Allied Warships

USS Alfred A. Cunningham (DD 752)

Destroyer of the Allen M. Sumner class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Allen M. Sumner
Pennant	DD 752
Built by	Bethlehem Steel Corp. (Staten Island, New York, U.S.A.)
Ordered	7 Aug 1942
Laid down	23 Feb 1944
Launched	3 Aug 1944
Commissioned	23 Nov 1944
End service	24 Feb 1971
History	Decommissioned 24 February 1971. Stricken 1 February 1974. Sunk as a target off the coast of California 12 October 1979.

Commands listed for USS Alfred A. Cunningham (DD 752)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Cdr. Floyd Bertram Thomas Myhre, USN	23 Nov 1944	27 Jan 1946

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Notable events involving Alfred A. Cunningham include:

17 Jan 1945
With her initial training at Bermuda completed USS Alfred A. Cunningham arrived at New York. The next three months she serves as a training ship for prospective destroyer crews.

7 May 1945
USS Alfred A. Cunningham departed from Norfolk bound for the Pacific.

18 May 1945
USS Alfred A. Cunningham transits the Panama Canal.

31 May 1945
USS Alfred A. Cunningham arrived at Pearl Harbor.