Allen M Sumner (DD 692) - Naval Cruise Book

 - Class of 1962

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HISTURY Named for a Marine Corps Captain of the First World War, USS ALLEN M. SUMNER was the first of a class of destroyers, larger and more heavily armed than her predecessors, being 376 feet in length and weighing 3200 tons fully loaded. Built in Kearny, New Jersey, in the fall of 1943 and commissioned January 26, 1944 SUMNER reported to the Commander-in-Chief, Pacific, Fleet at Pearl Harbor in September 1944 for combat. She became part of the fgamousr third slrll f llfeettand ,..l..' ope.rat.e,d ,,,.. with. ,,,. t he :,. ,,,, f i,.rs,t.,a.ir.eriaft carriers in Philippine waters . The waht Of 2-3 1 l2r 1.9 yn, F44 ,, . QS ,.n.... Q ,,n,,,,.,,i f iaahtine Shun- In company wlth sister ships USS MOALE2 assigned the task of inter- cepting a Japanese convfpy enroute tolapd rievenforpcernlents ,zpqz at Ormoc 1111 Iheyte. Shortly after enter- ing enemy waters enemyf planes 'iili' steadily for? the next four hours. One near bomb miss perforated the starboafiid and Ili' 3 iii'i a fire which niarked her more clearly to the enemy. At midnight t 'l ct Or'm'o'tc':B'iaY 'ii't tandyi' 'it i nts 1'- being empty, the convoy was already there and ifiifrloading. sank ships Cone a Japanese destroyerl and de- Stroyed Six Planes- 11iil'1'lfl1E.... lf' 1':ti1i I ... illl The action was folilowedff. ,,,,vb i'i' n ,,V,,,.V ssignftrient A : iiipport on ltllindoro and Luzon. During the pre-invasion bombargiment fa Japanese lil iliiiil pilot fourfd SUMNER a good target, clipping the after stackgi tearing iiirr o ,ff E., fzafter torpedo after group of machine guns and exploding bombs in 'i'11A1.: .an after compartment. 'Q21 imembers of the crew were killed and many more Wcifunded. She l:'1i1 ontiniie ., ,lp in the action after the? landing and then returned to the Admiralty Islands. for temporary, repfaifrs Viyzilyqiql folldyved by month dverhaul in San Francisco. During the following years she maintained a participation in the atom bomb tests at Bikini and extensive fleet operations. ,,..,, . vzpgql li1l VAIZ , In April 1953 SUMNQER steamed out of .....q: .corny-mence voyage that saw her stopping at Korea t aid the U.N. forceps yvpv in fight, ,lp .againsft fi' The next operation of note was a large scafe in the British ,Royal Navy. In July 1956, .yI.T. to the Vliii Mediteififianean :'itl'1 on a four mpnth tour of duty and pro- vided support for Nationals 2.s,, .Pat the outbreak of the Suez crisis. After returning to theUZS. chosen as ..:, oneyof two ships to represent the Navy at the second inauguration of i11': 3Eisenhower, 1'f:r.,..,,V,VA Following her visit to Washington SUMNER entered the shipyard folffya fourr.2i1j.f.nio'ii'ith ..,...,. 'l-,..,q: ii 2 Zpqp During 1958 SUMNER spent five the Mediterraneanp i1 returning to the United States in July she became part of until which operated in the North Atlantic. SUMNER again departed for in February, 19529, for seven months entering the Norfolk Naval Shipyard for a upon her return, i'l' ito the U.S. In the Summer of 196lt0,SUMNER the ba.m1ite.effipi ii' ency E in competition with other ships of Destroyer Squadron SIXT'E1FQNiil1'i5while participating, in entensive Atlantic Fleet exer- cises. In September, 1960 SUMNER was again enroute to the Mediterranean. Upon return from the Mediterranean SUMNER underwent an extensive seven month overhaul under the Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization program CFRAMD which was completed in Dec., 1961. I On March 9, 1962, following, two months refresher training at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the SUMNER departed for her fifth Mediterranean deployment. This veteran destroyer proudly wears nine campaign ribbons on her bridge with Battle Stars on her Pacific Theater and Korean Service Ribbons. The SUMNER boasts of being in continuous service longer than any other destroyer in the United States Fleet.

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