USN · DD
AfloatAllen M. Sumner-class destroyer, DD-694. She served at Mindoro, Lingayen Gulf and Iwo Jima and on the Okinawa picket line, where a kamikaze hit her on 4 May 1945 and killed 15.
| Class | Allen M. Sumner class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Hull | DD-694 |
| Builder | Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny |
| Launched | 1944-01-16 |
| Commissioned | 1944-03-10 |
| Fate | Afloat. Survived the kamikaze hit of 4 May 1945, in which 15 were killed. Sold to Greece in 1971; sunk as a target in 2001. This is DD-694, not the earlier Ingraham (DD-444) lost in 1942. |
| 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 Ingraham (DD-694) off New York City on 9 March 1944, the day before she was commissioned. U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photograph 19-N-62588, edited by the Destroyer History Foundation. Wikimedia Commons File:USS Ingraham (DD-694) off New York City on 9 March 1944 (19-N-62588).jpg. Public domain.
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Command
Iwo Jima
1945-02-19 · call fire for the Marines from 23 February 1945; not sunk
Okinawa
1945-04-01 · radar picket from 21 March 1945; shot down four planes on 4 May before a fifth hit her; 15 killed, 51 casualties; not sunk
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