USS Laws (DD-558)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:armament anti-aircraft guns
10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
5 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
gptkbp:awards 7 battle stars (World War II)
5 battle stars (Korean War)
gptkbp:beam 39 ft 8 in
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Seattle-Tacoma_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkbp:commissioned 18 November 1943
gptkbp:complement 329 officers and enlisted
gptkbp:decommissioned 10 December 1946
2 February 1957
gptkbp:displacement 2,050 tons
gptkbp:draught 17 ft 9 in
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:San_Diego,_California
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Laws (DD-558)
gptkbp:hullNumber DD-558
gptkbp:laidDown 4 June 1942
gptkbp:launched 22 November 1942
gptkbp:length 376 ft 6 in
gptkbp:namedAfter Alexander Laws
Laws family
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:recommissioned 2 November 1951
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:speed 35 knots
gptkbp:struck 1 December 1972
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Todd_Shipyard_Corporation
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7