USS Murphy

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkbp:armament 10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
depth charges
5 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
gptkbp:battleHonours 4 battle stars (World War II)
gptkbp:beam 36 ft 1 in (11.00 m)
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Federal_Shipbuilding_and_Drydock_Company
gptkbp:builtYear gptkb:Kearny,_New_Jersey
gptkbp:class gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:commissioned 25 July 1942
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 276 officers and enlisted
gptkbp:decommissioned 9 March 1946
gptkbp:displacement 1,630 tons (standard)
2,395 tons (full load)
gptkbp:draught 13 ft 2 in (4.01 m)
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Murphy
gptkbp:hullNumber DD-603
gptkbp:launched 29 April 1942
gptkbp:length 348 ft 3 in (106.14 m)
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:John_Murphy
gptkbp:notableEvent survived being cut in two after collision with tanker
gptkbp:notableMission transported King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia in 1945
escorted convoy for Operation Overlord
escorted convoy for Operation Torch
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:speed 37.4 knots
gptkbp:struck 1 June 1971
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Normandy_Landings
gptkb:DD-626
gptkb:DD-638
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7