U.S.S. Allen M. Sumner DD-692
1971 Log Book

• January 1, 1971 - The traditional mid-watch verse by LT T. J. Dziekonski
• January 9, 1971 - Continue our Winter vacation with a stop at Malta
• January 26, 1971 - Our 27th Birthday and Ronnie Caswell learns what is meant by "The Cruel Sea"
• January 29, 1971 - We pull into Barcelona to see the bull fights
• February 21, 1971 - We stop at Sumner's last European port, Rota, Spain
• March 1, 1971 - Back home in Mayport, Sumner's last Med Cruise complete
• April 30, 1971 - Operations in the Jacksonville Op Area continue
• May 6, 1971 - More time at sea with the Saratoga
• May 13, 1971 - Operations in the Windward Passage on our way to Cuba
• May 22, 1971 - Underway training in our favorite port - Guantanamo Bay
• May 24, 1971 - We head for a Russian Sub Tender, anyone know this story?
• June 6, 1971 - Back home in Mayport but not for long
• July 1, 1971 - After 27 years on the front lines Sumner becomes a Naval Reserve training ship
• August 9, 1971 - We may be in the Reserves but we are back to the Op Area
• August 16, 1971 - Time to go house hunting we head for Baltimore
• August 26, 1971 - A quick visit to our old home in Norfolk
• September 14, 1971 - We leave Mayport for the last time and head for Bloodsworth Island gunnery practice
• September 15, 1971 - Tie up in our new home where Sumner is SOPA
• September 19, 1971 - Back to the pier after a weekend of training
• September 28, 1971 - Captain Laighton departs as Captain Hollenbach assumes command
• October 16, 1971 - Out to the Virginia Capes and lots of fog
• November 2, 1971 - Time for Junior Officer ship handling drills
• November 7, 1971 - Underway for a trip south
• November 14, 1971 - After a visit to Port Everglades we hear a bump as the ship leaves harbor
• November 16, 1971 - We are attacked by Phantom Jets and lose, the ship starts shaking wildly
• November 16, 1971 - Now we are dead in the water, we may be getting a bit old for a destroyer
• November 22, 1971 - We tie up in Norfolk and then head for Yorktown to offload ammo
• November 24, 1971 - Head back to Baltimore to wait for an open drydock.
• December 8, 1971 - Into the drydock to work on the propellers
• December 10, 1971 - Out of the drydock and bring the reserve crew back aboard
• December 14, 1971 - Running tests and rupture the steam line to the Port shaft and then the rudder jammed
• December 14, 1971 - Back to Yorktown to reload our ammunition
• December 17, 1971 - Back to Baltimore and the end of another successful year sailing the Seven Seas