USS Mannert L. Abele (DD-733)

USS Mannert L. Abele (DD-733)

USS Mannert L. Abele (DD-733), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Mannert Lincoln Abele, a World War II submarine commander who posthumously received the Navy Cross for his heroism in the Pacific Theater. The destroyer was the first US warship sunk by a Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka.