USN · DD

Moale

Afloat

Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, DD-693. Laid down at Kearny on 5 August 1943 and commissioned on 28 February 1944, Commander Walter M. Foster in command. Damaged by naval gunfire in Ormoc Bay on 3 December 1944 and holed alongside LST-738 off Mindoro on 15 December. She was not sunk. Five battle stars in the war, and one for Korea.

Class	Allen M. Sumner class
Type	Destroyer (DD)
Hull	DD-693
Builder	Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny
Launched	1944-01-16
Commissioned	1944-02-28
Fate	Afloat. Survived the war. Damaged by naval gunfire in Ormoc Bay on 3 December 1944, and holed alongside LST-738 off Mindoro on 15 December 1944. Storm damage off the Volcanoes in February 1945 sent her to Pearl Harbor. Five battle stars in World War II and one for Korea. DANFS records her stricken on 1 July 1973 and sold on 1 December 1974.
Armament (class)	Three twin 5-inch mounts and two funnels, on the Fletcher hull.
Command	Foster, Walter M. Captain from 28 February 1944; DANFS names him at commissioning. NavSource and uboat.net carry the tour through 8 May 1945 and disagree on the middle name, Manly or Manley. Neither account says he was killed

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.

Underway in 1944, probably soon after completion, location unknown, and not yet in camouflage. The bow and the stern both read 693. Naval History and Heritage Command photograph NH 45927, via NavSource. Public domain.

The pictures on this page are the originals.

Command

WFFoster, Walter M.Captain from 28 February 1944DANFS names him at commissioning. NavSource and uboat.net carry the tour through 8 May 1945 and disagree on the middle name, Manly or Manley. Neither account says he was killed

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