USS Hugh Purvis (DD-709)

1945-1972

Later TCG Zafer (D356)

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Allen M. Sumner class

DD · Destroyer

Call Sign:	NTFS
Shipyard:	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company

Allen M. Sumner class

Timeline

Date	Event
May 23, 1944	Laid down
Dec 17, 1944	Launched
Mar 1, 1945	Commissioned
Dec 14, 1948	Homeport	arrived at Newport RI
Mar 1960	Refit	entered Boston Naval Shipyard for FRAM II upgrade, until late 1960
Jun 15, 1972	Decommissioned
Jul 1, 1972	Fate: transfered	to Turkish Navy
Feb 1, 1973	Struck	from US Navy list