USN · DD
AfloatAllen M. Sumner-class destroyer, DD-704. She bombarded Iwo Jima in January and February 1945 and screened Task Force 58. A kamikaze hit her on 9 August 1945, six days before the surrender.
| Class | Allen M. Sumner class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Hull | DD-704 |
| Builder | Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny |
| Launched | 1944-07-04 |
| Commissioned | 1944-09-21 |
| Fate | Afloat. Survived the kamikaze hit of 9 August 1945. Later sold to Argentina as Hipolito Bouchard; broken up in 1984. This is DD-704, not the Borie (DD-215) of 1943. |
| Armament (class) | Three twin 5-inch mounts and two funnels, on the Fletcher hull. |
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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.
USS Borie (DD-704), about late 1944. U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photograph 19-N-99960, from destroyerhistory.org. Wikimedia Commons File:USS Borie (DD-704), circa in late 1944 (19-N-99960).jpg. Public domain.
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Command
Iwo Jima
1945-02-19 · bombarded on 24 January 1945 and took part in the invasion from 19 to 23 February; not sunk
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