gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:transport_aircraft
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gptkbp:aircraft_operated
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up to 90 aircraft
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gptkbp:armament
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gptkb:fighter_aircraft
5-inch guns
20 mm cannons
Torpedo bombers
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gptkbp:builder
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gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
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gptkbp:captain
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gptkb:Captain_Marc_A._Mitscher
gptkb:Captain_William_H._Mc_Gowan
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gptkbp:class
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Essex-class aircraft carrier
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gptkbp:commissioned
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1943-10-20
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gptkbp:crew_capacity
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3,500 personnel
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gptkbp:decommissioned
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1970-06-26
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gptkbp:displacement
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27,500 tons
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gptkbp:famous_for
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participating in the Battle of the Philippine Sea
being the recovery ship for Apollo missions
launching the first air raid on Japan
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gptkbp:fate
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gptkb:museum
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gptkbp:home_port
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gptkb:San_Francisco,_California
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Aircraft Carrier USS Hornet
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gptkbp:launched
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1943-08-14
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gptkbp:length
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888 feet (271 m)
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Alameda,_California
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gptkbp:name
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gptkb:USS_Hornet
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gptkbp:nickname
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The Fighting Hornet
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gptkbp:notable_mission
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gptkb:Battle_of_Midway
gptkb:Doolittle_Raid
Recovery of Apollo 11
Recovery of Apollo 12
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gptkbp:operated_by
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gptkb:United_States_Navy
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gptkbp:served_in
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gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkb:World_War_II
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gptkbp:sister_ship
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gptkb:USS_Essex
gptkb:USS_Hancock
gptkb:USS_Oriskany
gptkb:USS_Bennington
gptkb:USS_Yorktown
gptkb:USS_Bunker_Hill
gptkb:USS_Franklin
gptkb:USS_Wasp
gptkb:USS_Intrepid
gptkb:USS_Ticonderoga
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gptkbp:speed
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30 knots (56 km/h; 34 mph)
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gptkbp:status
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active as a museum
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Admiral_John_H._Towers
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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