U.S.S. Allen M. Sumner DD-692
All Hands Magazine


ALL HANDS is the official Bureau of Naval Personnel publication, the Navy's equivalent of the Army's Stars & Stripes.  It has been in publication since 1922 and continues to this day.  You can view the current issue by going to the Navy's website at http://www.navy.mil/.  Included on this page are articles from ALL HANDS that contain history and/or specifications of the Sumner.

Navy News of 1944 News on 1944's Fighting Fronts
December 1944

DESTROYER RAID OFF ORMOC - January 1945

NAVY NEWS - February 1945

DD WAS ANTIDOTE FOR TB - December 1945

NAVY'S POSTWAR FLEETS - March 1946

DECORATIONS & CITATIONS - October 1946

DECORATIONS & CITATIONS - November 1946

THE FLEET KEEPS IN TRIM - May 1947

THE BULLETIN BOARD - September 1947

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR - February 1952

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR - August 1952

TinCan Navy Today Is Good and Tough - September 1953

It's a Record - April 1954

Navy Packs Fight, Flavor in Tin Cans - October 1954

A Whitehat Is Your Passport to Travel - January 1955

PETROL PUMPER - May 1958

SERVICE JACKET - December 1959

These Ships Will Fly the Battle Efficiency Pennant - October 1960

TODAY'S NAVY - August 1961

FRAM Overhaul Completed - May 1962

The History of the Greyhound - September 1962

Front Cover - November 1963
(Sumner refueling from the USS Saratoga (CVA-60) off Florida)

Shooting Down the Records - April 1964

Armed Forces Expeditionary Ribbon for Units in Cuban Crisis - October 1965

EXPEDITIONARY AND SERVICE MEDALS - August 1966

DATELINE: VIETNAM - August 1967

Naval Gunfire and Air Support - November 1967

TODAY'S NAVY - February 1968

The Brave & Gallant - February 1969

SHIPHANDLING SWEEPSTAKES - July 1973