DD-692 Allen M. Sumner-class
| Ships | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hull No. | Ship Name | Laid Down | Launch | Comm | Status |
| DD 692 | Allen M Sumner | 7/7/1943 | 12/15/1943 | 1/26/1944 | Sold for scrap, Oct 1974 |
| DD 693 | Moale | 8/5/1943 | 1/16/1944 | 2/28/1944 | Sold for scrap, Nov 1974. |
| DD 694 | Ingraham | 8/4/1943 | 1/16/1944 | 3/10/1944 | Sold to Greece, 16 July 1971; renamed MIAOULIS. Served Greek Navy until stricken in 1992. Reported laid up in Souda Bay, Crete in Jan 1998. |
| DD 695 | Cooper | 8/30/1943 | 2/9/1944 | 3/27/1944 | Sunk by Japanese destroyer TAKE in Ormac Bay, Leyte, Phillipines, 3 Dec 1944. (191 killed). |
| DD 696 | English | 10/19/1943 | 2/27/1944 | 5/4/1944 | Sold to Taiwan, 11 Aug 1970; renamed HUEI YANG. Still active in the Taiwanese Navy as of 1998. |
| DD 697 | Charles SSperry | 10/19/1943 | 3/13/1944 | 5/17/1944 | Sold to Chile, 8 Jan 1974; renamed MINISTRO ZENTENO. Served Chilean Navy until stricken and scrapped in 1990. |
| DD 698 | Ault | 11/15/1943 | 3/26/1944 | 5/31/1944 | Sold for scrap, Apr 1974. |
| DD 699 | Waldron | 11/16/1943 | 3/26/1944 | 6/8/1944 | Sold to Columbia, 30 Oct 1973; renamed SANTANDER. Served Columbian Navy until stricken and scrapped in 1986. |
| DD 700 | Haynsworth | 12/16/1943 | 4/15/1944 | 6/22/1944 | Sold to Taiwan, 12 May 1970; renamed YUEN YANG. Served Taiwan until stricken and scrapped in 1993. |
| DD 701 | John W Weeks | 1/17/1944 | 5/21/1944 | 7/21/1944 | Sunk as target off Virginia, 19 Nov 1970. |
| DD 702 | Hank | 1/17/1944 | 5/21/1944 | 8/28/1944 | Sold to Argentina, 1 July 1972; renamed SEGUI. Served Argentinian Navy until stricken and scrapped in 1983. |
| DD 703 | Wallace L Lind | 2/14/1944 | 6/14/1944 | 9/8/1944 | Sold to South Korea, 4 Dec 1973; renamed DAE GU. Still active in South Korean Navy as of 1998. |
| DD 704 | Borie | 2/29/1944 | 7/4/1944 | 9/21/1944 | Sold to Argentina, 1 July 1972; renamed HIPOLITO BOUCHARD. Served Argentine Navy until stricken and scrapped in 1984. |
| DD 705 | Compton | 3/28/1944 | 9/17/1944 | 11/4/1944 | Sold to Brazil, 27 Sep 1972; renamed MATTO GRASSO. Served Brazilian Navy until stricken and scrapped in 1990. |
| DD 706 | Gainard | 3/29/1944 | 9/17/1944 | 11/23/1944 | Sold for scrap, Mar 1974. |
| DD 707 | Soley | 4/18/1944 | 9/8/1944 | 12/4/1944 | Heavily damaged by grounding, Jan 1970. Subsequently decommissioned and sunk as target, 18 Sep 1970. |
| DD 708 | Harlan R Dickson | 5/23/1944 | 12/17/1944 | 2/17/1945 | Sold for scrap, May 1973. |
| DD 709 | Hugh Purvis | 5/23/1944 | 12/17/1944 | 3/1/1945 | Sold to Turkey, 1 July 1973; renamed ZAFER. She served the Turkish Navy until stricken in 1993 and scrapped in 1994. |
| DD 722 | Barton | 5/24/1943 | 10/10/1943 | 12/30/1943 | Sunk as target off Virginia, 8 Oct 1969. |
