A01=Lawrence S. Saxon
Allen M. Sumner destroyers
Author_Lawrence S. Saxon
battleships
Category=NHWR7
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Iwo Jima
Japan
light minelayers
military history
Mine Division Seven
nautical warfare
naval destroyers
naval vessels
Okinawa
photos and illustrations
shipwrecks
Thomas E Fraser (DM-24)
war service
warfare
Product details
- ISBN 9781563113345
- Dimensions: 215 x 279mm
- Publication Date: 13 Feb 1997
- Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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A printed summary of the twelve destroyers of the Allen M. Sumner class, all completed as light minelayers during 1944. The author served on Thomas E Fraser (DM-24), attached to Mine Division Seven and present at Okinawa and Iwo Jima; her war service is described in some detail. The other eleven vessels comprised Smith, Shannon, Bauer, Adams, Tolman, Wiley, Shea, Ditter, Lindsey, Gwin and Ward; their war service is given in summary with pictures.
