USN
Sumner Class Destroyer

Built
Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny NJ
Begun
August 30, 1943
Launched
February 9, 1944
Commissioned
March 27, 1944

Crew
191 KIA

Sunk  December 3, 1944

Sinking History
Hit by a Japanese torpedo mid ship, broke in two and sunk during the Ormoc Bay Leyte, Philippines on the night of December 3, 1944 with the loss of 191 of her crew. Some if its surviving crew swam to Ponson Island, where they were rescued by PBY Catalina.

References
Preludes to Victory: The Battle of Ormoc Bay by William Griggs

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