USS Drexler

USS Drexler (DD-741), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was named for Ensign Henry Clay Drexler, a 1924 graduate of the Naval Academy who killed in a turret explosion on USS Trenton (CL-11) in October 1924, earning the Medal of Honor for his efforts to limit damage by placing a flaming bag of powder into an immersion tank.

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DD-741; DD-741 Drexier
destroyer, Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, Bath Iron Works, United States Navy, 

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  USS Bush ⓘ
  1942 Fletcher-class destroyer

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  USS Colhoun ⓘ
  1944 Fletcher-class destroyer

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  USS Drexler ⓘ
  1944 Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer

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  USS English ⓘ
  1944 Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer

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  USS William D. Porter ⓘ
  1942 Fletcher-class destroyer

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1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

World War II Q362

1944-09-03T00:00:00Z

1944-09-03T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1944-11-14T00:00:00Z

1944-11-14T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1944-04-24T00:00:00Z

1944-04-24T00:00:00Z

keel laying

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Frameless

USS Drexler (DD-741) underway in 1944

USS Drexler (DD-741) underway in 1944

USS Drexler (DD-741)

USS Drexler (DD-741)

USS Drexler (DD-741) refueling Feb 1945

USS Drexler (DD-741) refueling Feb 1945

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
object	watercraft		USS Bush	Fletcher-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Colhoun	Fletcher-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Drexler	Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS English	Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS William D. Porter	Fletcher-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
commons	image		USS Drexler (DD-741) underway in 1944		Commons
commons	image		USS Drexler (DD-741) underway in 1944		Commons
commons	image		USS Drexler (DD-741)		Commons
commons	image		USS Drexler (DD-741)		Commons
commons	image		USS Drexler (DD-741) refueling Feb 1945		Commons
commons	image		USS Drexler (DD-741) refueling Feb 1945		Commons