DD-537
USS THE SULLIVANS

The Buffalo and Erie County Naval and Military Park opened on June 30, 1979.  It is home to the only guided missile cruiser open to the public, USS Little Rock, CLG-4, the destroyer USS The Sullivans (DD-537) and the submarine USS Croaker (SSK-246).  

USS The Sullivans History

USS The Sullivans was launched in San Francisco on 4 April 1943. The ships namesake, the five Sullivan brothers, enlisted in the Navy and served together aboard the light cruiser USS Juneau. On 13 November, 1942 while fighting off Guadalcanal, the five brothers died along with 700 other sailors when the USS Juneau was sunk by a Japanese submarine. President Roosevelt directed that one of the new Fletcher class destroyers then under construction be named after the five brothers.  She was sponsored by their parents Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Sullivan. She is the only Navy destroyer ever named after more than one person.

The Sullivans was designated a National Historical Landmark by the Department of the Interior in 1986.  More than 55,000 people annually come to Buffalo to tour the Naval Park.

Welcome to the Quarterdeck			Forward 5"/38 and Bridge
Starboard bow view			Port bow views
Berthing - Fifty "S" Division (Supply)			40mm Bofors Twin Mounting
Crews Head			Aft electronics storage compartment
Berthing			Forward Passageway
Radio Central			IC (Internal Communications)
Mess Decks			Mess Decks
Steam Line			Engineering- Power
Main Gauge Board			More engineering
Double Reduction Gears			Astern Turbine
Machine Shop			Barber Shop
Sickbay			Port Looking Forward