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  2. USS The Sullivans (DD-537) is a retired United States Navy Fletcher -class destroyer. The ship was named in honor of the five Sullivan brothers (George, Francis, Joseph, Madison, and Albert) aged 20 to 27 who died when the light cruiser, USS Juneau, was sunk by a Japanese submarine during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on 13 November 1942.

  3. Length: 376 feet. Beam: 39 feet. Draft: 19 feet. Displacement: 2,100 tons. Armament: Four 5-inch/38 caliber guns; one 3-inch/50 caliber gun; two twin-40 mm guns; depth charges. Complement: 310 Sailors. Tour the decommissioned U.S. Fletcher-class Destroyer that served in World War II, USS The Sullivans.

  4. The ship-preservation community watched fearfully in April as the museum ship USS The Sullivans (DD-537) began sinking at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park in western New York. The trouble began on 13 April, as the historic Fletcher -class destroyer—one of only four ships of that legendary World War II–era class still in ...

  5. Jun 30, 2016 · The carrier slowed to 20 knots and lost steering control. The Sullivans, Owen (DD-536), and Stembel (DD-644) stood by the stricken carrier and escorted her to Majuro for repairs. Reaching Majuro on 21 February, the destroyer soon sailed on to Hawaii, arriving at Pearl Harbor on 4 March for drydocking and upkeep.

  6. In Honor and Remembrance of USS The Sullivans (DD 537) The Sullivans received nine battle stars for World War II service and two for Korean service. On 7 January 1965, The Sullivans was decommissioned at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and she remained in reserve into the 1970s.

  7. DANFS History. Service Stars. The Sullivans at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park, Buffalo, New York, September 2007. The first The Sullivans (DD-537) was laid down as Putnam on 10 October 1942, the twelfth of eighteen Fletcher -class 2,100-tonner s built at Bethlehem Steel’s San Francisco Yard.

  8. Nov 7, 2017 · USS The Sullivans (DD-537) served the Navy until final decommissioning on 7 January 1965. In 1977 the destroyer was donated to the city of Buffalo, New York, as a memorial in the Buffalo...

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