Robert F. SumrallRobert Sumrall is a retired chief party officer with over forty years of service in the U.S. Navy and Naval Reserve. Sumrall served on eight different Sumner- and Gearing-class destroyers. After retiring from the Navy, he expanded his knowledge of naal architecture and marine engineering by working at the Newport News Shipbuilding and dry Dock Co. as well as two other marine engine manufacturers. In 1970, he became the curator of ship models at the United States Naval Academy Museum. He is also the author of Iowa-Class Battleships and has written numerous articles for Proceedings. He is now retired. Read More Read Less