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

The Navy Cross is presented to Frank E. Evans, Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished service as Adjutant, 6th Regiment Marines, 2d Division, A.E.F.

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

EVANS, FRANK EDGAR
BRIG GEN USMC, PA 2ND
VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown
DATE OF DEATH: 11/25/1941
DATE OF INTERMENT: 04/28/1942
BURIED AT: SECTION EAST SITE 4888
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

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