USS Pillsbury

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Cannon-class destroyer escort United States Navy warship

USS Pillsbury was a U.S. Navy destroyer escort best known for helping capture the German submarine U-505 during World War II.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cannon-class destroyer escort ⓘ United States Navy warship ⓘ
armament	20 mm anti-aircraft guns ⓘ 3-inch/50 caliber guns ⓘ 40 mm anti-aircraft guns ⓘ depth charge projectors ⓘ hedgehog anti-submarine mortar ⓘ
assignedTo	Atlantic Fleet ⓘ
assistedShip	USS Guadalcanal ⓘ
awarded	battle stars for World War II service ⓘ
beam	about 36 feet ⓘ
builder	Consolidated Steel Corporation ⓘ
builtAt	Orange, Texas ⓘ
capturedPrisonersFrom	U-505 submarine ⓘ surface form: German submarine U-505
commissionedOn	7 June 1943 ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
crewComplement	approximately 200 officers and enlisted ⓘ
decommissionedOn	19 June 1947 ⓘ
displacement	approximately 1,240 tons standard ⓘ
escorted	convoys in the Atlantic ⓘ
fate	sold for scrapping ⓘ
hasPennantNumber	DE-133 ⓘ
hullNumber	DE-133 ⓘ
laidDownOn	16 November 1942 ⓘ
launchedOn	7 March 1943 ⓘ
length	about 306 feet ⓘ
namedAfter	John E. Pillsbury ⓘ
navalPrefix	USS ⓘ
notableFor	participation in the capture of German submarine U-505 ⓘ
operator	United States Navy ⓘ
partOf	Task Group 22.3 ⓘ
patrolledArea	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Caribbean Sea ⓘ
primaryRole	anti-submarine warfare ⓘ
propulsion	diesel-electric drive ⓘ
serviceEntryEra	World War II ⓘ surface form: World War II era
shipClass	Cannon class ⓘ
shipType	destroyer escort ⓘ
sponsoredBy	Mrs. John E. Pillsbury ⓘ
strickenFromNavalRegisterOn	1 July 1972 ⓘ
tookPartIn	capture of U-505 ⓘ
topSpeed	about 21 knots ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

U-505 submarine → capturedBy → USS Pillsbury ⓘ

subject surface form: U-505

Battle of the Badung Strait → involvedUnit → USS Pillsbury ⓘ

this entity surface form: US destroyer Pillsbury

Task Group 22.3 → hasShip → USS Pillsbury ⓘ

this entity surface form: USS Pillsbury (DE-133)