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705731 1/700 SULLIVANS DD-537
705731 1/700 SULLIVANS DD-537
 

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Retail Price: $30.99
Scale: 1/700
Brand: TRUMPETER


Product Code: 705731
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USS DD-537 the SULLIVANS Length overall: 114.8m Beam: 12.1m Draft: 4.1m Displacement: 2050t the DD-537 was originally named Putnam, on 6 February 1943 she was renamed the Sullivans to hon or thememory of the five Sullivans brothers who were lost when the light cruiser Juneau (CL-52) succumbed to Japanese torpedoes. Launched on 4 April 1943, spon sored by Mrs. Thomas F. Sullivan, themother of the five Sullivan brothers, and commission ed on 30 September 1943. The Sullivans deployed to the Pacific, arriving at Pearl Harbor on 28 December 1943.For thenext eighteen mon th, the Sullivans was actively engaged in operations ranging from plane guard for the fast carriers to shore bombardment to anti-Kamikaze picket duty off Okinawa. on 10 January 1946 she was decommission ed at San Diego, and recommission ed on 6 July 1951 for the Korea War. The Sullivans was decommission ed at Philadelphia on 7 January 1965. The Sullivans received nine battle stars for World War II service and two for Korean service.