USS Emmons

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
5 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
depth charge projectors
6 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns
gptkbp:battleStar 5 battle stars (World War II)
gptkbp:beam 36 ft 1 in
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Bath_Iron_Works
gptkbp:commissioned 5 December 1941
gptkbp:complement 276 officers and enlisted
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:displacement 1,630 tons (standard)
2,395 tons (full load)
gptkbp:draught 11 ft 10 in
gptkbp:fate Sunk by kamikaze attack
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Emmons
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:DD-457
gptkb:DMS-22
gptkbp:laidDown 14 November 1940
gptkbp:launched 23 August 1941
gptkbp:length 348 ft 3 in
gptkbp:name gptkb:USS_Emmons
gptkbp:namedAfter George Foster Emmons
gptkbp:notableEvent Sunk after being hit by five kamikaze aircraft
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion 2 shafts, geared turbines
gptkbp:reclassified gptkb:DMS-22
15 November 1944
gptkbp:speed 37.4 knots
gptkbp:sunkBy gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
6 April 1945
gptkbp:wreckDiscovered 2001
gptkbp:wreckLocation about 140 feet
off Okinawa, Japan
gptkbp:wreckStatus War grave
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Normandy_Landings
gptkb:DD-457
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7