Dazzle

Hull Number	Name	Class	Camouflage Design	Design Date	Paint Date	Notes	Other
DD-692	Allen M. Sumner	Allen M. Sumner	31/16D	4/12/44	4/25/44
DD-693	Moale	Allen M. Sumner	32/9D	4/12/44	4/25/44
DD-694	Ingraham	Allen M. Sumner	31/3D	3/4/44	4/25/44
DD-695	Cooper	Allen M. Sumner	32/3D	4/12/44	4/25/44
DD-696	English	Allen M. Sumner	31/3D	3/6/44	5/18/44
DD-697	Charles S. Sperry	Allen M. Sumner	32/9D	4/18/44	4/25/44
DD-698	Ault	Allen M. Sumner	31/9D	8/18/44	5/30/44
DD-699	Waldron	Allen M. Sumner	32/9D	4/25/44	6/7/44
DD-700	Haynsworth	Allen M. Sumner	31/16D	5/9/44	6/21/44
DD-701	John W. Weeks	Allen M. Sumner	32/9D	4/20/44	6/20/44
DD-702	Hank	Allen M. Sumner	31/16D	7/8/44	9/16/44
DD-702	Hank	Allen M. Sumner	33a/27D	11/27/44
DD-703	Wallace L. Lind	Allen M. Sumner	32/9D	5/12/44	9/7/44
DD-704	Borie	Allen M. Sumner	31/25D	7/10/44	9/20/44
DD-705	Compton	Allen M. Sumner	32/11A	7/26/44	11/4/44
DD-706	Gainard	Allen M. Sumner	31/16D	7/26/44	11/22/44
DD-707	Soley	Allen M. Sumner	32/11A	8/4/44	12/6/44
DD-708	Harlan R. Dickson	Allen M. Sumner	31/16D	8/2/44			Comm. 2/17/45
DD-709	Hugh Purvis	Allen M. Sumner	32/16D	8/3/44			Comm. 3/1/45
DD-710	Gearing	Gearing	33a/28D				Comm. 5/3/45 in Ms 22
DD-711	Eugene A. Greene	Gearing					Comm. 6/8/45
DD-712	Gyatt	Gearing					Comm. 7/2/45
DD-713	Kenneth D. Bailey	Gearing					Comm. 7/31/45
DD-714	William R. Rush	Gearing					Comm. 9/31/45
DD-722	Barton	Allen M. Sumner	31/16D	4/15/44
DD-723	Walke	Allen M. Sumner	32/3D	3/26/44	4/3/44
DD-723	Walke	Allen M. Sumner	32/25D		8/17/44
DD-724	Laffey	Allen M. Sumner	31/16D	4/6/44	8/23/44
DD-725	O'Brien	Allen M. Sumner	32/9D
DD-726	Meredith	Allen M. Sumner	31/3D	3/2/44	3/29/44		Lost 6/9/44
DD-727	DeHaven	Allen M. Sumner	32/3D	3/10/44	4/20/44
DD-728	Mansfield	Allen M. Sumner	31/3D	3/7/44	4/14/44
DD-729	Lyman K. Swenson	Allen M. Sumner	32/9D	4/13/44
DD-730	Collett	Allen M. Sumner	31/16D	5/1/44
DD-731	Maddox	Allen M. Sumner	32/16D		6/2/44
DD-731	Maddox	Allen M. Sumner	32/9D		7/3/44	*1
DD-732	Hyman	Allen M. Sumner	31/25D	6/2/44	7/16/44
DD-732	Hyman	Allen M. Sumner	31/3D
DD-733	Mannert L. Abele	Allen M. Sumner	32/11A	6/7/44	8/1/44
DD-734	Purdy	Allen M. Sumner	31/25D	6/9/44
DD-735	Robert H. Smith	Allen M. Sumner				*2	Completed as DM-23
DD-736	Thomas E. Fraser	Allen M. Sumner				*2	Completed as DM-24
DD-737	Shannon	Allen M. Sumner				*2	Completed as DM-25
DD-738	Harry F. Bauer	Allen M. Sumner				*2	Completed as DM-26
DD-739	Adams	Allen M. Sumner				*2	Completed as DM-27
DD-740	Tolman	Allen M. Sumner				*2	Completed as DM-28
DD-741	Drexler	Allen M. Sumner	32/11A	8/22/44	11/14/44		Lost 5/28/45.
DD-742	Frank Knox	Gearing	33a/28D	11/3/44		*3
DD-743	Southerland	Gearing	33a/28D	12/2/44
DD-744	Blue	Allen M. Sumner	31/3D	3/2/44
DD-745	Brush	Allen M. Sumner	32/3D	3/15/44
DD-746	Taussig	Allen M. Sumner	31/9D	4/25/44
DD-747	Samuel N. Moore	Allen M. Sumner	32/11A	5/29/44	6/23/44
DD-748	Harry E. Hubbard	Allen M. Sumner	31/16D	7/1/44	7/21/44
DD-749	Henry A. Wiley	Allen M. Sumner				*2	Completed as DM-29
DD-750	Shea	Allen M. Sumner				*2	Completed as DM-30
DD-751	J. William Ditter	Allen M. Sumner				*2	Completed as DM-31
DD-752	Alfred A. Cunningham	Allen M. Sumner	33a/27D
DD-753	John R. Pierce	Allen M. Sumner	33a/30D	12/2/44
DD-754	Frank E. Evans	Allen M. Sumner					Comm. 2/3/45.
DD-755	John A. Bole	Allen M. Sumner					Comm. 3/3/45 in M22.
DD-756	Beatty	Allen M. Sumner					Comm. 3/31/45 in M21.
DD-757	Putnam	Allen M. Sumner	32/11A	8/5/44
DD-758	Strong	Allen M. Sumner	31/25D	8/2/44			Comm. 3/8/45
DD-759	Lofberg	Allen M. Sumner					Comm. 4/26/45
DD-770	Lowry	Allen M. Sumner	31/16D	5/1/44
DD-771	Lindsey	Allen M. Sumner				*2	Completed as DM-32
DD-772	Gwin	Allen M. Sumner				*2	Completed as DM-33
DD-773	Aaron Ward	Allen M. Sumner				*2	Completed as DM-34
DD-774	Hugh W. Hadley	Allen M. Sumner	31/25D	8/4/44
DD-775	Willard Keith	Allen M. Sumner	32/11A	8/4/44
DD-776	James C. Owens	Allen M. Sumner					Comm. 2/17/45.
DD-777	Zellars	Allen M. Sumner	32/3D	8/8/44
DD-778	Massey	Allen M. Sumner	31/25D	8/5/44
DD-781	Robert K. Huntington	Allen M. Sumner	32/9D	10/11/44
DD-805	Chevalier	Gearing	33a/28D	12/15/44		*4

