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USS The Sullivans (DD-537)
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| Career | 
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| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 10 October 1942 |
| Launched: | 4 April 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 30 September 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 7 January 1965 |
| Struck: | |
| Fate: | Buffalo Naval and Servicemen's Park , Buffalo, New York |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 2,050 tons |
| Length: | 376.4 ft (114.7 m) |
| Beam: | 39.6 ft (12.1 m) |
| Draft: | 13.8 ft (4.2 m) |
| Propulsion: | 60,000 SHP (45 MW); 2 propellors |
| Speed: | 38 knot (70 km/h) |
| Range: | 6500 NM (12,000 km) @ 15 knot |
| Complement: | 329 |
| Armament: | 5 × 5 in/38 guns, 10 × 40 mm AA guns, 7 × 20 mm AA guns, 10 × 21 in torpedo tubes |
| Motto: | |
The first USS The Sullivans (DD-537) is a Fletcher-class destroyer.
The ship is named in honor of the five Sullivan brothers—George, Francis, Eugene, Madison, and Albert, aged 19 to 29—who lost their lives when their ship, USS Juneau, was sunk by a Japanese submarine in November 1942 in the Battle of the Solomon Islands . This was the greatest sacrifice by any one family during World War II.
There was another The Sullivans; see USS The Sullivans (DDG-68).
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Last updated: 06-03-2005 09:40:52
10-26-2009 08:16:03
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