DD-777 - Tin Can Sailors

uss777For many North Carolina residents, it may come as a pleasant surprise to learn that there is an active-duty USS North Carolina that has been patrolling international waters since itThe USS Zellars (DD-777) was an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer laid down on December 24, 1943, and launched on July 19, the following year. It was commissioned on October 25, 1944,