	Sunk as a target.	US East Coast

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Beatty II, Carabobo, DD 756

1944	July 4th	Laid down.	US East Coast
1944	November 30th	Launched. Destroyer, named Beatty II.
1945	March 31st	Commissioned.
1945	June 22nd	Assigned to training missions until the end of the War.
1951	November	Korean War.	Korea
1972	July 14th	Transfert. Named Carabobo, Latin America.	Caribbean
1981	-	Scrapped.

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Blue II, DD 744

1943	June 30th	Laid down.	US East Coast
1943	November 28th	Launched.
1944	March 20th	Commissioned. Destroyer, named Blue II.
1944	July	Joins the raiding task force at Eniwetok.	Central Pacific
1945	January 12th	Carrier raid against Formose and in the South China Sea.	Vietnam
	February 17th	Terrible conquest of Iwo Jima.	Japan
	March 18th	Carrier raid preparing the landing at Okinawa.
	April 1st	Campaign of Okinawa.
	June 5th	Damaged by a typhoon.
	July 1st	Final raid against Japan.
	September 2nd	Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay.
1951	January 23rd	Korean War.	Korea
1977	April 28th	Sunk as a target.	US West Coast

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John A. Bole, DD 755

1944	May 20th	Laid down.	US East Coast
1944	November 1st	Launched. Destroyer, named John A. Bole.
1945	March 3rd	Commissioned.
	June 7th	Arrived at Pearl Harbor, coming from the USA.	Hawaii
	June 29th	Campaign of Okinawa.	Japan
1950	September 30th	Korean War.	Korea
1974	May 6th	Taiwan.	Taiwan

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Borie II, Hipolito Bouchard, DD 704

1944	February 29th	Laid down.	US East Coast
	July 4th	Launched. Destroyer, named Borie II.
	September 21st	Commissioned.
1945	January 4th	Arrived at Pearl Harbor, coming from the USA.	Hawaii
	February 10th	Terrible conquest of Iwo Jima.	Japan
	March 18th	Carrier raid preparing the landing at Okinawa.
	April 1st	Campaign of Okinawa.
	July 9th	Final raid against Japan.
1950	September 6th	Korean War.	Korea
1972	July 1st	Transfert. Named Hipolito Bouchard, Argentina.	South and Central Atlantic
1984	-	Scrapped.

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Bristol II, Hua Yang, DD 857

1944	May 5th	Laid down.	US West Coast
1944	October 29th	Launched.
1945	March 17th	Commissioned. Destroyer, named Bristol II.
	June 13th	Arrival in a new area.	Hawaii
	June 19th	Arrived at Pearl Harbor, coming from the USA.
1951	October 31st	Korean War.	Korea
1969	December 9th	Transfert. Named Hua Yang, Taiwan.	Taiwan
1993	-	Scrapped.

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Brush, Hsiang Yang, DD 745

1943	July 30th	Laid down.	US East Coast
1943	December 28th	Launched. Destroyer, named Brush.
1944	April 17th	Commissioned.
1944	August 30th	Arrived at Pearl Harbor, coming from the USA.	Hawaii
1945	February 17th	Terrible conquest of Iwo Jima.	Japan
	March 18th	Carrier raid preparing the landing at Okinawa.
	April 1st	Campaign of Okinawa.
	July 1st	Final raid against Japan.
	July 19th	Sweep in the Eastern China Sea.	Asia
	July 22nd	Bombardment against Homeland Japan.	Japan
1950	June 29th	Korean War.	Korea
1969	December 9th	Transfert. Named Hsiang Yang, Taiwan.	Taiwan
1984	-	Scrapped.

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Buck II, Alagoas, DD 761

James Buck was sailor, who distinguished himself during the Civil War

1944	February 1st	Laid down.	US West Coast
1945	March 11th	Launched. Destroyer, named Buck II.
1946	June 28th	Commissioned.
1950	at the end of	Korean War.	Korea
1973	July 16th	Transfert. Named Alagoas, Brazil.	South and Central Atlantic
1995	June 30th	Scrapped.

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Collett, Piedra Buena, DD 730

1943	October 11th	Laid down.	US East Coast
1944	March 5th	Launched. Destroyer, named Collett.
	May 16th	Commissioned.
	October 16th	Arrived at Pearl Harbor, coming from the USA.	Hawaii
1945	January 12th	Carrier raid against Formose and in the South China Sea.	Vietnam
	February 17th	Terrible conquest of Iwo Jima.	Japan
	March 18th	Carrier raid preparing the landing at Okinawa.
	April 1st	Campaign of Okinawa.
	April 18th	Sank the I-56.
	July 10th	Final raid against Japan.
	July 22nd	Sweep in the Eastern China Sea.	Asia
1950	June	Korean War.	Korea
1974	July 4th	Transfert. Named Piedra Buena, Argentina.	South and Central Atlantic
1984	-	Scrapped.

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Compton, Matto Grosso, DD 705

1944	March 28th	Laid down.	US East Coast
	September 17th	Launched. Destroyer, named Compton.
	November 4th	Commissioned.
1945	March 16th	Arrived at Pearl Harbor, coming from the USA.	Hawaii
1945	April 20th	Campaign of Okinawa.	Japan
1972	September 27th	Transfert. Named Matto Grosso, Brazil.	South and Central Atlantic
1990	July	Scrapped.

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Cooper, DD 695

1943	August 30th	Laid down.	US East Coast
1944	February 9th	Launched. Destroyer, named Cooper.
	March 27th	Commissioned.
	September 4th	Arrived at Pearl Harbor, coming from the USA.	Hawaii
	December 3rd	Gun battle in Ormoc Bay: sank the Kuwa, sunk by the Take.	Philippines

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Alfred A. Cunningham, DD 752

1944	February 23rd	Laid down.	US East Coast
	August 3rd	Launched. Destroyer, named Alfred A. Cunningham.
	November 23rd	Commissioned.
1945	May 31st	Arrived at Pearl Harbor, coming from the USA.	Hawaii
1951	January	Korean War.	Korea
1965	October	Indochina and Vietnam War.	Vietnam
1971	February 24th	Stricken.	US West Coast
1979	October 12th	Scuttled.

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De Haven II, Inchon, DD 727

1943	August 9th	Laid down.	US East Coast
1944	January 9th	Launched. Destroyer, named De Haven II.
	March 31st	Commissioned.
	August 3rd	Arrived at Pearl Harbor, coming from the USA.	Hawaii
1945	January 12th	Carrier raid against Formose and in the South China Sea.	Vietnam
	February 17th	Terrible conquest of Iwo Jima.	Japan
	March 18th	Carrier raid preparing the landing at Okinawa.
	April 1st	Campaign of Okinawa.
	July 1st	Final raid against Japan.
	September 2nd	Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay.
1950	June 25th	Korean War.	Korea
1973	December 5th	Transfert. Named Inchon, Korea.
1993	-	Scrapped.

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Harlan R. Dickson, DD 708

1944	May 23rd	Laid down.	US East Coast
1944	December 17th	Launched. Destroyer, named Harlan R. Dickson.
1945	February 17th	Commissioned.
1973	May 18th	Scrapped.	USA

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