05304 1/350 USS THE SULLIVANS DD-537 WWII Trumpeter  [TP05304]

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

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