Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer
Ships in class

Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer

Section Title: Ships in class
Table Section Text: None

Ship Name	Hull No.	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate	Reference

Allen M. Sumner	DD-692	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company	7 July 1943	15 December 1943	26 January 1944	15 August 1973	Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping externalities	[1] [2]

Moale	DD-693	5 August 1943	16 January 1944	28 February 1944	2 July 1973	Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping	[3] [4]

Ingraham	DD-694	4 August 1943	16 January 1944	10 March 1944	15 June 1971	Sold to Greece 16 July 1971 as Miaoulis	[5]

Cooper	DD-695	30 August 1943	9 February 1944	27 March 1944	N/A	Torpedoed and sunk by destroyer Take while intercepting a Japanese convoy into Ormoc Bay 3 December 1944	[6]

English	DD-696	19 October 1943	27 February 1944	4 May 1944	15 May 1970	Sold to Republic of China Navy 11 August 1970 as Huei Yang	[7]

Charles S. Sperry	DD-697	19 October 1943	13 March 1944	17 May 1944	15 December 1973	Sold to Chile 8 January 1974 as Ministro Zenteno	[8]

Ault	DD-698	15 November 1943	26 March 1944	31 May 1944	16 July 1973	Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping	[9] [10]

Waldron	DD-699	16 November 1943	26 March 1944	7 June 1944	17 May 1950	Sold to Colombia 30 October 1973 as Santander (DD-03)	[11] [12]

20 November 1950	30 October 1973

Haynsworth	DD-700	16 December 1943	15 April 1944	22 June 1944	30 January 1970	Sold to Republic of China Navy 12 May 1970 as Yuen Yang	[13]

22 September 1950	19 May 1950

John W. Weeks	DD-701	17 January 1944	21 May 1944	21 July 1944	31 May 1950	Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise, 19 November 1970	[14] [15]

24 October 1950	12 August 1970

Hank	DD-702	17 January 1944	21 May 1944	28 August 1944	1 July 1972	Sold to Argentina 1 July 1972 as Segui	[16] [17]

Wallace L. Lind	DD-703	14 February 1944	14 June 1944	8 September 1944	4 December 1973	Sold to Republic of Korea Navy 4 December 1973 as Dae Gu	[18] [19]

Borie	DD-704	29 February 1944	4 July 1944	21 September 1944	1 July 1972	Sold to Argentina 1 July 1972 as Hipólito Bouchard (D-26)	[20]

Compton	DD-705	28 March 1944	17 September 1944	4 November 1944	17 September 1972	Sold to Brazil 27 September 1972 as Mato Grosso	[21]

Gainard	DD-706	29 March 1944	17 September 1944	23 November 1944	26 February 1971	Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping	[22]

Soley	DD-707	18 April 1944	8 September 1944	7 December 1944	13 February 1970	Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise	[23]

Harlan R. Dickson	DD-708	23 May 1944	17 December 1944	17 February 1945	1 July 1972	Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping, 4 January 1973	[24] [25]

Hugh Purvis	DD-709	23 May 1944	17 December 1944	1 March 1945	15 June 1972	Sold to Turkey 1 July 1972 as Zafer (F 253)	[26] [27]

Barton	DD-722	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine	24 May 1943	10 October 1943	30 December 1943	22 January 1947	Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise.	[28]

11 April 1949	30 September 1968

Walke	DD-723	7 June 1943	27 October 1943	21 January 1944	30 May 1947	Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping, 3 January 1975	[29] [30]

5 October 1950	30 November 1970

Laffey	DD-724	28 June 1943	21 November 1943	8 February 1944	30 June 1947	Preserved as memorial and berthed at Patriot's Point, Charleston, South Carolina	[31] [32]

26 January 1951	9 March 1975

O'Brien	DD-725	12 July 1943	8 December 1943	25 February 1944	4 October 1947	Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise, 12 January 1972	[33] [34]

5 October 1950	18 February 1972

Meredith	DD-726	26 July 1943	21 December 1943	14 March 1944	N/A	Sunk 9 June 1944, Wreck sold and scrapped 5 August 1960	[35]

De Haven	DD-727	9 August 1943	9 January 1944	31 March 1944	3 December 1973	Sold to Republic of Korea Navy, 5 December 1973 as Incheon	[36] [37]

Mansfield	DD-728	28 August 1943	29 January 1944	14 April 1944	4 February 1971	Sold to Argentina 4 June 1974 for spare parts	[38] [39]

Lyman K. Swenson	DD-729	11 September 1943	12 February 1944	2 May 1944	12 February 1971	Sold to Republic of China Navy 6 May 1974 for spare parts	[40] [41]

Collett	DD-730	11 October 1943	5 March 1944	16 May 1944	18 December 1970	Sold to Argentina in 1974 as Piedra Buena (D-29)	[42] [43]

Maddox	DD-731	28 October 1943	19 March 1944	2 June 1944	2 July 1972	Sold to Republic of China Navy as Po Yang	[44] [45]

Hyman	DD-732	22 November 1943	8 April 1944	16 June 1944	16 November 1969	Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping	[46]

Mannert L. Abele	DD-733	9 December 1943	23 April 1944	4 July 1944	N/A	Sunk by an Ohka bomb during the battle for Okinawa 12 April 1945	[47]

Purdy	DD-734	22 December 1943	7 May 1944	18 July 1944	2 July 1973	Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping, 6 January 1974	[48]

Drexler	DD-741	24 April 1944	3 September 1944	14 November 1944	N/A	Sunk by kamikaze 28 May 1945	[49]

