USS John D. Ford (DD-228)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/USS_John_D._Ford_(DD-228)
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:armament 1 × 3 in (76 mm) anti-aircraft gun
12 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
4 × 4 in (102 mm) guns
gptkbp:awards 11 battle stars
gptkbp:beam 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m)
gptkbp:builder gptkb:William_Cramp_&_Sons
gptkbp:commissioned December 30, 1920
gptkbp:crewComplement 122
gptkbp:decommissioned December 2, 1945
gptkbp:displacement 1,215 tons
gptkbp:draught 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m)
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS John D. Ford (DD-228)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:DD-228
gptkbp:launched November 2, 1920
gptkbp:length 314 ft 4 in (95.83 m)
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:John_D._Ford
gptkbp:notableEngagement gptkb:Battle_of_Balikpapan_(1942)
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Java_Sea
gptkb:Battle_of_Badung_Strait
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:scrapped 1947
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:speed 35 knots
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Asiatic_Fleet
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5