USS Reuben James (DE-153)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/USS_Reuben_James_(DE-153)
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:armament gptkb:Hedgehog_anti-submarine_mortar
2 × depth charge tracks
8 × depth charge projectors
8 × 20 mm AA guns
3 × 3 in guns
3 × 21 in torpedo tubes
4 × 1.1 in AA guns
gptkbp:beam 36 ft 10 in
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Norfolk_Navy_Yard
gptkbp:builtYear gptkb:Portsmouth,_Virginia
gptkbp:class gptkb:Buckley-class
gptkbp:commissioned 1 April 1943
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 213
gptkbp:decommissioned 11 October 1947
gptkbp:displacement 1,400 tons
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Reuben James (DE-153)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:DE-153
gptkbp:launched 6 February 1943
gptkbp:length 306 ft
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Reuben_James
gptkbp:notableEvent Escorted convoys in Atlantic during WWII
Participated in anti-submarine warfare
Served as a training ship after WWII
gptkbp:propulsion Turbo-electric drive
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:struck 30 June 1971
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Reuben_James
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6