| DD 723 | Walke | 6/7/1943 | 10/27/1943 | 1/21/1944 | Sold for scrap, Mar 1975. |
| DD 724 | Laffey | 6/28/1943 | 11/21/1943 | 2/8/1944 | Heavily damaged off Okinawa, 15 Apr 1945, taking four bomb and five Kamikaze hits. (32 killed). Preserved as memorial, berthed at Charleston SC. |
| DD 725 | O Brien | 7/12/1943 | 12/8/1943 | 2/25/1944 | Heavily damaged off Kerama Retto, 27 Mar 1945. A "Val" kamikaze aircraft with 500 pound bomb detonated her magazines. (50 killed). Sunk as target off California, 13 July 1972. |
| DD 726 | Meredith | 7/26/1943 | 12/21/1943 | 3/14/1944 | Struck mine off Utah Beach, Normandy (France), 8 June 1944. Sunk by German aircraft off Utah Beach, France, 9 June 1944. (35 killed) The hulk was raised and scrapped, Sep 1960. |
| DD 727 | De Haven | 8/9/1943 | 1/9/1944 | 3/31/1944 | Sold to South Korea, 5 Dec 1973; renamed INCHEON. Served until stricken and scrapped in 1993. |
| DD 728 | Mansfield | 8/28/1943 | 1/29/1944 | 4/14/1944 | Sold to Argentinia, 4 June 1974; cannibalized for spare parts. |
| DD 729 | Lyman K Swenson | 9/11/1943 | 2/12/1944 | 5/2/1944 | Sold to Taiwan, 6 May 1974; cannibalized for spare parts. |
| DD 730 | Collett | 10/11/1943 | 3/5/1944 | 5/16/1944 | Sold to Argentina, 4 June 1974; renamed PIEDRA BUENA. Served until stricken and scrapped in 1984. |
| DD 731 | Maddox | 10/28/1943 | 3/19/1944 | 6/2/1944 | Attacked by Vietnamese torpedo craft in the Gulf of Tonkin, 2 Aug 1964, she returned fire sinking two, receiving the Navy Unit Commendation; this attack sparked the Vietnam War. Sold to Taiwan, 6 July 1972; renamed PO YANG. Served until stricken and scrapped in 1985. |
| DD 732 | Hyman | 11/22/1943 | 4/8/1944 | 6/16/1944 | Sold for scrap, Oct 1970. |
| DD 733 | Mannert L Abele | 12/9/1943 | 4/23/1944 | 7/4/1944 | Sunk by Japanese kamikaze aircraft and rocket powered glide bomb (baka bomb) off Okinawa, 12 Apr 1945. (73 killed). |
| DD 734 | Purdy | 12/22/1943 | 5/7/1944 | 7/18/1944 | Sold for scrap, June 1974. |
| DD 735 | Robert H Smith | 1/10/1944 | 5/25/1944 | 8/4/1944 | Completed as minelayer (DM-23), reclassified MMD-23, 1 Jan 1969. Sold for scrap, Dec 1973. |
| DD 736 | Thomas E Fraser | 1/31/1944 | 6/10/1944 | 8/22/1944 | Completed as minelayer (DM-24), reclassified MMD-24, 1 Jan 1969. Sold for scrap, June 1974. |
| DD 737 | Shannon | 2/12/1944 | 6/24/1944 | 9/8/1944 | Completed as minelayer (DM-25), reclassified MMD-25, 1 Jan 1969. Sold for scrap, May 1973. |
| DD 738 | Harry F Bauer | 3/6/1944 | 7/9/1944 | 9/22/1944 | Completed as minelayer (DM-26), reclassified MMD-26, 1 Jan 1969. Sold for scrap, June 1974. |
| DD 739 | Adams | 3/20/1944 | 7/23/1944 | 10/10/1944 | Completed as minelayer (DM-27), reclassified MMD-27, 1 Jan 1969. Sold for scrap, Dec 1971. |
