USS Decatur

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/USS_Decatur
GPTKB entity
Statements (36)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:naval_warfare
gptkbp:armament 5 × 5 in guns
10 × 21 in torpedo tubes
gptkbp:awards gptkb:World_War_II_Victory_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:Philippine_Liberation_Medal
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Bath_Iron_Works
gptkbp:class gptkb:Fletcher-class
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Captain_William_H._P._Blandy
gptkb:Captain_John_W._Mc_Gowan
gptkbp:commissioned 1931
gptkbp:crew_capacity 336
gptkbp:decommissioned 1945
gptkbp:deployment Pacific Theater
gptkbp:died gptkb:USS_Decatur_(DDG-73)
gptkbp:displacement 2,050 tons
gptkbp:fate sunk as a target
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:San_Diego,_California
gptkb:Pearl_Harbor
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Decatur
gptkbp:launched 1943
gptkbp:length 376 feet
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Fighting_Decatur
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkb:Battle_of_Iwo_Jima
gptkbp:operated_by gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:operational_status decommissioned
gptkbp:radar SG radar
gptkbp:service gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:USS_Mc_Coy_Reynolds
gptkbp:speed 36 knots
gptkbp:type gptkb:starship
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Vicksburg
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5