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James C. Owens

Class	Allen M. Sumner class
Type	Destroyer (DD)
Hull	DD-776
Builder	Bethlehem, San Pedro
Launched	1944-10-01
Commissioned	1945-02-17
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-776.

The pictures on this page are the originals.