USS Murphy (DD-603)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:armament anti-aircraft guns
10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
5 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
depth charge projectors
gptkbp:awards 4 battle stars (World War II)
gptkbp:beam 36 ft 1 in (11.00 m)
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Bethlehem_Steel_Corporation
gptkbp:collidedWith gptkb:SS_Bulkoil
gptkbp:commissioned July 25, 1942
gptkbp:complement 276 officers and enlisted
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned March 9, 1946
gptkbp:destroyedBy October 21, 1943
gptkbp:displacement 1,620 tons (standard)
2,525 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 (DD-603)
gptkbp:laidDown June 19, 1941
gptkbp:launched April 29, 1942
gptkbp:length 348 ft 3 in (106.14 m)
gptkbp:locationOfCollision off New York Harbor
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:John_McLeod_Murphy
gptkbp:notableEvent transported King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia in 1945
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkb:Operation_Torch
gptkb:Operation_Dragoon
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:speed 37.5 knots
gptkbp:struck June 1, 1971
gptkbp:survived bow section sank, stern towed to port and repaired
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5