U.S.S. Allen M. Sumner DD-692
1953 Cruise Book

This is the story of the USS Allen M. Sumner and her Deployment to Korea - April to October 1953

  
The photographic record of our cruise

The cover of our Cruise Book

The Ports of Call for our World Cruise

Our passengers - The DESRON 16 Staff

The Ship's Company in Norfolk April 23, 1953

 

SUMNER's history up to 1953 - Page 1 2

     

The story of our cruise - Page 1 2 3 4

Underway and pass by the Rock of Gibraltar

     

Our first Liberty port Athens - Page 1 2 3 4 5

 

Transit the Suez Canal - Page 1 2

     
 

On to Ceylon (present day Sri Lanka) - Page 1 2 3 4 5 6

 

There's nothing like Liberty in Manila - Page 1 2

 

Operations at sea, highlining and unrepin' - Page 1 2

        

Time to meet King Neptune - Page 1 2 3 4

Map of the our Korean War operating zone

     

Our first Japanese port, Yokosuka  Page 1 2 3 4 5

   

Everybody smile for the camera  Page 1 2 3

     
     

Back to Japan, this time Nagoya - Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

 

On to Hakodate, Japan - Page 1 2

     

Then it's Sasebo - Page 1 2  3 4

   

A little work in the harbor - Page 1 2 3

   

Time for some Hula girls - Page 1 2 3

 

Back to the Main Land, Frisco - Page 1 2

 

Another Canal, this time Panama - Page 1 2

 

Back where we started - Page 1 2

The End

 A Sincere Thank You to Ronald "Jeff" Clevenger who let us borrow his Cruise Book for scanning