USS Arthur W. Radford (DD-968)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:armament gptkb:Phalanx_CIWS
gptkb:ASROC_launcher
torpedo tubes
Harpoon missile launchers
Mark 45 5-inch guns
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Meritorious_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_E_Ribbon
gptkb:Kuwait_Liberation_Medal_(Kuwait)
gptkb:Kuwait_Liberation_Medal_(Saudi_Arabia)
gptkb:Sea_Service_Deployment_Ribbon
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Southwest_Asia_Service_Medal
gptkbp:beam 16.8 m
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Ingalls_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:class gptkb:Spruance-class
gptkbp:commissioned 16 April 1977
gptkbp:crewComplement 19 officers, 315 enlisted
gptkbp:decommissioned 18 March 2003
gptkbp:displacement 8,040 tons (full load)
gptkbp:draught 9.8 m
gptkbp:fate sunk as artificial reef
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Arthur W. Radford (DD-968)
gptkbp:hullNumber DD-968
gptkbp:laidDown 31 January 1975
gptkbp:launched 14 February 1976
gptkbp:length 172.4 m
gptkbp:locationSunk Atlantic Ocean, off Delaware, Maryland, and New Jersey
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Arthur_W._Radford
gptkbp:notableEvent participated in Operation Desert Storm
first US Navy ship to receive the AN/SQQ-89 sonar suite
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:pennantNumber DD-968
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:4_General_Electric_LM2500_gas_turbines
gptkbp:speed 32.5 knots
gptkbp:sunkBy 10 August 2011
gptkbp:type gptkb:ship
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Spruance-class_destroyers
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6