U.S.S. Allen M. Sumner (DD-692) | ||
Official
Home of the First in its Class "Welcome Aboard" |
The United States Ship Allen M. Sumner (DD-692) faithfully served her country
from 1943 until 1973. She was there - World War II, Operation Crossroads
Atom Bomb Test, Tsingtao
China, Korean
War, Suez Crisis, Cuban Blockade, Polaris Tests, Dominican Republic Crisis,
Gemini Recovery, Vietnam War and Jordanian
Crisis. This site is dedicated to preserving the memories of SUMNER and the men who served
aboard her. The site was created by Fred Willshaw (SK1 67-69) in
coordination with Senior Chief Joe Gall (EM3 61-63) and is currently maintainedby Ron Babuka, son of plankowner Bill Babuka (S1C 44-45). Your help is needed in preserving the history of
our Ship. If you have any comments, updates, corrections, additions or ideas please
E-Mail us today. |
Honor Roll of the Contributors who made this History possible |
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Larry Sheppard | Tom Schwartz | Paul Denton, Jr. | Joe Gall | Chuck Bigsby | Jim Walker |
Jeff Clevenger | Bill Wunderlin | Walt Meierdierks | Richard Sementelli | Chuck Morrell | Ron Babuka |
Ed Izzi | Frank Presfield | Clifton Sadler | Bill Moye | Wes Kreske | Don Cavanaugh |
Dale Surber | John Gentile | Doug Hurst | Don Gillis | Gordon Headley | Irvin Williams |
Mark Henry | Chuck Kaake | Frank Nekrasz | Russ Catardi | Bob Schmidt | Gary Carnot |
Norm Ostroy | Eugene McCormick | Jim O'Neil | Peggy Jensen Hawkins | Michelle Sereno Herrold | Bob Kelly |
Anne Mansell Moodey | Al Payne | Tim Sullivan | Mike Raatjes | Arne Schumacher | Howard Mortensen |
John D. Smith | Al Carpenter | Don Prigge | Phil Arneson | Bess Clevenger | Bill Patton |
Al Olsen | Ernie Dauzat | Ron Reeves | Jim Burton | John Barry | Marvin Greenwald |
Wes Ritchie | Tom Edrington | Bobby Bayles | Tom Brown | Bob Sumrall | Jim Poston |
Don Marion | Ed Kirner | Dan Coli | John Boeckeler | Don Smith | Gary Whitehead |
Rick Billings | Jim McDonald | Jon Randall | Richard Mueller | David Holland | Craig Preston |
Bobby Bourassa | Richard Borutta | Bill Gratza | Frank DiBello | Tatsuya Fujii | Mel Hutt |
Richard Renihan | Clint Clark | George Casebeer | Bob Misiano | Bob Laighton | Jesse Marney |
Mike DeGregorio | Jan Tenhoeve | Gene Gardner | Colin Benporath | Micthell Malpass | Joe Radigan |
Vins Holbrook | Jim Georgantas | Carl Shopp | Paul Yarnall | Russell Phillips | Robert Duffield |
Paul Smith | Maurice Warren | Carmen Costa | Bobby Moore | Harlan Bloomquist | Kenny Pounders |
Richard Margoni | Terry D. Tull | Colombus Newburn | Scott Sutherland | Joe Gall Jr | Lee R. De Haven |
Ronnie Randolph | Dolphus Burton | Earles McCaul | Elliotte Want | Kelly Brown | Thomas Edrington IV |
Scott Kopfstein | Paul Delasco | Bob Hibbert | Marvin "Jack" Smith | Glenn Burdett | Ed Gilstrap |
Vernon Yielding | Gary Jensen | Rhonda Hatch | Stu Scherr | Bill Gammon | Doug Rinear |
Stan Victor | Allan Robbins | Don Laufer | Steve Krajcik | Billy R. Johnson | Glenn Burdett |
Bernie Armstrong | Pete Hart | Ron Stairs | Paul Rando | Annmarie Ponder-LaDue | Harold Jackson |
Marc Piché | Bryan Reingold | Bruno Caneva | Richard Foran | Fred Weiss | Stan Border |
Tom Rodriguez | Earl Taylor | Jack Griffitts | Gary Vogel | Tony Cowart | Bill Ortz |
Richard Ritter | Paul Rosskamp | Eric Bollin | Jack Judd | Liz Hedenberg | Tom Mitchell |
Loren Kesty | George Stroebel | Bill Jones | Bob Kearns | Ron Peloquin | Phil Maxwell |
Richard Stokes | Donald Soito | George Weakland | Jon Marek | Gil Stafford | David
McComb |
Doug Seal | Hank Thomas | Irwin Kappes | Irv Wiggs | Charles Blackburn | Roy Varcoe |
Ralph Stamp | Mel Engle | George Aichele | Dave Robson | Rob Lalumiere | David Bryant |
Ken Dobbie | Tim Blackburn | Charley McManus | Don Hayden | Ed Raney | Ed Zajkowski |
Daniel Foster | Bill Lilly | Steve Lesko | Jim Mullaney | Henry Hegrat | Gerald Morris |
Joe Berlando | Frank Embrey | Scott Fennell | Randy Yoast | Howard Good | Shirley Payne |
Renee Babineau | Bevin Stringer | Tracy White | C. E. "Ed" Williams | John Edmunds | Jim Arnold |
John R. Barrett | Richard Vallery | Ed Eidt | Mike Yongue | Earle Hedenberg | Howard Hassett |
Robert Cieri | Frank Goetz | Ed Hertzog | Ray Garcia | Morris Stout | Mike Smolinski |
Chris Walz | Jose Garcia | Carlo Martinelli | Robert Hall | Leo Belovitch | Bill Gonyo |
John Dapper | Darryl Baker | Tim Pettit | Hank Lunki | Charles Dehnert | Jerry C. Karlik |
Jerry McHone | Dennis Greene | Carla Cawlfield | Gail Vories Lange | Janis C. Smith | Jim Dunlap |
Shapley R. Hunter IV | Tricia Warren | Bob Sampson | Roman Dymerski | Chris Wright | Richard Blunt |
Ray Day | Greg Vigle | Lew Grasso | Steve Bassingthwaite | Gary Martin | |
Naval Historical Center | Virginia Currents © |
The Sumner Website was commissioned
September 20, 1998.
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