Allied Warships

USS Zellars (DD 777)

Destroyer of the Allen M. Sumner class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Allen M. Sumner
Pennant	DD 777
Built by	Todd-Pacific Shipyards, Inc. (Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.)
Ordered	7 Aug 1942
Laid down	24 Dec 1943
Launched	19 Jul 1944
Commissioned	25 Oct 1944
End service	19 Mar 1971
History	Decommissioned and stricken 19 March 1971. Transferred to Iran 19 March 1971 being renamed Babr.

Commands listed for USS Zellars (DD 777)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Cdr. Blinn van Mater, USN	25 Oct 1944	8 Feb 1945 (1)
2	T/Cdr. Leon Samuel Kintberger, USN	8 Feb 1945

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Notable events involving Zellars include:

25 Mar 1945
USS Zellars arrived in the Okinawa area.

12 Apr 1945
USS Zellars is damaged by a Japanese kamikaze aircraft of Okinawa in position 26°00'N, 128°00'E. Zellars limped into Kerama Retto with extensive damage later that day.

1 Jun 1945
USS Zellars puts into Long Beach Naval Shipyard for permanent repairs.