Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945

AGS-5 USS Sumner

• Sumner class Surveying Ship:
• Displacement: 4,400 tons (full load)
• Length: 350'
• Beam: 46'
• Draft: 18'
• Speed: 14 knots
• Armament: 1 5"/38 DP; 4 3"/50 DP; 8 20mm
• Complement: 151
• Geared turbine engines, single screw;
• Built at Seattle Construction & Dry Dock, and commissioned as USS Bushnell (AS-2) 24 November 1915
• Redesignated AG-32 and renamed Sumner 23 August 1940
• Reclassified AGS-5 1 December 1943

Additional Links:

• "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships" -- USS Sumner
• Action Report -- Pearl Harbor attack

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