USN · DD
AfloatAllen M. Sumner-class destroyer, DD-734. She was a radar picket off Okinawa. On 12 April 1945 she and Cassin Young were attacked by about 30 aircraft, and a bomb from a crashing plane killed 15 of her crew.
| Class | Allen M. Sumner class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Hull | DD-734 |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works |
| Launched | 1944-05-07 |
| Commissioned | 1944-07-18 |
| Fate | Afloat. Survived Okinawa, where a kamikaze and its bomb killed 15 of her crew on 12 April 1945. Sold for scrap on 11 June 1974. |
| 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 Purdy (DD-734) underway in July 1944. Official U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photograph 19-N-69887, available at Destroyerhistory.org. Wikimedia Commons File:USS Purdy (DD-734) underway in July 1944.jpg. Public domain.
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Command
Okinawa
1945-04-01 · radar picket; helped Mullany on 6 April; hit by a kamikaze's bomb on 12 April 1945 with Cassin Young; 15 killed, 25 seriously wounded; not sunk
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