USS Radford (DD-446)

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
anti-aircraft guns
depth charges
5 × 5 in guns
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation
12 battle stars (World War II)
5 battle stars (Korean War)
gptkbp:beam 39.7 ft
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Federal_Shipbuilding_and_Drydock_Company
gptkbp:class gptkb:Fletcher-class
gptkbp:commissioned 22 July 1942
gptkbp:complement 329
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned 17 January 1946
11 December 1969
gptkbp:displacement 2,050 tons
gptkbp:draught 17.9 ft
gptkbp:fate sunk as a target
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Radford (DD-446)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:DD-446
gptkbp:laidDown 2 October 1941
gptkbp:launched 3 May 1942
gptkbp:length 376.5 ft
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:William_Radford
gptkbp:notableEvent participated in Battle of Leyte Gulf
participated in Battle of Kolombangara
participated in Solomon Islands campaign
rescued survivors of USS Helena (CL-50)
served during Korean War
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion 2 × propellers, 2 × geared turbines, 4 × boilers
gptkbp:recommissioned 17 October 1950
gptkbp:speed 35 knots
gptkbp:struck 10 November 1970
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_The_Sullivans_(DD-537)
gptkb:Fletcher-class
gptkb:Fletcher-class_destroyers
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7