USS Frank E. Evans

USS Frank E. Evans, 1945
History
United States
Name	USS Frank E. Evans
Namesake	Brigadier General Frank Evans
Builder	Bethlehem Mariners Harbor, Staten Island, New York
Laid down	21 April 1944
Launched	3 October 1944
Commissioned	3 February 1945
Decommissioned	14 December 1949
Recommissioned	15 September 1950
Decommissioned	1 July 1969
Stricken	1 July 1969
Nickname(s)	"Gray Ghost" "The Fighter" "Lucky Evans"
Honors and awards	1 battle star (World War II) 5 battle stars (Korean War)
Fate	Bow sunk in collision 3 June 1969 Stern sunk as target 10 October 1969
General characteristics
Class and type	Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer
Displacement	2,200 tons standard, 3,218 tons full load
Length	376.5 ft (114.8 m)
Beam	41.1 ft (12.5 m)
Draft	14.2 ft (4.3 m) mean 15.7 ft (4.8 m) maximum
Propulsion	60,000 hp (45,000 kW) General Electric geared turbines two screws
Speed	36.5 kn (67.6 km/h; 42.0 mph)
Range	3,300 mi (5,300 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	336
Armament	6 × 5 in (130 mm)/ 38 cal dual purpose guns (3x2), 12 × 40 mm guns, 11 × 20 mm guns, 10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2x5), 6 × depth charge projectors, 2 × depth charge tracks

USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754), was an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy. She was named in honor of United States Marine Corps Brigadier General Frank Evans, a leader of the American Expeditionary Force in France during World War I.^[1] She served late in World War II and during the Korean War and Vietnam War before she was cut in half in a collision with the Royal Australian Navy aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne in 1969.