U.S.S. Allen M. Sumner DD-692
Launching

The USS Allen M. Sumner was launched at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey on December 15, 1943. The sponsor was Mrs. Allen M. Sumner widow of Captain Allen M. Sumner USMC.  The scenes below are Official U.S. Navy photographs thanks to Shipmate Robert F. Sumrall/Tin Can Sailors, Inc.

Mrs. Sumner breaks the traditional bottle of champagne on the Sumner's bow.
  

The crew get their first ride on the 692.
  

The Sumner family at the launching. 
Front Row (L-R) - Mr. H. King Hutchens, Mrs. Burton F. Miller, Miss Adelaide Randolph Miller, Mrs. Allen M. Sumner and CAPT Thomas Ross Cooley  USN
Back Row (L-R) - Mrs. H. King Hutchens, Mrs. Page Hunter and Miss Lawrence Cooley
(Mrs. Miller is Captain Sumner's daughter and Miss Miller is his granddaughter.
At the time Mrs. Sumner lived in Montross, Westmoreland County, Virginia.)
  
A souvenir postal cover of the launching from the collection of Chief Ron Reeves.

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