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USS Alfred A. Cunningham
Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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USS Alfred A. Cunningham (DD-752), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Alfred Austell Cunningham, a USMC officer and aviator.
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Namesake | Alfred Austell Cunningham |
Builder | Bethlehem Mariners Harbor, Staten Island, New York |
Laid down | 23 February 1944 |
Launched | 3 August 1944 |
Commissioned | 23 November 1944 |
Decommissioned | August 1949 |
Recommissioned | 5 October 1950 |
Decommissioned | 24 February 1971 |
Stricken | 1 February 1974 |
Fate | Sunk as target 12 October 1979 |
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Class and type | Allen M. Sumner class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,200 tons |
Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.8 m) |
Beam | 40 ft (12.2 m) |
Draft | 15 ft 8 in (4.8 m) |
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Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h) |
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Complement | 336 |
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