Tuesday 3 January 2012

USS Laffey (DD-724)

The Allen M Summer class destroyer, USS Laffey (DD-724)


Class, Allen M Summer.

Weight, 2,200tons.

Speed, 34 knots

Armament, 6 5in guns, 12 40mm AA guns, 11 20mm AA Guns, 10 21inch torpedo tubes and 8 Depth Charges.
On a Picket station off the coast of Okinawa, The USS Laffey has endured an Japanese kamikaze assault and survived.

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