USN · DD
AfloatAllen M. Sumner-class destroyer, DD-696. She screened Task Force 38 and 58 from December 1944, gave gunfire support off Okinawa on 1 April 1945, and on 11 May went alongside the burning Bunker Hill.
| Class | Allen M. Sumner class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Hull | DD-696 |
| Builder | Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny |
| Launched | 1944-02-27 |
| Commissioned | 1944-05-04 |
| Fate | Afloat. Survived the war. Transferred to the Republic of China in 1970 as Huei Yang; expended as a target in 2003. |
| Armament (class) | Three twin 5-inch mounts and two funnels, on the Fletcher hull. |
| Command |
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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 English (DD-696) at the front, with the carrier Hancock (CV-19) behind her, in the South China Sea about January 1945. U.S. Navy photograph 80-G-470288, by Lieutenant Commander Charles Fenno Jacobs, USNR. Wikimedia Commons File:USS English (DD-696) and USS Hancock (CV-19) underway in the South China Sea, circa in January 1945 (80-G-470288).jpg. Public domain.
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Command
Okinawa
1945-04-01 · screened TF 58; gunfire support from 1 April 1945; alongside the burning Bunker Hill on 11 May to fight fires and take off Mitscher and his staff; not sunk
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