Brooklyn-class cruiser

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkbp:ARA_General_Belgrano sunk in Falklands War
gptkbp:armament 15 × 6 in (152 mm) guns
8 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
8 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns
gptkbp:armorBelt 5 in
gptkbp:armorDeck 2.5 in
gptkbp:armorTurrets 6.5 in
gptkbp:beam 61 ft 9 in
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkb:Philadelphia_Navy_Yard
gptkb:New_York_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkb:New_York_Navy_Yard
gptkbp:complement 868
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned 1947
gptkbp:designedFor treaty limitations
gptkbp:displacement 9,767 tons (standard)
gptkbp:draught 19 ft 5 in
gptkbp:exportedTo gptkb:Argentina
gptkb:Brazil
gptkb:Chile
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Brooklyn-class cruiser
gptkbp:hullMaterial gptkb:steel
gptkbp:introduced 1937
gptkbp:length 608 ft
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Brooklyn_class
gptkbp:notableEvent USS Phoenix became ARA General Belgrano
gptkbp:notableFeature five triple 6-inch turrets
heavy broadside firepower
gptkbp:notableShip gptkb:USS_Savannah_(CL-42)
gptkb:USS_Boise_(CL-47)
gptkb:USS_Brooklyn_(CL-40)
gptkb:USS_Honolulu_(CL-48)
gptkb:USS_Nashville_(CL-43)
gptkb:USS_Philadelphia_(CL-41)
gptkb:USS_Phoenix_(CL-46)
gptkb:USS_St._Louis_(CL-49)
gptkb:USS_Helena_(CL-50)
gptkbp:numberBuilt 9
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:range 10,000 nautical miles at 15 knots
gptkbp:speed 32.5 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:type light cruiser
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Cruiser
gptkb:Cleveland-class_light_cruiser_hulls
gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5