USS Gleaves (DD-423)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:armament 10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
2 × depth charge tracks
6 × depth charge projectors
4 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
6 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns
gptkbp:awards 5 battle stars
gptkbp:beam 36 ft 1 in
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Bath_Iron_Works
gptkbp:class gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:commissioned 14 June 1940
gptkbp:complement 276 officers and enlisted
gptkbp:decommissioned 8 May 1946
gptkbp:displacement 1,630 tons (standard)
2,395 tons (full load)
gptkbp:draught 11 ft 10 in
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Atlantic_Fleet
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Gleaves (DD-423)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:DD-423
gptkbp:laidDown 16 September 1938
gptkbp:launched 9 December 1939
gptkbp:length 348 ft 3 in
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Admiral_Albert_Gleaves
gptkbp:notableEvent Escorted convoys in Atlantic and Mediterranean
Rescued survivors of torpedoed ships
Supported Allied landings in North Africa
Supported Allied landings in Salerno
Supported Allied landings in Sicily
Supported Allied landings in southern France
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion 4 boilers, 2 geared turbines, 2 shafts
gptkbp:range 6,500 nautical miles at 12 knots
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:speed 37.4 knots
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:Miss_Eleanor_W._Gleaves
gptkbp:struck 1 December 1972
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5