DD-638

GPTKB entity

Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:armament 10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
2 × depth charge tracks
6 × depth charge projectors
4 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
6 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns
gptkbp:awards 4 battle stars (World War II)
gptkbp:beam 36 ft 1 in
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Philadelphia_Navy_Yard
gptkbp:commissioned 25 July 1942
gptkbp:complement 276 officers and enlisted
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned 9 March 1946
gptkbp:displacement 1,630 tons (standard)
2,395 tons (full load)
gptkbp:draught 13 ft 2 in
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label DD-638
gptkbp:laidDown 16 June 1941
gptkbp:launched 29 April 1942
gptkbp:length 348 ft 3 in
gptkbp:name gptkb:USS_Murphy
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:John_McLeod_Murphy
gptkbp:notableEvent Participated in Normandy landings
Participated in Operation Torch
Survived collision with tanker SS Bulkoil in 1943
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion 2 shafts, 4 boilers, 2 geared turbines
gptkbp:range 6,500 nautical miles at 12 knots
gptkbp:speed 37.4 knots
gptkbp:struck 1 June 1971
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Herndon_(DD-638)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6