The Man & The Ship

Type – DD (Sumner Class)

Pennant – 754

Name – Frank Edgar Evans

Brigadier General

Frank Edgar Evans, born 19 November 1876, in Franklin, Pennsylvania, served as an infantryman in the Spanish-American War and was commissioned in the Marine Corps 15 February 1900. He served in the Philippines and in the United States prior to World War I, during which he won the Navy Cross and other awards for the distinction of his service in the Marine Brigade of the American Expeditionary Force in France. His postwar service included duty in Haiti, where from 1927 to 1930 he commanded the Constabulary Detachment and was Chief of the Gendarmerie de Haiti. Brigadier General Evans also was District Marine Officer of several Naval Districts. Retired 1 December 1940, he made his home in Honolulu, where he died 25 November 1941. The destroyer USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754) was named in his honor. Source: Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (Published 1963).

Lieutenant Colonel

Adjutant, 6th Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, A.E.F.
Date of Action: June 1 – 16, 1918

During the trying events of the early part of June 1918, while in action against the enemy at Belleau Wood, Lieutenant Colonel Evans carried the administrative burdens of his regiment with great efficiency. His untiring efforts, constant diligence, and intelligent transmission of orders from the Brigade Commander during a number of days when his Regimental Commander was in an advanced headquarters and not always in communication contributed in no small degree to the successful part played by the 6th Regiment in the operations against the enemy from the 1st to the 16th of June, 1918.

Memorial

The Ship

• Shipbuilder: Bethlehem Steel, Staten Island, New York
• Hull Number: 8054
• Fiscal Year: 1942
• Keel Laid: 21 April 1944
• Launched: 3 October 1944
• Delivered (Commissioned): 3 February 1945
• Days on Ways: 165
• Days in Water: 123
• Days Total: 288

General Characteristics

• Displacement: 3218 tons full, 2,200 tons standard
• Dimensions: Length-376.5 ft Beam-41.1 ft Draft: 15.7 ft maximum, 14.2 ft mean
• Propulsion: General Electric geared turbines, 60,000 horsepower (45 MW), two screws
• Speed: 36.5 knots
• Range: 3300 miles at 20 knots
• Complement: 336 officers and men
• Armament: six x five-inch 127 mm 38-caliber in three twin turrets, 12 40mm antiaircraft guns, 11 20mm antiaircraft guns, 10 21-inch torpedo tubes in 2 banks of 5, 6 depth charge projectors, 2 depth charge tracks

FRAM II 1961-POST FRAM SPECIFICATIONS

• Complement: Allowance: 274 (14 officers, 260 enlisted men)
• Accommodations: 322 (22 Officers and 300 enlisted men)
• Guns:
  • 3 qty, TWIN 5 inch/38 caliber MK 12 mod 1 guns installed on MK 38 gun mount
• Weapons:
  • ASROC and 2 qty, DASH Helicopters; 6 homing torpedo tubes (2 MK 32 Triple Torpedo mounts)
  • TWO Mark-10, 7.2″ HEDGEHOG Projector (“ahead-thrown-missiles” launches)
  • 24 – 7.2
    inch missiles (with contact fuses) located on deckhouse abreast bridge front

Collision: 3 June 1969

Evans collied with HMAS Melbourne off Luzon, P.I. Bow section sank, 74 crew were killed. Aft section sunk as target.

Decommissioned (Stricken)- 1 July 1969
Sunk as target in Subic Bay – 10 October 1969