USS The Sullivans (DD-537)

Career
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).

External link

• The Sullivan Brothers: History of USS The Sullivans (DD-537)