USS Mannert L. Abele (DD-733)
Navy | US Navy |
Type | Destroyer |
Class | Sumner |
Pennant | DD 733 |
Built by | Bath Iron Works (Bath, Maine, U.S.A.) |
Laid down | 9 Dec 1943 |
Launched | 23 Apr 1944 |
Commissioned | 4 Jul 1944 |
Lost | 12 Apr 1945 |
Loss position | 27.25N, 126.59E north-west of Okinawa |
History | USS Mannert L. Abele (Cdr. Alton Enoch Parker, USN) was sunk by Japanese kamikaze aircraft in position 27º25'N, 126º59'E, 82 members of her crew were lost with the ship. |