USN · DD
SunkAllen M. Sumner-class destroyer, DD-733. She served as a fighter director ship at Iwo Jima and then on the Okinawa picket line. On 12 April 1945 she was hit by a kamikaze and then by an Ohka, and sank.
| Class | Allen M. Sumner class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Hull | DD-733 |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works |
| Launched | 1944-04-23 |
| Commissioned | 1944-07-04 |
| Fate | Sunk. 12 April 1945 off Okinawa. A kamikaze hit her, and about a minute later an Ohka rocket plane struck and sank her. 84 men were killed. Wreck located in December 2022. |
| 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 Mannert L. Abele (DD-733) underway at sea on 1 August 1944, four weeks after commissioning. U.S. Navy photograph 80-G-382764, from the Navsource collection. Wikimedia Commons File:USS Mannert L. Abele (DD-733) underway at sea on 1 August 1944 (80-G 382764).jpg. Public domain.
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Command
Iwo Jima
1945-02-19 · transport screen, then fire support from 20 February 1945; picket duty; not sunk here
Okinawa
1945-04-01 · radar picket; hit by a kamikaze about 1440 on 12 April 1945, then by an Ohka that sank her; 84 killed
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