Mannert L. Abele, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mannert L. Abele

army

Date of Birth: 11-Jul-1903

Place of Birth: Quincy, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 30-Jul-1942

Profession: military officer, submariner

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

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 sunk on April 12, 1945, near Okinawa with 84 casualties.
It was the first US warship to be damaged or sunk by the rocket powered Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka suicide flying bomb.