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Alaska-class large cruiser
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Alaska-class_large_cruiser
GPTKB entity
Statements (43)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:ship
gptkbp:antiAircraftArmament
34 × 20 mm Oerlikon cannons
56 × 40 mm Bofors guns
gptkbp:armament
12 × 5-inch/38 caliber guns
9 × 12-inch/50 caliber guns
gptkbp:armorBelt
9 inches
gptkbp:armorDeck
4 inches
gptkbp:beam
91 ft 1 in (27.8 m)
gptkbp:builtBy
gptkb:New_York_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement
1,517
gptkbp:decommissioned
1947
gptkbp:designedBy
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:displacement
approximately 34,253 tons (full load)
gptkbp:draught
31 ft 10 in (9.7 m)
gptkbp:enteredService
1944
gptkbp:fate
scrapped
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Alaska-class large cruiser
gptkbp:length
808 ft 6 in (246.4 m)
gptkbp:namedAfter
gptkb:US_territories
gptkbp:notableFor
largest cruisers built for the US Navy
sometimes classified as battlecruisers
gptkbp:numberBuilt
2
gptkbp:numberPlanned
6
gptkbp:operatedBy
gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion
steam turbines
gptkbp:range
12,000 nautical miles at 15 knots
gptkbp:retired
1947
gptkbp:role
surface combatant
carrier escort
cruiser killer
gptkbp:shipsCancelled
gptkb:USS_Hawaii_(CB-3)
gptkb:USS_Philippines_(CB-4)
gptkb:USS_Puerto_Rico_(CB-5)
gptkb:USS_Samoa_(CB-6)
gptkbp:shipsInClass
gptkb:USS_Guam_(CB-2)
gptkb:USS_Alaska_(CB-1)
gptkbp:speed
33 knots
gptkbp:type
large cruiser
gptkbp:usedIn
gptkb:Pacific_Theater_of_World_War_II
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:US_Navy_cruisers
gptkb:USS_Samoa-class_battleship
gptkbp:bfsLayer
7