Trumpeter 05731 1/700 USS The Sullivans DD-537

TRUMPETERSKU: TRU05731

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 Plastic Model Kit

  • Assembly Required
  • Paint and glue not included
  • Scale :  1:700
  • Item Type :  Static Kit
  • Model Brief :  Length: 164 mm  Width: 17mm
  • Total Parts :  121 pcs
  • Total Sprues :  7 pcs sprues plus lower hull, upper hull, decks and waterline plate and display stand
  • Paint Schemes :  1945 Measure 22
  • 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 honor the memory of the five Sullivans brothers who were lost when the light cruiser Juneau (CL-52) succumbed to Japanese torpedoes. Launched on 4 April 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Thomas F. Sullivan, the mother of the five Sullivan brothers, and commissioned on 30 September 1943.The Sullivans deployed to the Pacific, arriving at Pearl Harbor on 28 December 1943.For the next eighteen month, 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 decommissioned at San Diego, and recommissioned on 6 July 1951 for The Korea War. The Sullivans was decommissioned at Philadelphia on 7 January 1965. The Sullivans received nine battle stars for World War II service and two for Korean service.

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