USS England (DE-635)

GPTKB entity

Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:armament 2 × depth charge tracks
1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar
8 × depth charge projectors
3 × 3 in (76 mm) guns
8 × 20 mm AA guns
3 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
4 × 1.1 in (28 mm) guns
gptkbp:battleHonours gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
Battle stars for World War II service
gptkbp:beam 36 ft 10 in (11.23 m)
gptkbp:builder Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California
gptkbp:commissioned 10 December 1943
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 213 officers and enlisted
gptkbp:decommissioned 15 October 1945
gptkbp:displacement 1,400 tons (standard)
gptkbp:draught 9 ft 5 in (2.87 m)
gptkbp:fate scrapped 1946
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS England (DE-635)
gptkbp:hullNumber DE-635
gptkbp:launched 26 September 1943
gptkbp:length 306 ft (93 m)
gptkbp:namedAfter Ensign John C. England
gptkbp:notableFor sinking six Japanese submarines in 12 days in May 1944
gptkbp:propulsion 2 boilers, 2 steam turbines, 12,000 shp, 2 screws
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:speed 23 knots
gptkbp:successor USS England (DLG-22)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5