USS Stormes (DD-780)

USS Stormes (DD-780) was an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer commissioned by the United States Navy in 1945. Named after Lieutenant Commander Robert E. Stormes, the ship served in the Pacific during the closing months of World War II. In the following decades, USS Stormes participated in various Cold War operations, including patrols and exercises in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and off Korea during the Korean War. The destroyer was decommissioned in 1970 and later transferred to the Iranian Navy, where she served under the name IIS Zaal.