USS Saufley (DD-465)

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:armament 10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
depth charges
5 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation
gptkbp:battleStar 16 (World War II)
2 (Korean War)
gptkbp:beam 39 ft 8 in
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Federal_Shipbuilding_and_Drydock_Company
gptkbp:builtYear gptkb:Kearny,_New_Jersey
gptkbp:commissioned 29 August 1942
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 329
gptkbp:decommissioned 29 January 1947
gptkbp:displacement 2,050 tons
gptkbp:draught 17 ft 9 in
gptkbp:fate Sunk as a target
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Saufley (DD-465)
gptkbp:hullNumber DD-465
gptkbp:launched 19 July 1942
gptkbp:length 376 ft 6 in
gptkbp:namedAfter Rear Admiral Ralph Saufley
gptkbp:notableEvent Participated in Battle of Leyte Gulf
Participated in Solomon Islands campaign
Sank Japanese submarine RO-101
Supported landings at Borneo
Supported landings at Bougainville
Supported landings at Guadalcanal
Supported landings at Luzon
Supported landings at Mindoro
Supported landings at New Georgia
Supported landings at Palawan
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion 2 propellers, geared turbines
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:speed 35 knots
gptkbp:struck 1 July 1972
gptkbp:sunkBy 20 February 1968
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lieutenant_Richard_C._Saufley
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7