| DD 740 | Tolman | 4/10/1944 | 8/13/1944 | 10/27/1944 | Completed as minelayer (DM-28), reclassified MMD-28, 1 Jan 1969. Sold for scrap, Dec 1971. |
| DD 741 | Drexler | 4/24/1944 | 9/3/1944 | 11/14/1944 | Sunk by Japanese kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa, 28 May 1945. (168 killed). |
| DD 744 | Blue | 6/30/1943 | 11/28/1943 | 3/20/1944 | Sunk as target off California, 28 Apr 1977. |
| DD 745 | Brush | 7/30/1943 | 12/28/1943 | 4/17/1944 | Sold to Taiwan, 9 Dec 1969; renamed HSIANG YANG. Served until stricken and scrapped in 1984. |
| DD 746 | Taussig | 8/30/1943 | 1/25/1944 | 5/20/1944 | Sold to Taiwan, 6 May 1974; renamed LO YANG. Served until stricken in 1994. |
| DD 747 | Samuel N Moore | 9/30/1943 | 2/23/1944 | 6/24/1944 | Sold to Taiwan, 9 Dec 1969; renamed HENG YANG. Served until stricken in 1993. |
| DD 748 | Harry E Hubbard | 10/30/1943 | 3/24/1944 | 7/22/1944 | Sold for scrap, July 1970. |
| DD 749 | Henry A Wiley | 11/28/1943 | 4/21/1944 | 8/31/1944 | Received the Presidential Unit Citation for action off Okinawa, 4 May 1945. Completed as minelayer (DM-29), reclassified MMD-29, 1 Jan 1969. Sold for scrap, May 1972. |
| DD 750 | Shea | 12/28/1943 | 5/20/1944 | 9/30/1944 | Completed as minelayer (DM-30), reclassified MMD-30, 1 Jan 1969. Heavily damaged by Japanese glide bomb (baka) off Okinawa, 4 May 1945. Sold for scrap, Aug 1974. |
| DD 751 | J William Ditter | 1/25/1944 | 7/4/1944 | 10/28/1944 | Completed as minelayer (DM-31). Heavily damaged by Japanese Kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa, 6 June 1945. Decommissioned shortly thereafter and scrapped in July 1946. |
| DD 752 | Alfred A Cunningham | 2/23/1944 | 8/3/1944 | 11/23/1944 | Sunk as target off California, 12 Oct 1979, by five laser guided bombs. |
| DD 753 | John R Pierce | 3/24/1944 | 9/1/1944 | 12/30/1944 | Sold for scrap, Nov 1974. |
| DD 754 | Frank E Evans | 4/21/1944 | 10/3/1944 | 2/3/1945 | Lost in collision with HMAS MELBOURNE off Luzon, 3 June 1969. She was cut in half, her bow sinking after the collision. The stern section was sunk as a target in Subic Bay, 10 Oct 1969. |
| DD 755 | John A Bole | 5/20/1944 | 11/1/1944 | 3/3/1945 | Sold to Taiwan, 6 May 1974; cannibalized for spare parts. |
| DD 756 | Beatty | 7/4/1944 | 11/30/1944 | 3/31/1945 | Sold to Venezuela, 14 July 1972; renamed CARABOBO. Served until stricken and scrapped in 1981. |
| DD 757 | Putnam | 7/11/1943 | 3/26/1944 | 10/12/1944 | Sold for scrap, June 1974. |
| DD 758 | Strong | 7/25/1943 | 4/23/1944 | 3/8/1945 | Sold to Brazil, 31 Oct 1973; renamed RIO GRANDE DEL NORTE. Still active in Brazilian Navy as of 1998. |
| DD 759 | Lofberg | 11/4/1943 | 8/12/1944 | 4/26/1945 | Sold to Taiwan, 6 May 1974; cannibalized for spare parts. |
