USS The Sullivans
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USS The Sullivans is an attraction in New York, at a modelled elevation of 176 m. South Hill stands 540 m to the south-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is PTF-17, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail runs past it. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
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. This was the greatest military loss by any one American family during World War II. She was also the first ship commissioned in the Navy that honored more than one person. After service in both World War II and the Korean War, The Sullivans was assigned to the 6th Fleet and was a training ship until she was decommissioned on 7 January 1965. In 1977, she and cruiser USS Little Rock were processed for donation to the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park in Buffalo, New York. The ship now serves as a memorial museum ship and is open for public tours. On 13 April 2022, the USS The Sullivans partially sank from a severe hull breach.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q7874697, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1943
How to reach it
- On the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National
- 9.0 mi off the Western New York Southtowns Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Duck Blind · 1 mi
- Buffalo City Hall Observation Deck · 1 mi
- North Viewing Blind · 2 mi
- Bridge overlook · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Baldt Stockless Merchant Ship's Anchor: 0.0 mi
- Special Marine Corps Units in WWII: 0.0 mi
- Gold Star Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Blue Star Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park: 0.1 mi
- Erie Hills Pedestrian Mall: 0.3 mi
- Maritime Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Bingham Triangle: 0.5 mi
- Wilkeson Pointe: 0.5 mi
- Shark Girl: 0.1 mi
- Vroom, Shhh: 0.3 mi
- General Kazimier Pulaski: 0.4 mi
- Nikola Tesla: 0.5 mi
- Millard Fillmore: 0.6 mi
- PTF-17: 0.0 mi
- USS Little Rock: 0.0 mi
- Spirit of Buffalo: 0.0 mi
- USS Grenadier (SS210): 0.1 mi
- USS Croaker: 0.1 mi
- Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park Museum: 0.0 mi
- Erie Canal Packet Boat Exhibit: 0.1 mi
- Explore & More Children's Museum: 0.1 mi
- Buffalo Harbor Museum: 0.3 mi
- Buffalo Transportation Pierce Arrow Museum: 0.6 mi
- Times Beach Nature Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Tifft Nature Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Strawberry Island: 5.8 mi
- Motor Island Wildlife Management Area: 6.7 mi
- Penn Dixie Fossil Park & Nature Reserve: 7.3 mi
- Trial Gardens: 0.4 mi
- Broadway Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- Inspiration Garden: 1.9 mi
- Urban Roots: 2.4 mi
- Walled Garden: 2.7 mi
- Onondaga Escarpment: 11.8 mi
- Onondaga Escarpment: 13.3 mi
- Onondaga Escarpment: 14.2 mi
- Onondaga Escarpment: 14.7 mi
- old gravel pit: 14.9 mi
- Glen Falls: 9.1 mi
- Mattulke Falls: 11.4 mi
- Eternal Flame Falls: 13.8 mi
- Cromer's Mill: 16.4 mi
- Horseshoe Falls: 17.0 mi
- Emerald Beach: 0.7 mi
- Gallagher Beach: 2.6 mi
- Beaver Island Beach: 6.7 mi
- Wendt Beach: 16.4 mi
- Bennett Beach: 17.6 mi
- Lighthouse Point Park: 0.4 mi
- Buffalo Main Light: 0.5 mi
- Buffalo North breakwater East end Light: 0.5 mi
- Buffalo Harbor South Entrance Light: 3.1 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 3.1 mi
- Amanda's Place Pavilion: 5.5 mi
- Pavilion #2: 10.0 mi
- Eco Island: 11.3 mi
- Locust Grove Picnic Area: 21.1 mi
- Eden Text Stop: 13.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of USS The Sullivans. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Hill | SSE 151° | 540 m | 22.7 mi |
| Townsend Hill | SSE 159° | 533 m | 22.9 mi |
| East Hill | SSE 150° | 509 m | 17.7 mi |
| Crow Hill | SE 126° | 500 m | 24.8 mi |
| Vermont Hill | SE 130° | 488 m | 23.2 mi |
| East Boston Hill | SSE 151° | 486 m | 17.2 mi |
| Blanchard Hill | SE 146° | 481 m | 19.8 mi |
| Rice Hill | SSE 162° | 466 m | 18.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:50 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 20:15 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:37 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 15:59 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 26 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Buffalo, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 86000085OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — USS THE SULLIVANS (destroyer), reference 86000085, listed 01/14/86.
OpenStreetMap element way/170664998
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