U.S.S. Allen M. Sumner DD-692
Donald G. Cassady's Photograph Collection FT2 1951-1955

Over the years you have heard the Navy commercials teeling you to "JOIN THE NAVY AND SEE THE WORLD," Don's four years aboard the Sumner will prove to all that this statement is indeed true ! His collection is presented here in a series of chapters. We hope you enjoy his collection of 515 images and the memories hidden in them.

• Port visit to Santiago, Cuba - June 26-29 1951 with 18 images
  


• Roman/Italian Holiday - Oct 8-11 1951 with 88 images
  


• At sea OPS, Norfolk to Halifax - January 21 to February 7 1952 with 14 images
  


• Port visit to Mayport, Florida - February 29 to March 10 1952 with 21 images
  


• Port visit to San Juan, Puerto Rico - March 7-16 1953 with 69 images
  
  
Deployment to Korea - April 24 to October 27 1953


• At sea OPS and port visit to Athens - April 24 to May 12 1953 with 47 images
  


• Transit the Suez Canal & refuel at Aden - May 14 to May 18 1953 with 31 images
  


• Port visit to Colombo, Sri Lanka (May 24-26 1953) and Yokosuka/Tokyo, Japan (June 3-17 1953) with 25 images
  


• OPS with TF 77 off Korea - June 17 to July 13 1953 with 26 images
  


• Port visits to Nagoya, Hakodate and Sasebo, Japan plus Pusan, Korea - July 15 - September 10 1953 with 29 images
  


• Headed home - Port visit to Pearl Harbor - September 26 to September 27 1953 with 33 images
  


• Back in the States - San Francisco, October 5 to October 9, and transit the Panama Canal October 22 with 52 images
  
  
End of Deployment to Korea - April 24 to October 27 1953


• 1954 port visits to Halifax, Londonderry and Barcelona with 62 images
  

Many thanks to Don's nephew Newton Smith for forwarding these pieces of our history