USS Reuben James (DD-245)

GPTKB entity

Statements (42)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:starship
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Sinking_of_the_Reuben_James
gptkbp:approves 1945
gptkbp:armament 4 × 5 in guns
12 × 21 in torpedo tubes
gptkbp:awards gptkb:World_War_II_Victory_Medal
gptkb:European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:American_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal
gptkbp:casualties 115 crew members
gptkbp:class Clemson-class destroyer
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Commander_William_H._Mc_Caffery
gptkbp:commissioned 1941
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:Bath_Iron_Works
gptkbp:crew over 200 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1945
gptkbp:deployment gptkb:European_Theater_of_Operations
gptkbp:descendant gptkb:Reuben_James
gptkbp:displacement 1,190 tons
gptkbp:draft_year 9 ft 3 in
gptkbp:fate sunk by submarine
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:San_Diego,_California
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Reuben James (DD-245)
gptkbp:launched 1919
gptkbp:length 314 ft 1 in
gptkbp:losses gptkb:North_Atlantic_Ocean
October 31, 1941
gptkbp:nickname Rube
gptkbp:notable_event first U. S. Navy ship sunk by enemy action in World War II
gptkbp:operates_in gptkb:Task_Force_24
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkbp:operational_status sunk
gptkbp:participated_in convoy escort missions
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:range 4,500 nautical miles
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:service_branch gptkb:battle
gptkbp:service_years 1941-1945
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:USS_Reuben_James_(DD-245)
gptkbp:speed 35 knots
gptkbp:water_management scrapped