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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.
USS The Sullivans (DDG-68) is an Arleigh Burke-class (Flight I) Aegis guided missile destroyer.She is the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the five Sullivan brothers–George, Francis, Joseph, Madison, and Albert Sullivan, aged 20 to 27–who died when their ship, USS Juneau, was sunk by a Japanese submarine in November 1942 in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.
As a direct result of the Sullivans' deaths (and the deaths of four of the Borgstrom brothers within a few months of each other two years later), the U.S. War Department adopted the Sole Survivor Policy. [15] The Navy named two destroyers The Sullivans to honor the brothers: USS The Sullivans (DD-537) and USS The Sullivans (DDG-68). DD-537 was ...
The USS The Sullivans is one of four decommissioned Naval vessels at the Buffalo (New York) and Erie County Naval & Military Park. 'Failure is not an option': Crews work to save WWII destroyer ...
Crews in Buffalo, N.Y., are working to keep the decommissioned World War II-era destroyer USS The Sullivans from sinking after its hull was breached on Wednesday. Photo: Derek Gee/The Buffalo News/AP
The World War II-era USS The Sullivans, a decommissioned United States Navy Fletcher-class destroyer, was seen partially sinking at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval and Military Park in Buffalo ...
USS The Sullivans may refer to: USS The Sullivans (DD-537), is a Fletcher-class destroyer, launched in 1943, decommissioned in 1965 and donated in 1977 to the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park and serves as a museum ship; USS The Sullivans (DDG-68), is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer launched in 1995 and currently in service
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