USS Reuben James (DD-245)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/USS_Reuben_James_(DD-245)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:armament	12 × 21 in torpedo tubes 4 × 4 in guns 1 × 3 in anti-aircraft gun
gptkbp:assignee	gptkb:Atlantic_Fleet
gptkbp:beam	31 ft 8 in
gptkbp:builtBy	gptkb:New_York_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkbp:category	Ships sunk by German submarines in World War II World War II shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean
gptkbp:commissioned	24 September 1920
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement	122
gptkbp:decommissioned	20 January 1931
gptkbp:displacement	1,215 tons
gptkbp:draught	9 ft 10 in
gptkbp:fate	Sunk by torpedo
gptkbp:homeport	gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	USS Reuben James (DD-245)
gptkbp:launched	4 October 1919
gptkbp:length	314 ft 4 in
gptkbp:locationSunk	near Iceland
gptkbp:namedAfter	gptkb:Reuben_James
gptkbp:notableFor	First US Navy ship sunk by hostile action in World War II
gptkbp:patrols	gptkb:Neutrality_Patrol
gptkbp:propulsion	steam turbines
gptkbp:recommissioned	9 March 1932
gptkbp:service	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:speed	35 knots
gptkbp:sunkBy	gptkb:German_submarine_U-552 31 October 1941
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5