September 1959. Photo by Ed Zajkowski.

Country: USA.
Class, [Type]: Allen M. Sumner, [DD].

Builder: Bethlehem Steel Corporation, USA.
Launch date: 23 April 1944.
Commission date: 8 March 1945.
Decommission date: 31 October 1973.

Displacement ( tons ): 2200 standard, 3500 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 112,5 x 12 x 6.
Main machinery: 2 x GE geared turbines ( 60000 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 34.
Range ( miles ): 6000 at 15 knots.
Complement: 336 ( 17 officers ).

Guns: 3 x 2 127mm Mk38; 2 x 4 40mm, 2 x 2 40mm Bofors, 11 x 1 20mm Oerlikon.
Torpedoes: 2 x 5 533mm.

Radars: Air: AN/SPS-37; Surface: AN/SPS-10.
Sonars: AN/SQS-23.
Comment: Sold to Brazil, 1977. This ship was renamed Rio Grand do Norte ( D-37 ).

Year of visit the Black Sea:  1969 | 1970