USN · DD
AfloatAllen M. Sumner-class destroyer, DD-723. She was at Normandy and Cherbourg, sank the burning destroyer Mahan at Ormoc Bay, and was hit by a kamikaze at Lingayen Gulf. She joined the Okinawa picket line on 10 May 1945.
| Class | Allen M. Sumner class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Hull | DD-723 |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works |
| Launched | 1943-10-27 |
| Commissioned | 1944-01-21 |
| Fate | Afloat. Survived a kamikaze hit at Lingayen Gulf on 6 January 1945, and the war. Struck from the Navy list in 1974 and sold for scrap in 1975. This is DD-723, not the Walke (DD-416) sunk off Guadalcanal 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 Walke (DD-723) off Boston on 3 April 1944, in dazzle camouflage. Official U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photograph 19-N-130067, available at Destroyerhistory.org. Wikimedia Commons File:USS Walke (DD-723) off Boston on 3 April 1944 (19-N-130067).jpg. Public domain.
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Command
Okinawa
1945-04-01 · joined the campaign on 10 May 1945 on the radar picket stations; then with the TF 32 screen; not sunk
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