USS Farquhar (DE-139)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Royal Navy ship
Edsall-class destroyer escort
gptkbp:armament gptkb:hedgehog_anti-submarine_mortar
anti-aircraft guns
depth charge projectors
3 × 3-inch guns
gptkbp:awards 1 battle star for World War II service
gptkbp:beam 36 ft 10 in
gptkbp:builtBy gptkb:Consolidated_Steel_Corporation
gptkbp:class Edsall-class
gptkbp:commissioned 5 August 1943
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 186
gptkbp:decommissioned 14 June 1946
gptkbp:displacement 1,253 tons
gptkbp:draught 10 ft 3 in
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Farquhar (DE-139)
gptkbp:hullNumber DE-139
gptkbp:launched 13 February 1943
gptkbp:length 306 ft
gptkbp:namedAfter Norman von Heldreich Farquhar
gptkbp:notableAction rescued survivors of USS Leopold (DE-319)
sank German submarine U-881
gptkbp:propulsion diesel-electric
gptkbp:role escort ship
antisubmarine warfare
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:speed 21 knots
gptkbp:struckFromNavyListOn 1 December 1972
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Rear_Admiral_Norman_H._Farquhar
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8