USS Douglas H. Fox (DD-779)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/USS_Douglas_H._Fox_(DD-779)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:ship gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:armament	10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 11 × 20 mm AA guns 12 × 40 mm AA guns 2 × depth charge tracks 6 × depth charge projectors 6 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal guns
gptkbp:awards	5 battle stars (World War II) 2 battle stars (Korean War) 1 battle star (Vietnam War)
gptkbp:beam	40 ft (12 m)
gptkbp:builder	gptkb:Todd_Pacific_Shipyards,_Seattle,_Washington
gptkbp:class	gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:commissioned	26 December 1944
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement	336
gptkbp:decommissioned	15 December 1973
gptkbp:displacement	2,200 tons (standard) 3,218 tons (full load)
gptkbp:draught	15 ft 8 in (4.78 m)
gptkbp:enteredService	1944
gptkbp:fate	scrapped
gptkbp:flag	gptkb:Chile gptkb:United_States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	USS Douglas H. Fox (DD-779)
gptkbp:hullNumber	DD-779
gptkbp:launched	30 September 1944
gptkbp:length	376 ft 6 in (114.76 m)
gptkbp:namedAfter	Douglas H. Fox
gptkbp:notableEvent	damaged by kamikaze attack, 1945 rescued survivors of USS Bunker Hill (CV-17)
gptkbp:operator	gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn	gptkb:Korean_War gptkb:Vietnam_War gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:propulsion	2 geared steam turbines 4 boilers
gptkbp:range	6,500 nmi (12,000 km) at 15 knots
gptkbp:renamed	Ministro Portales (DD-17)
gptkbp:sells	gptkb:Chile
gptkbp:serviceExit	1973
gptkbp:speed	34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
gptkbp:transferredTo	Navy of Chile
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Todd_Shipyard_Corporation
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7