USS Gherardi (DD-637)

GPTKB entity

Statements (35)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:armament 10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
4 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
depth charge projectors
depth charge tracks
6 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns
gptkbp:awards 4 battle stars (World War II)
gptkbp:beam 36 ft 1 in
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Philadelphia_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:commissioned 15 September 1942
gptkbp:complement 276 officers and enlisted
gptkbp:convertedTo high-speed minesweeper
gptkbp:decommissioned 17 May 1946
gptkbp:displacement 1,630 tons (standard)
2,395 tons (full load)
gptkbp:draught 11 ft 10 in
gptkbp:fate sunk as a target
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Gherardi (DD-637)
gptkbp:laidDown 7 February 1942
gptkbp:launched 12 May 1942
gptkbp:length 348 ft 3 in
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Daniel_L._Gherardi
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Normandy_landings
gptkb:Operation_Dragoon
gptkb:Operation_Husky
gptkbp:propulsion 4 boilers, 2 geared turbines, 2 shafts
gptkbp:reclassified gptkb:DMS-30
15 November 1944
gptkbp:speed 37.4 knots
gptkbp:struck 1 July 1971
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5