Blue	DD-744	Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Staten Island, New York	30 June 1943	28 November 1943	20 March 1944	14 February 1947	Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise, 28 April 1977	[50] [51]

14 May 1949	12 December 1949

15 September 1950	27 January 1971

Brush	DD-745	30 July 1943	28 December 1943	17 April 1944	27 October 1969	Sold to Republic of China Navy 9 December 1969 as Hsiang Yang	[52]

Taussig	DD-746	30 August 1943	25 January 1944	20 May 1944	1 December 1970	Sold to Republic of China Navy as second Lo Yang (DDG-914). Sold as scrap in 2013.	[53] [54]

Samuel N. Moore	DD-747	30 September 1943	23 February 1944	24 June 1944	24 October 1969	Sold to Republic of China Navy 10 December 1969 as Heng Yang (DD-2)	[55]

Harry E. Hubbard	DD-748	30 October 1943	24 March 1944	22 July 1944	15 January 1947	Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping	[56]

14 May 1949	12 December 1949

27 October 1950	17 October 1969

Alfred A. Cunningham	DD-752	23 February 1944	3 August 1944	23 November 1944	August 1949	Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise, 10 January 1979	[57] [58]

5 October 1950	24 February 1971

John R. Pierce	DD-753	24 March 1944	1 September 1944	30 December 1944	1 May 1947	Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping, 10 January 1974	[59] [60]

11 April 1949	2 July 1973

Frank E. Evans	DD-754	21 April 1944	3 October 1944	3 February 1945	11 May 1949	Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise, 10 October 1969	[61] [62]

15 September 1950	1 July 1969

John A. Bole	DD-755	20 May 1944	1 November 1944	3 March 1945	6 November 1970	Sold to Republic of China Navy 6 May 1974 for spare parts	[63] [64]

Beatty	DD-756	4 July 1944	30 November 1944	31 March 1945	14 July 1972	Sold to Venezuela 14 July 1972 as Carabobo	[65]

Putnam	DD-757	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco	11 July 1943	26 March 1944	12 October 1944	6 January 1950	Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping, 6 January 1974	[66] [67]

October 1950	6 August 1973

Strong	DD-758	25 July 1943	23 April 1944	8 March 1945	9 May 1947	Sold to Brazil, 31 October 1973, as Rio Grande do Norte (D-37)	[68] [69]

14 May 1949	31 October 1973

Lofberg	DD-759	4 November 1943	12 August 1944	26 April 1945	15 January 1971	Sold to Republic of China Navy 6 May 1974 for spare parts	[70] [71]

John W. Thomason	DD-760	21 November 1943	30 September 1944	11 October 1945	8 December 1970	Sold to Republic of China Navy 6 May 1974 as Nan Yang	[72] [73]

Buck	DD-761	1 February 1944	11 March 1945	28 June 1946	15 July 1973	Sold to Brazil 16 July 1973 as Alagoas	[74] [75]

Henley	DD-762	8 February 1944	8 April 1945	8 October 1946	1 March 1950	Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping, 6 January 1974	[76] [77]

23 September 1950	1 July 1973

Lowry	DD-770	Bethlehem Steel Company, San Pedro, California, Terminal Island	1 August 1943	6 February 1944	23 July 1944	30 June 1947	Sold to Brazil 31 October 1973 as Espirito Santo	[78] [79]

27 December 1950	29 October 1973

Hugh W. Hadley	DD-774	6 February 1944	16 July 1944	25 November 1944	15 December 1945	Sold 2 September 1947 for scrap	[80]

Willard Keith	DD-775	5 March 1944	29 August 1944	27 December 1944	20 June 1947	Sold to Colombia as Caldas (DD-02)	[81]

23 October 1950	1 July 1972

James C. Owens	DD-776	9 April 1944	1 October 1944	17 February 1945	3 April 1950	Sold to Brazil 15 July 1973 as Sergipe	[82] [83]

20 September 1950	15 July 1973

Zellars	DD-777	Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington	24 December 1943	19 July 1944	25 October 1944	19 March 1971	Sold to Iran 12 October 1973 as Babr	[84]

Massey	DD-778	14 January 1944	12 September 1944	24 November 1944	17 September 1973	Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping, 10 January 1974	[85] [86]

Douglas H. Fox	DD-779	31 January 1944	30 September 1944	26 December 1944	21 April 1950	Sold to Chile 8 January 1974 Ministro Portales (DD-17)	[87] [88]

15 November 1950	15 December 1973

Stormes	DD-780	15 February 1944	4 November 1944	27 January 1945	5 December 1970	Sold to Iran 16 February 1972 Palang (DDG-9)	[89]

Robert K. Huntington	DD-781	29 February 1944	5 December 1944	3 March 1945	31 October 1973	Sold to Venezuela as Falcon	[90] [91]

Bristol	DD-857	Bethlehem Steel Company, San Pedro, California, Terminal Island	5 May 1944	29 October 1944	17 March 1945	21 November 1969	Sold to Republic of China Navy 9 December 1969 Hua Yang	[92]

Sentence(s)

Laffey (DD-724) was located at Patriots Point, Charleston, South Carolina.
Only Laffey DD-724 is located at Patriot's Point, Charleston, South Carolina as a memorial ship.

final_sentence: Laffey (DD-724) was located at Patriots Point, Charleston, South Carolina.
final_sentence: Only Laffey DD-724 is located at Patriot's Point, Charleston, South Carolina as a memorial ship.