#allen m. sumner

[shanks]

CheLA77

[justiceb68]

aogisa

[rennebright]

Endless drama & Unending mystery by GaiNoob [Twitter/X] ※Illustration shared with permission from the artist. If you like this artwork please support the artist by visiting the source.

[lonestarflight]

The boilerplate capsule from the Big Joe mission on the deck of the USS STRONG (DD-758) following its recovery in the Atlantic Ocean.

"At local sunrise, the Big Joe capsule was spotted by a Navy P2V Neptune patrol plane allowing it to vector the nearest destroyer, the USS STRONG over 160 kilometers away, towards the wayward capsule for recovery. By about 10:00 AM EST, the Big Joe capsule was recovered and brought aboard STRONG. It was subsequently transferred to a cargo plane and flown to Cape Canaveral. The capsule arrived by 10 PM on launch day and was moved to Hangar S by midnight. Close inspection of the capsule showed that only 30% of the heat shield had ablated away and that the capsule was perfectly protected despite the punishing flight. While there was some buckling of the outer skin of the capsule where heating was especially intense and a couple of recovery hooks on Mercury’s cylindrical forward section were heavily eroded, there were few signs of thermal damage to the capsule."

Date: September 9, 1959

NASA ID: link

[lonestarbattleship]

USS North Carolina (BB-55) underway with USS Lindsey (DM-32) alongside, on October 8, 1944.

BuAer photo: 283556

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[biseugen]

Yostarさんに感謝!!本当におめでとうございます！

[judgemark45]

The U.S. Navy Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD-729) underway in Manila Bay, Philippines, in 1955

[azurlaneincorrectquotes]

It looks like this next event will have two URs. Or, well, they were announced side by side

First is USS Guam, an Alaska class Large Cruiser.

Her design reminds me a lot of Laplace from NIKKE, in a few ways.

Next is Laffey 2, an Allen M Sumner class destroyer.

She has a decent enough design. Idk what else to say. I don't like type 2 riggings as a concept

[captain-price-unofficially]

USS Allen M. Sumner (DD-692) during a storm in the South China Sea. January 1945.

[applepies-and-starlight]

Alright i've given you guys the more audience-friendly headcanons time to see how y'all will tolerate me at my worst in the kitchen

Meet the Successor Ships

Basically, they're shipgirls who have the same name as other shipgirls but belong in different classes (Essex class Lexington; Allen M. Sumner class Laffey; Enterprise CVN-65)

Sucessors normally don't have the same personality as their precursor counterpart - some are even a total opposite of their counterpart's; they do tend to share a couple of similar traits; this is often physical (i.e. similar hair color/texture or facial structure) but some preferences can overlap between both Successor and Precursor

Successors may end up getting existensial crises. They're... considerably common, on-par with the course of realizing that you only exist to replace someone...

[justiceb68]

夕影

[hrodvitnon]

I mean, both USS Laffey’s were ships that decided that death was either optional or has to be awesome. The first Laffey, a Benson-Class Destroyer, went down RIPPING AND TEARING (apologies) through a Japanese fleet solo. The second Laffey, an Allen M. Sumner-Class Destroyer? On a damage-to-ship size/displacement ratio, she is the toughest ship ever, seeing as she, among other things, shrugged off multiple kamikazes and survived two nukes. She’s currently a museum ship. 1/2

Super Tank Boat.

(Never apologize for any usage of RIP AND TEAR, it's an awesome phrase and one should feel awesome using it.)

I mean, you're welcome to share more Ship Trivia, I'm just sorry my "responses" to the trivia is on the minimalist side of things. (I don't know anything about ships beyond some nuggets about the Titanic, but these are some pretty neat factoids, so... yeah.)

[ourcrazyrvlife]

Did you miss tonight's live YouTube premiere? No worries! You can watch it now! We're excited to continue our South Carolina destination miniseries on YouTube... S4:E13 Tour USS Laffey - "The Ship That Would Not Die" Clickable link in our bio! WARNING: This video contains sights and sounds reminiscent of wartime. "USS Laffey (DD-724) is an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, which was constructed during World War II, laid down and launched in 1943, and commissioned in February 1944. The ship earned the nickname "The Ship That Would Not Die" for her exploits during the D-Day invasion and the battle of Okinawa when she successfully withstood a determined assault by conventional bombers and the most unrelenting kamikaze air attack in history. Today, Laffey is a U.S. National Historic Landmark and is preserved as a museum ship at Patriots Point, outside Charleston, South Carolina. Laffey was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Bartlett Laffey. Seaman Laffey was awarded the Medal of Honor for his stand against Confederate forces on 5 March 1864." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Laffey_(DD-724) We make these videos primarily for our own pleasure, and hope that you enjoy them as much as we do making them! Please don't forget to Subscribe, Like, Comment, and Share! ▶︎Would you like to help support our projects? Even small amounts help! We use this money to purchase new equipment and fund fun things to do that you would enjoy seeing, too! We also use this money to help bring the Gospel to those who need to hear it! Thank you for your generosity! https://www.paypal.me/ourcrazyrvlife #rv #rvlife #rvliving #believe #camping #livinginanrv #rvtravel #ourcrazyrvlife #rvfulltime #fulltimerving #Christian #blessings #lifeontheroad #rvadventures #rvlivingfulltime  #rvcamping  #traveltrailerlife #rvcouple #prayer #love #faith #rvlifestyle #dogs #dog #dogsofinstagram #youtubers #youtube (at Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum) https://www.instagram.com/p/ColV9J8OnE6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[lonestarbattleship]

USS English (DD-696) steams in the China Sea with other units of the Third Fleet, circa January 1945. USS Hancock (CV-19) and another destroyer are in the distance, at right. A Grumman F6F Hellcat banks nearby, preparing to land.

Photographed from USS New Jersey (BB-62) by Lieutenant Commander Charles Fenno Jacobs, USNR.

NHHC: 80-G-470288, 80-G-470286

[smokeybrand]

Allen M. Sumner