DD-777 - Tin Can Sailors

uss777USS ZELLARS DD-777 Ship History. Dictionary of American Naval Fhting Ships, December 2015. Zellars (DD-777) was laid down on 24 December 1943 at Seattle, Wash., by the Todd-Pacific Shipyards, Inc.; launched on 19 July 1944;The 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,