Trumpeter 05731 USS THE SULLIVANS DD-537 WWII  [TP05731]

USS DD-537 THE SULLIVANS Length overall: 114.8m Beam: 12.1m Draft: 4.1m Displacement: 2050t The DD-537 had been initially known as Putnam, on 6 February 1943 she ended up being renamed The Sullivans to honor the memory of five Sullivans brothers who had been lost when the light cruiser Juneau (CL-52) succumbed to Japanese torpedoes. Launched on 4 April 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Thomas F. Sullivan, the caretaker regarding the five Sullivan brothers, and commissioned on 30 September 1943.The Sullivans implemented towards the Pacific, arriving at Pearl Harbor on 28 December 1943.For the following eighteen thirty days, The Sullivans was earnestly involved in operations which range from airplane guard the fast companies to shore bombardment to anti-Kamikaze picket duty off Okinawa. On 10 January 1946 she was decommissioned at San Diego, and recommissioned on 6 July 1951 the Korea War. The Sullivans had been decommissioned at Philadelphia on 7 January 1965. The Sullivans received nine battle stars for World War II service and two for Korean solution.

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