Bad News. US Sullivans ship

[Frank Mopar]

USS The Sullivans partially sinking at Buffalo Naval Park
https://www.wkbw.com/news/local-new...ffalo-and-erie-county-naval-and-military-park

 

[Budnicks]

Said started to sink in 2018 crack in the hull

hope they get it handled & the quicker the better

Piece of History
Destroyer it served began in 1943 during WWII, Pacific Theater
(maybe even) Korea & (maybe even) VietNam too, I'd assume
before being decommissioned/Mothballed, in 1965
& then 1977 to Buffalo, Erie Naval Park

 

[Basket case]

http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/537.htm

 

[65Bel]

The Sullivan brothers on board USS Juneau (CL-52). From left to right: Joseph, Francis, Albert, Madison, and George Sullivan.

 

[YY1]

...and that's why they don't let family members serve in the same unit.

 

[Basket case]

IIRC three of the brothers survived the sinking but sharks got many survivors.

 

[joe smith]

Anyone been to this Naval Center? Do they allow you to go inside the ships ( when they are not sinking? Might put this on my bucket list..

 

[65Bel]

IIRC three of the brothers survived the sinking but sharks got many survivors.

The five Sullivan brothers, and 682 other crew members, were killed in action as a result of the sinking of Light Cruiser USS Juneau. She was torpedoed on 13 November 1942 at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, with only 10 survivors rescued after 8 days in the water.

 

[Frank Mopar]

Yes you can stroll through all the ships and the submarine. Well worth the trip

https://buffalonavalpark.org/

 

[Basket case]

The five Sullivan brothers, and 682 other crew members, were killed in action as a result of the sinking of Light Cruiser USS Juneau. She was torpedoed on 13 November 1942 at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, with only 10 survivors rescued after 8 days in the water.

I'll have to find the show I saw, but I remember witmesses saying they saw at least two or three of the brothers in the water. This was like the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, a lot survived, but exposure and the sharks got a lot of them.

 

[joe smith]

Yes you can stroll through all the ships and the submarine. Well worth the trip

https://buffalonavalpark.org/

Thank you... On my bucket list

 

[YY1]

IIRC the Sullivan brother incident was also the reason behind "Saving Private Ryan".