Notation

Design Date

Indicates the date that the Bureau of Ships sent to the ship or shipyard drawings and instructions to paint that camouflage design. That directive was usually followed and camouflage completion photos were returned to the Bureau. For the rows that are marked red, no verification memos or photos have yet been found.

Paint Date

Indicates the earliest date that memos or photos confirm painting in that design.

Comm.

Indicates date commissioned, if after 1/1/45, ship may not have worn Measure 31-32-33 while commissioned. Exceptions were landing craft in Measure 31.

Footnotes

DD-731 commissioned on 6/2/44 in camouflage 32/16D and after shakedown was repainted in camouflage 32/9D at Boston on 7/3/44.

Twelve Allen M. Sumner class destroyers were modified while building and completed as destroyer minelayers DM. Their camouflage is listed under Minelayers.

DD-742 was sent Design 31/25D on 8/5/44 using DD-692 profile. Bath Shipyard asked BuShips to update the design on 8/8/44. On 11/3/44 BuShips sent Design 33a/28D using the DD-710 profile.

DD-805 was sent drawing 32/3D for the DD-692 class on 8/8/44, later on 12/15/44 was sent drawing 33a/28D for the DD-710 class.

Destroyers

Allen M. Sumner & Gearing Classes

Allen M. Sumner & Gearing Classes

Notation

Footnotes