USS Spence (DD-512)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/USS_Spence_(DD-512)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:armament	anti-aircraft guns 10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 5 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
gptkbp:awards	8 battle stars
gptkbp:battle	gptkb:Battle_of_Cape_St._George gptkb:Battle_of_Empress_Augusta_Bay gptkb:Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea
gptkbp:beam	39 ft 8 in
gptkbp:builder	gptkb:Bath_Iron_Works
gptkbp:casualties	317
gptkbp:commissioned	8 January 1943
gptkbp:conflict	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:displacement	2,050 tons
gptkbp:draught	17 ft 9 in
gptkbp:fate	sank in Typhoon Cobra
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	USS Spence (DD-512)
gptkbp:laidDown	18 May 1942
gptkbp:launched	27 October 1942
gptkbp:length	376 ft 6 in
gptkbp:locationSunk	gptkb:Philippine_Sea
gptkbp:namedAfter	gptkb:Robert_T._Spence
gptkbp:operator	gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion	Steam turbines
gptkbp:speed	35 knots
gptkbp:sunkBy	18 December 1944
gptkbp:survived	24
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Todd_Shipyard_Corporation gptkb:Fletcher-class_destroyers
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7