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USS William D. Porter (DD-579)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/USS_William_D._Porter_(DD-579)
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:armament
10 × 21 in torpedo tubes
anti-aircraft guns
5 × 5 in guns
gptkbp:beam
39 ft 8 in
gptkbp:builder
gptkb:Consolidated_Steel_Corporation
gptkbp:builtYear
gptkb:Orange,_Texas
gptkbp:commissioned
6 July 1943
gptkbp:crewComplement
329
gptkbp:decommissioned
10 November 1945
gptkbp:displacement
2,050 tons
gptkbp:draught
17 ft 9 in
gptkbp:fate
Sunk by kamikaze attack
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
USS William D. Porter (DD-579)
gptkbp:hullNumber
gptkb:DD-579
gptkbp:launched
27 September 1942
gptkbp:length
376 ft 6 in
gptkbp:namedAfter
gptkb:William_D._Porter
gptkbp:notableEvent
Only US Navy ship sunk by a kamikaze with no fatalities
Accidentally fired a torpedo at USS Iowa
gptkbp:notableIncidentDate
14 November 1943
gptkbp:operator
gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion
Steam turbines
gptkbp:servedIn
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:speed
35 knots
gptkbp:sunkBy
10 June 1945
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:William_D._Porter
gptkbp:bfsLayer
6