USS Abner Read (DD526)
| Navy | US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Fletcher |
| Pennant | DD 526 |
| Built by | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., (San Francisco, California, U.S.A.) |
| Laid down | 30 Oct 1941 |
| Launched | 18 Aug 1942 |
| Commissioned | 5 Feb 1943 |
| Crew | 336 |
| Lost | 1 Nov 1944 |
| Loss position | was sunk by a Japanese kamikaze aircraft in Leyte Gulf, Philippines in position 10º47'N, 125º22'E. |
| History | USS Abner Read (Cdr. Arthur Montgomery Purdy, USN) 21 killed and 54 were wounded, 257 survivors including the Commanding officer were rescued by the USS Claxton/Richard P Leary. |
