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USS O’Brien (DD-725) was an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer commissioned by the United States Navy in February 1944. She saw extensive action during World War II, participating in the Normandy Invasion, where she provided naval gunfire support and was damaged by enemy shore batteries. O’Brien later served in the Pacific, supporting operations at Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa, surviving a severe kamikaze attack in April 1945. After the war, she continued to serve through the Korean and Vietnam Wars before being decommissioned in 1972.
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