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Robert F. Sumrall has an
extensive background in naval architecture and marine
engineering. He is the author of Sumner-Gearing Class Destroyers
and Iowa Class Battleships published by the U.S. Naval Institute
Press. His other writings include over twenty
technical/historical monographs of U.S. Naval vessels for three
other publishers and articles for the U.S. Naval Institute
Proceedings, Conway's History of the Ship, Conway's
Warship, and other similar journals. He served in the U.S. Navy
and Naval Reserve from 1947 until his retirement, as a Chief
Petty Officer, from the USS Iowa in 1990. In addition to the
Iowa, he served in eight destroyers, two destroyer escorts, two
submarine tenders, one minesweeper, and two patrol craft. He is
the assistant Director and Curator of Ship Models at the U.S.
Naval Academy Museum. He is responsible for the Academy's
world renown Henry Huddleston Rogers Collection of 17th and 18th
century dockyard models. Except for various periods of active
duty he has been with the museum since 1970. Bob has been a
member of the board of directors of Tin Can Sailors the National
Association of Destroyer Veterans since 1996. As a board member
he serves on the Destroyer Museum Grant Committee, as the
Archivist, and manages the association's technical library.
If you wish to contact him you can reach him by e-mail at
bob@navyyardassociates.net. At this time, the books listed
below are available for purchase at Tin Can
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