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| 19k | ALLEN MELANCTHON SUMNER was a Marine Corps Captain of the First World War, 81st Company 6th Machine Gun Battalion, who was killed by German shellfire will leading his troops during the advance on Tigny , 19 July 1918. | Joe Gall |
| 95k | Artist's conception of the Sumner as she appeared after the early 1950's conversion by the renowned graphic illustrator John Barrett with the text written by naval author and historian Robert F. Sumrall. Their company Navy Yard Associates offers prints of most destroyers, destroyer escorts, submarines and aircraft carriers in various configurations during the ship's lifetime. The prints can be customized with ship's patches, your photograph, your bio, etc. If you decide to purchase artwork from them please indicate that you heard about their work from NavSource. | Navy Yard Associates |
| 98k | Artist's conception of the Sumner as she appeared after FRAM II overhaul by the renowned graphic illustrator John Barrett with the text written by naval author and historian Robert F. Sumrall. Their company Navy Yard Associates offers prints of most destroyers, destroyer escorts, submarines and aircraft carriers in various configurations during the ship's lifetime. The prints can be customized with ship's patches, your photograph, your bio, etc. If you decide to purchase artwork from them please indicate that you heard about their work from NavSource. | Navy Yard Associates |
| 54k | The launching at Federal Shipbuilding in Kearny, NJ December 15 1943. | Robert F. Sumrall |
| 77k | Three days before commissioning at Federal Shipbuilding. | Joe Gall |
| 55k | The commissioning at the Navy Yard in New York January 26 1944. | Richard Sementelli |
| 115k | Allen M. Sumner (DD-692), in the Atlantic, 26 March 1944. This view essentially shows the lead ship of this class "as built." (80-G-237953) | - |
| 81k | New York Navy Yard May 1 1944 in "dazzle" paint scheme. The ship is painted in camouflage Measure 31, Design 16d. | Robert F. Sumrall |
| 45k | April 9 1945 leaving Hunter's Point, CA where she underwent repairs for the kamikaze damage from the invasion at Lingayen Gulf. | Robert F. Sumrall |
| 89k | Probably entering Longview, WA for Navy Day 1945. | Bill Babuka |
| 79k | June 19 1947, location unknown. Note Squadron 7 patch on the stack. | Thomas C. Edrington III |
| 97k | As she appeared during Operation Crossroads in 1946. | Arne Schumacher |
| 80k | In the Med circa 1950. | Marc Piche |
| 68k | Kingston, Jamaica October 1950. | Don Marion |
| 49k | In drydock at Boston Navy Yard 1952. | Carl Shopp |
| 51k | Loading a torpedo at sea, circa 1953-1956. | Jim Walker |
| 113k | September 1957, Copyright Atlantic Fleet Sales. | Joe Radigan |
| 94k | Circa 1958-1959, note the Squadron 16 logo on the stack. | Gary Vogel |
| 101k | Civitavecchia, Italy May 25 1962. | Paul Delasco |
| 55k | In drydock in Toulon, France after going aground in June 1962. | Paul Delasco |
| 123k | View of the DASH deck, Mount 53 and the VDS during OPS off Vietnam 1967. | Eric Bollin |
| 66k | The rescue of 1LT Ronnie Randolph USAF whose F4C had been shot down over North Vietnam on May 25 1967. | Eric Bollin |
| 48k | Hong Kong harbor July 1967 | H. Kelly Brown III |
| 61k | One of Sumner's QH-50c DASH Helicopters circa 1968-1970. | Dolphus Burton |
| 63k | Ship's patch | Larry Sheppard |
| 49k | Ship's patch | Mike Smolinski |
| 87k | Example of the Sumner ship's patch as a custom plaque by the renowned graphic illustrator John Barrett of Navy Yard Associates. NYA offers custom plaques of most destroyers, destroyer escorts, submarines and aircraft carriers. For more examples check out their website page at http://www.navyyardassociates.net/classPlaques.html. If you decide to purchase artwork from NYA please indicate that you heard about their work from NavSource. | Navy Yard Associates |
16 of her crew were lost and remain on duty.
