U.S.S. Allen M. Sumner DD-692
Track Charts

The following Track Charts were created using two sources of data. For the World War II Chart, the War Diary was used as it includes the ship's positions at sea.  For the remaining charts, the Smooth Deck Logs were used as these also contain the positions beginning with the entry for January 1, 1965 and continuing until the Sumner's decommissioning on August 15, 1973.  In both cases, the ship's position was logged three times a day; 0800, 1200 and 2000 by the Navigator.  Since there are as many as 12 hours between the reporting of the positions, the resulting Track Chart may appear inaccurate or even show the Sumner crossing land.  In a twelve hour period, at 17 knots, the distance traveled would be in the range of 235 miles, thus the plotting irregularities.  A second problem occurs from time to time in the data reported because of the many steps between "shooting the stars" and making these plots; the person taking the plot could have made a mistake, the transcription to the Quarterdeck Log could have been in error, the transfer to the "Smooth Deck Log" could have been in error and finally the transcription to a computer database could produce yet another problem.  The precision of the World Map Database that is being used is 1 second of Arc, thus any resulting error created by the Database should be insignificant.  If you have access to plotting information for the Sumner that is not presented below we would very much appreciate your contacting us.

World War II

January 26,1944 to September 30, 1945
Operations from the War Diary 1944-1945	Operations in the Western Pacific

1965

Operations for the complete year

The Mediterranean Deployment - October 14, 1965 to March 8, 1966

Track Chart of the entire 1965-1966 Deployment

Up close view of the Mediterranean track chart section of the 1965-1966 Deployment

1966

Operations for the complete year

The Mediterranean Deployment - October 14, 1965 to March 8, 1966

Track Chart of the entire 1965-1966 Deployment

Up close view of the Mediterranean track chart section of the 1965-1966 Deployment

1967

Operations for the complete year

The Vietnam Deployment - February 7, 1967 to September 11, 1967

Track Chart of the entire 1967 Deployment

Up close view of the 1967 Vietnam Deployment

1968

Operations for the complete year

1969

Operations for the complete year

Note: The data points for the period January 5 to January 16 were not entered into the Deck Log. This period included port calls to Guantanamo Bay, Culebra NGFS, St. Thomas, San Juan and the return to Mayport.

The Northern Europe/Mediterranean Deployment - April 1, 1969 to October 10, 1969

Track Chart of the entire 1969 Deployment

Up close view of the Northern Europe/Mediterranean track chart section

1970

Operations for the complete year

The Mediterranean Deployment - August 27, 1970 to March 1, 1971

Track Chart of the entire 1970-1971 Deployment

Up close view of the Mediterranean track chart section

1971

Operations for the complete year

The Mediterranean Deployment - August 27, 1970 to March 1, 1971

Track Chart of the entire 1970-1971 Deployment

Up close view of the Mediterranean track chart section

1972

Operations for the complete year

Note: The data points for the period February 11 to April 2 were not entered into the Deck Log. This period included the transit from Baltimore to Port Everglades.

1973

Operations until Decommissioning on August 15, 1973

And finally a composite of the Sumner's track for the last 8 years, 7 months and 15 days
January 1, 1965 to August 15, 1973