BB-61

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/BB-61

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:armament	anti-aircraft guns 20 × 5 in (127 mm) guns 9 × 16 in (406 mm) guns
gptkbp:awards	gptkb:Kuwait_Liberation_Medal gptkb:American_Campaign_Medal gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation gptkb:World_War_II_Victory_Medal gptkb:Navy_E_Ribbon gptkb:Republic_of_Vietnam_Campaign_Medal gptkb:Vietnam_Service_Medal gptkb:Combat_Action_Ribbon gptkb:Navy_Expeditionary_Medal gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation gptkb:Armed_Forces_Expeditionary_Medal gptkb:Korean_Service_Medal gptkb:Republic_of_Korea_Presidential_Unit_Citation gptkb:Southwest_Asia_Service_Medal gptkb:United_Nations_Service_Medal
gptkbp:battleHonours	gptkb:Korean_War gptkb:Vietnam_War gptkb:World_War_II Lebanon 1983
gptkbp:beam	108 ft
gptkbp:builder	gptkb:New_York_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:commissioned	22 February 1943
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crew	1,921 (WWII)
gptkbp:decommissioned	24 October 1990
gptkbp:displacement	45,000 tons
gptkbp:draught	37 ft
gptkbp:homeport	gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	BB-61
gptkbp:laidDown	27 June 1940
gptkbp:launched	27 August 1942
gptkbp:length	887 ft
gptkbp:museumShip	gptkb:Los_Angeles,_California
gptkbp:museumSince	2012
gptkbp:name	gptkb:USS_Iowa
gptkbp:notableEvent	Reactivated for service in the 1980s under the 600-ship Navy program Participated in Korean War shore bombardments Suffered turret explosion in 1989 Participated in shelling of Japanese positions in WWII Flagship for Third Fleet under Admiral William F. Halsey, Jr. Transported President Franklin D. Roosevelt to Casablanca Conference
gptkbp:operator	gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:preservedIn	gptkb:ship
gptkbp:propulsion	Steam turbines
gptkbp:speed	33 knots
gptkbp:status	gptkb:ship
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:USS_Iowa_(BB-61) gptkb:USS_Iowa
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6