USS Mannert L. Abele
USS ''Mannert L. Abele'' (DD-733), was an of the United States Navy. The destroyer was sunk on April 12, 1945, near Okinawa with 84 casualties. It was the first US warship to be damaged or sunk by the rocket powered Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka suicide flying bomb. Namesake Mannert Lincoln Abele was born on 11 July 1903 in Quincy, Massachusetts. He attended Cranch Grammar School and three years at Quincy High School before enlisting in the Navy at the age of seventeen on 12 August 1920. Assigned to battleship just before it departed for European duty, Abele attained the rank of apprentice seaman while training at Newport, Rhode Island. Detached from ''Utah'' in December 1921, Abele received orders to take entrance examinations to the United States Naval Academy. Upon his appointment-at-large, he became a midshipman in June 1922. He was commissioned Ensign on 3 June 1926. Upon graduation he served on board the battleship , serving until 7 January 1929. Applying for submarine school, h ...
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