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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:starship
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Rear_Admiral_Willis_A._Lee
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gptkbp:aircraft_operated
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gptkb:3
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gptkbp:armament
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9 × 16 in guns
20 × 5 in guns
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gptkbp:armor
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12 in
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:World_War_II_Victory_Medal
gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation
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gptkbp:class
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gptkb:North_Carolina-class
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:Captain_John_H._Cassady
gptkb:Captain_Thomas_M._Dyer
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gptkbp:commissioned
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1941
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gptkbp:constructed_in
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gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
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gptkbp:crew
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2,300
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gptkbp:decommissioned
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gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania
1947
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gptkbp:deployment
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1945
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gptkbp:displacement
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36,000 tons
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gptkbp:fate
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scrapped
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gptkbp:has_exhibition
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gptkb:None
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gptkbp:home_port
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gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Battleship USS Washington
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gptkbp:launched
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gptkb:1940
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gptkbp:length
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728 feet
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gptkbp:nickname
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The Big W
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gptkbp:notable_for
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gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Battle_of_Guadalcanal
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea
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gptkbp:participated_in
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gptkb:Operation_Hailstone
gptkb:Operation_Torch
gptkb:Operation_Crossroads
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gptkbp:powers
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120,000 shp
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gptkbp:propulsion
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4 × steam turbines
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gptkbp:radar
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gptkb:SC_radar
SG radar
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gptkbp:range
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15,000 nautical miles
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gptkbp:served_in
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gptkb:World_War_II
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gptkbp:significant_event
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Participated in the Battle of Iwo Jima.
Participated in the Battle of Okinawa.
First ship to engage in battle after Pearl Harbor.
Bombarded enemy positions in the Marshall Islands.
Sank the Japanese battleship Kirishima.
Supported landings at Tarawa.
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gptkbp:sister_ship
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gptkb:USS_North_Carolina
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gptkbp:speed
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28 knots
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gptkbp:status
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Scrapped in 1960.
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