Five brothers of the Sullivan family who all died in the same
battle action. they were honored by the nomenclature of a USN
destroyer- USS The Sullivans. Service policies were altered after
this tragedy and (brother acts) were split up to different vessels
or posts. The ship- modern one- USS The Sullivans- still survives
in reserve status- and was the subject of a Revell Model kit- the
only warship named after a collective family, so to speak. a movie
was done on the tragic saga- The Fighting Sullivans.