USS Higbee (DD-806)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:armament 10 × 21 in torpedo tubes
11 × 20 mm AA guns
12 × 40 mm AA guns
6 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
gptkbp:awards 7 battle stars for Korean War
7 battle stars for Vietnam War
gptkbp:beam 40.9 ft
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Bath_Iron_Works
gptkbp:commissioned 27 January 1945
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 336
gptkbp:decommissioned 15 July 1979
gptkbp:displacement 2,616 tons
gptkbp:draught 14.4 ft
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Higbee (DD-806)
gptkbp:launched 13 November 1944
gptkbp:length 390.5 ft
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Lenah_S._Higbee
gptkbp:notableEvent Damaged by North Vietnamese MiG-17 attack in 1972
First US Navy warship named after a woman
gptkbp:propulsion 2 geared steam turbines
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:speed 35 knots
gptkbp:struckFromNavalRegister 15 July 1979
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lenah_Higbee
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5