USS Allen M Sumner (DD-692)

CLASS - ALLEN M. SUMNER As Built.

Displacement 3218 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 376' 6"(oa) x 40' 10" x 14' 2" (Max)

Armament 6 x 5"/38AA (3x2), 12 x 40mm AA, 11 x 20mm AA, 10 x 21" tt.(2x5).

Machinery, 60,000 SHP; General Electric Geared Turbines, 2 screws

Speed, 36.5 Knots, Range 3300 NM@ 20 Knots, Crew 336.

Operational and Building Data

Laid down by Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny NJ. July 7 1943.

Launched December 15 1943 and commissioned January 26 1944.

Completed FRAM upgrade December 1961.

Featured in the Bigfoot Entertainment/Daniel Foster documentary - Decommissioned August 15 1973.

Stricken August 15 1973.

Fate Sold November 13 1974 to Union Minerals & Alloy, New York for $163,132 and broken up for scrap.

Done