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USS ALLEN (DD-66)

CLASS - SAMPSON As Built.
Displacement 1,071 Tons, Dimensions, 315' 3" (oa) x 30' 7" x 9' 9" (Max)
Armament 4 x 4"/50, 2 x 1pdr AA, 12 x 21" tt..
Machinery, 17,500 SHP; Direct Drive Turbines With Geared Cruising Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 29.5 Knots, Crew 99.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bath Iron Works, Bath Me. on May 10 1915.
Launched December 5 1916 and commissioned January 24 1917.
Allen was decommissioned at New York June 22 1922
and berthed with the reserve fleet until reactivated
June 23 1925. Allen conducted training cruises out of Washington DC .
Decommissioned again at Philadelphia in March 1928 and berthed
with the reserve fleet until recommissioned again on August 23 1940.
Allen operated along the east coast until transferred to the Pacific.
Allen spent WWII patrolling the Hawaiian Islands. Allen was decommissioned
for the last time at Philadelphia on October 15 1945.
Stricken November 1 1945.
Fate Sold September 26 1946 and broken up for scrap.

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Allen 85kPhoto #: NH 56025, Commander William Henry Allen, USN, (1784-1813) stipple engraving by Edwin. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Tony Cowart
Allen 105kPhoto #: NH 50743. U.S. Navy destroyers at Queenstown, Ireland, 1918 pen and ink drawing by Burnell Poole. The ship at left is USS Allen (Destroyer # 66).Paul Rebold
Allen 50kOil painting by Burnell Poole, depicting USS Allen (Destroyer # 66) escorting USS Leviathan (ID # 1326) in the War Zone, 1918. The original painting measures 60" x 33". Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. U.S. Naval Historical Center PhotographPaul Rebold
Allen 55kPhoto #: NH 57795, USS Allen (Destroyer # 66) in Bantry Bay, Ireland, 1918. Note her "dazzle" camouflage. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Tony Cowart
Allen 71kPhoto #: NH 85720, USS Allen (Destroyer # 66) at Queenstown, Ireland, 1918. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1977. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Tony Cowart
Allen 59kPhoto #: NH 57793, USS Allen (Destroyer # 66) moored with other U.S. Navy destroyers at Queenstown, Ireland, 1918. Note Allen's "dazzle" camouflage scheme. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Tony Cowart
Allen 77kPhoto #: NH 57794, USS Allen (Destroyer # 66) view on board the ship, looking aft along the starboard side from her bridge wing, while she was at sea in 1918. Several other destroyers are in the distance. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Tony Cowart
Allen 124kOff Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii 17 December 1942. The sole "thousand tonner" to survive long enough to see WW2 service, the Allen was based out of Pearl Harbor and used for training and anti-submarine defense. Depth charge projectors replace two of her original four triple torpedo tubes and she has been augmented with 20mm guns. An open bridge is atop her pilot house and she has been received additional splinter shielding, "just in case".Paul Rebold
Allen 145kPhoto #: NH 45518, USS Allen (DD-66) underway off Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, 17 December 1942. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.Tony Cowart
Allen 127kPhoto #: NH 45519, USS Allen (DD-66) underway off Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, 17 December 1942. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.Tony Cowart
Allen 127kPhoto #: NH 45520, USS Allen (DD-66) underway off Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, 17 December 1942. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.Tony Cowart
Allen 62kOverhead as modified up to and during W.W.II, She is seen here on patrol off Oahu during 1942. USN
Allen 37kShown after WW2 awaiting disposal. Her forward 4" gun has been removed with only the shield and mount remaining.USN

USS ALLEN DD-66 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Arthur J. Reinhard
Address: 24A Calle De Elvira, Freehold , NJ 07728
Phone: 732-308-1301
E-mail: artiejr@optonline.net


Note About Contacts.

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.


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Naval Historical Center Pearl Harbor Action Report
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Destroyer History Foundation
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