BB-64

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:armament various anti-aircraft guns
20 × 5 in/38 cal guns
9 × 16 in/50 cal Mark 7 guns
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Kuwait_Liberation_Medal
gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Expeditionary_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Meritorious_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Southwest_Asia_Service_Medal
1 battle star (Korean War)
6 battle stars (WWII)
gptkbp:battle gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:World_War_II
Operation Desert Storm
gptkbp:beam 108 ft 2 in
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Philadelphia_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:commissioned 16 April 1944
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crew 1,921 (WWII)
gptkbp:decommissioned 30 September 1991
1 July 1948
8 March 1958
gptkbp:displacement 45,000 tons (standard)
57,500 tons (full load)
gptkbp:draught 37 ft 9 in
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label BB-64
gptkbp:laidDown 25 January 1941
gptkbp:launched 7 December 1943
gptkbp:length 887 ft 3 in
gptkbp:location gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
gptkbp:museum gptkb:Nauticus,_The_National_Maritime_Center
gptkbp:name gptkb:USS_Wisconsin
gptkbp:notableEvent Participated in Operation Desert Storm
Last battleship built by the United States
Participated in the Korean War
Participated in the bombardment of Okinawa
Serves as a museum ship since 2000
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion 4 × General Electric steam turbines
8 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers
gptkbp:range 15,000 nautical miles at 15 knots
gptkbp:recommissioned 22 October 1988
3 March 1951
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:USS_Iowa_(BB-61)
gptkb:USS_Missouri_(BB-63)
USS New Jersey (BB-62)
gptkbp:speed 33 knots
gptkbp:status gptkb:ship
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Wisconsin
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5