| DD 760 | John W Thomason | 11/21/1943 | 9/30/1944 | 10/11/1945 | Sold to Taiwan, 6 May 1974; renamed NAN YANG. Still active in Taiwanese Navy as of 1998. |
| DD 761 | Buck | 2/1/1944 | 3/11/1945 | 6/28/1946 | Sold to Brazil, 16 July 1973; renamed ALAGOAS. Still active in Brazilian Navy as of 1998. |
| DD 762 | Henley | 2/8/1944 | 4/8/1945 | 10/8/1946 | Sold for scrap, June 1974. |
| DD 770 | Lowry | 8/1/1943 | 2/6/1944 | 7/23/1944 | Sold to Brazil, 31 Oct 1973; renamed ESPIRITO SANTO. Still active in Brazilian Navy as of 1998. |
| DD 771 | Lindsey | 9/12/1943 | 3/5/1944 | 8/20/1944 | Completed as minelayer (DM-32), reclassified MMD-32, 1 Jan 1969. Sunk as target off Virginia, 9 May 1972. |
| DD 772 | Gwin | 10/31/1943 | 4/9/1944 | 9/30/1944 | Completed as minelayer (DM-33), reclassified MMD-33, 1 Jan 1969. Sold to Turkey, 15 Aug 1971; renamed MUAVENET. Heavily damaged by Sea Sparrow missile fired by accident from USS SARATOGA (CV-60) during a NATO exercise, 2 Oct 1992. Subsequently stricken and scrapped. |
| DD 773 | Aaaron Ward | 12/12/1943 | 5/5/1944 | 10/28/1944 | Completed as minelayer (DM-34). Heavily damaged by Japanese Kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa, 3 May 1945. Decommissioned shortly thereafter. Sold for scrap, July 1946. |
| DD 774 | Hugh W Hadley | 2/6/1944 | 7/16/1944 | 11/25/1944 | Heavily damaged by Japanese Kamikaze aircraft, 11 May 1945. Decommissioned shortly thereafter and Sold for scrap, Sep 1947. |
| DD 775 | Willard Keith | 3/5/1944 | 8/29/1944 | 7/1/1972 | Sold to Columbia, 1 July 1972; renamed CALDES (DD-02). Served until stricken and scrapped in 1977. |
| DD 776 | James C Owens | 4/9/1944 | 10/1/1944 | 7/15/1973 | Sold to Brazil, 15 July 1973; renamed SERGIPE. Still active in Brazilian Navy as of 1998. |
| DD 777 | Zellars | 12/24/1943 | 7/19/1944 | 3/19/1971 | Sold to Iran, 19 Mar 1971, extensively modified at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. Commissioned in Iranian Navy, 12 Oct 1973; renamed BABR. Still active in the Iranian Navy as of 1998. |
| DD 778 | Massey | 1/14/1944 | 8/19/1944 | 11/24/1944 | Sold for scrap, 13 Nov 1974. |
| DD 779 | Douglas H Fox | 1/31/1944 | 9/30/1944 | 12/26/1944 | Sold to Chile, 8 Jan 1974; renamed MINISTRO PORTALES. Served until stricken and scrapped in 1991. |
| DD 780 | Storms | 2/15/1944 | 11/4/1944 | 2/16/1972 | Sold to Iran, 16 Feb 1972; renamed PALANG. Still active in Iranian Navy as of 1998. |
| DD 781 | Robert K Huntington | 2/29/1944 | 12/5/1944 | 3/3/1945 | Sold to Venezuela, 31 Oct 1973; renamed FALCON. Served until stricken and scrapped in 1981. |
| DD 857 | Bristol | 5/5/1944 | 10/29/1944 | 3/17/1945 | Sold to Taiwan, 9 Dec 1969; renamed HUA YANG. Served and stricken and scrapped in 1993. |
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