USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754)

USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754)

USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754), an Allen M. Sumner class destroyer, was named in honor of General Frank Evans, a leader of the American Expeditionary Force in France during World War I. She served in late World War II and the Korean War, and Vietnam War before being cut in half in a collision with the Australian aircraft carrier Melbourne in 1969.