(Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives) The U.S. Navy has identified a sunken ship off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, as the Sumner-class destroyer Mannert L. Abele, the first U.S ...

After the Sumner-class destroyer engaged with and damaged multiple enemy aircraft, a plane managed to crash next to it, penetrating its side, the command said, adding that a minute later it was ...

In late 1944, after a harrowing, hour-long chase through the Surigao Strait under relentless assault from Japanese aircraft, the three brand-new American Sumner-class destroyers reached their target: ...

In a daring and desperate assault, three newly commissioned American Sumner-class destroyers braved relentless Japanese air attacks to reach Ormoc Bay, a fortified stronghold in the Pacific Theater.

The Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer was ordered from combat operations off Vietnam in 1969 to participate in an international exercise called Sea Spirit that involved more than 40 ships.

NOW, THE MEMORIAL WAS CREATED BY THE NEBRASKA, VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION TO HONOR THE 74 LIVES LOST SERVING ON THE USS FRANK E EVANS, A SUMNER CLASS NAVY DESTROYER. A COLLISION HAPPENED ...

The U.S. Navy has identified a sunken ship off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, as the Sumner-class destroyer Mannert L. Abele, the first U.S. warship to sink on April 12, 1945, after it was hit with ...