USS The Sullivans (DD-537)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:armament 10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
5 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
10 × 40 mm AA guns
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation
11 battle stars (World War II)
2 battle stars (Korean War)
gptkbp:beam 39.7 ft
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Bethlehem_Steel
gptkbp:callsign NQZB
gptkbp:commissioned 30 September 1943
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 329
gptkbp:decommissioned 7 January 1965
gptkbp:displacement 2,050 tons
gptkbp:draught 17.9 ft
gptkbp:hasHistoricSite 1986
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Buffalo,_New_York
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS The Sullivans (DD-537)
gptkbp:hullNumber DD-537
gptkbp:launched 4 April 1943
gptkbp:length 376.5 ft
gptkbp:location gptkb:Buffalo_and_Erie_County_Naval_&_Military_Park
gptkbp:museumSince 1977
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:The_Sullivan_brothers
gptkbp:notableEvent suffered partial sinking in 2022 due to hull breach
first US Navy ship named for more than one person
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:preservedIn gptkb:ship
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:revitalizationEfforts 2022
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:USS_Nicholas_(DD-449)
gptkb:USS_Radford_(DD-446)
gptkb:USS_Fletcher_(DD-445)
gptkbp:speed 35 knots
gptkbp:status gptkb:ship
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sullivan_family
gptkb:Buffalo_Naval_Park
gptkb:Buffalo_and_Erie_County_Naval_&_Military_Park
gptkb:Destroyers_of_the_United_States_Navy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6