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USS Sutton (DE 771)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - Z - Y - U

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

Specifications:
Class: Cannon
Type: DET (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, long hull, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1240 tons (light), 1620 tons (full)
Length: 300' (wl), 306' (oa)
Beam: 36' 10" (extreme)
Draft: 10' 6" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 4 GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 21 kts
Range: 10,800 nm @ 12 knots
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 twin 40mm Mk1 AA, 8 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1), 1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Complement: 15 / 201

Sutton (DE 771) Building and Operational Data:

23 August 1943: Keel laid by the Tampa Shipbuilding Co., Tampa, Fla.

06 August 1944: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. Shelton B. Sutton, Sr., mother of Ensign Sutton

22 December 1944: Commissioned at Tampa by Captain R. B. Daggett for the Commandant, Seventh Naval District, Lt. T. W. Nazro in command

19 March 1948: Decommissioned at Green Cove Springs, Fla. after 3 years and 3 months of service

02 February 1956: Transferred (Grant Aid) to South Korea, renamed ROKS Kang Won (F-72) (struck 28 December 1977, to Philippines for cannibalization)

15 November 1974: Struck from the NVR

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
0677101	38k	Shelton Beverly Sutton Jr. was born in Brewton, Ga., on 21 August 1919. He was appointed Ensign, USNR, on 21 April 1941. On 12 February 1942, Sutton was ordered to the Third Naval District to await transportation to light cruiser USS *Juneau* (CL 52). He reported for duty in the new ship on 02 March 1942. Ens. Sutton was killed on 13 November 1942 when *Juneau* was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine *I-26* and sunk with heavy loss of life in the aftermath of the nocturnal Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. USS *Sutton* (DE 771) (1944-1948) was the first ship to be named in his honor. Photo from the USS Juneau (CL 52) Web Site An extended biography of Ens. Sutton by Scott B. Thompson, Sr. from the PIECES OF OUR PAST* Laurens County, Ga. Web Site*	Mike Smolinski Clifton, N.J. Manager, Navsource DE / FF / LCS Archive
0677108	231k	08 January 1945: Tampa, Fla. - USS *Sutton* is moored at a Tampa pier. She had returned to her builder for further engineering fixes after a shakedown and yard period at Algiers, La. (Tampa Shipbuilding photo)	John Chiquoine West Chester, Pa. and Rick E. Davis Springfield, Oh.
0677107	126k	14 May 1945: The Atlantic Ocean - The surrendered German submarine *U-234* alongside the destroyer escort USS *Sutton* (DE 771). Note Kapitänleutnant Johann-Heinrich Fehler (left, with white cap), captain of *U-234* aboard *Sutton. (Photo courtesy of Seaman Harry O'Brien from* the U.S. National Archives / Record Group 38)	Bob Hurst Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
0677102	26k	undated	DESA Archives
0677106	229k	14 December 1946: Brooklyn, N.Y. - USS *Sutton* (DE 771) and two unidentified sisters moored to a Brooklyn East River Pier at New York City. (U.S. Navy photo #NH 79726, Courtesy of D. M. McPherson, 1974, from the Naval History and Heritage Command)	Mike Green Port Angeles, Wash.
0677104	79k	circa 1958: ROKS *Kang Won* (F-72, ex-USS Sutton DE 771), underway , location unknown. (Official Korean Navy Photo; From "Jane's Fighting Ships, 1961-62")	Bob Hurst Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
0677103	70k	ROKS *Kang Won*, circa 1967	Bob Hurst Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
0677105	150k	Undated photo of ROKS *Kang Won* (F-72). The ship, ex-USS *Sutton* (DE 771), was transferred to Korea in 1956. (U.S. Navy photo #NH 45333 from the Naval History and Heritage Command)	Mike Green Port Angeles, Wash.

Sutton History
View the USS Sutton (DE 771) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.
View the official War History of USS Sutton as submitted by the ship at war's end.
A Very Comprehensive Biography of Shelton Beverly Sutton, Jr. by Scott B. Thompson, Sr.

Sutton's Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves

Dates of Command	Commanding Officers
1.) 22 Dec. 1944 - 14 Dec. 1945	Lcdr. Thomas William Nazro, USNR (Comm. CO) (Concord, N.H.)
2.) 14 Dec. 1945 - 27 Apr. 1946	Lcdr. Travers Rountree Harrington, USNR (Kempsville, Va.)
3.) 27 Apr. 1946 - .. .... 1946	Lcdr. Edgar Hull Forrest, USN (London, England)
4.) .. .... 1946 - 08 Jul. 1946	Cmdr. Robert Conrad Joerg III, USN (Eufaula, Ala.)
5.) 08 Jul. 1946 - .. .... ....	Lcdr. Donald Arthur Regan, USNR (East Boston, Mass.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None

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