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Blue

Class	Allen M. Sumner class
Type	Destroyer (DD)
Hull	DD-744
Builder	Bethlehem, Staten Island
Launched	1943-11-28
Commissioned	1944-03-20
Fate	Afloat. Survived the war.
Armament (class)	Three twin 5-inch mounts and two funnels, on the Fletcher hull.

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, DD-744. This is not the earlier Blue (DD-387).

The pictures on this page are the originals.