''Sumner'' has been the name of four ships in the
United States Navy
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. The destroyers, DD-333 and DD-692, were named after
World War I
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Marine Corps Captain
Allen Melancthon Sumner. The survey ships, AGS-5 and T-AGS-61, were named after the 19th century Navy captain
Thomas Hubbard Sumner.
* The first was a commissioned in 1921 and decommissioned in 1930.
* The second was originally the
submarine tender
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Development
Submarines are small compared to most oceangoing vessels, and generally cannot carry large amounts of foo ...
''Bushnell''; commissioned in 1915, converted to a
survey ship
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in
World War II
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, and a participant in the nuclear tests at
Bikini Atoll
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; decommissioned in 1946.
* The third , the
lead ship
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Large ships are very comple ...
of her class, was an commissioned in 1944 and decommissioned in 1973.
* The fourth is a that became operational in 1997.
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United States Navy ship names