Buffalo-class ship

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf warship
gptkbp:aircraft MV-22 Osprey
CH-46 Sea Knight
gptkbp:armament 5-inch guns
varies by ship
gptkbp:beam 23 meters
approximately 84 feet
gptkbp:built gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:capacity up to 1,500 troops
gptkbp:commissioned 1943
gptkbp:crew approximately 400 personnel
gptkbp:crewSize approximately 1,000
gptkbp:decommissioned 1955
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Pacific_Theater
gptkbp:designedBy gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:displacement 16,000 tons
approximately 16,000 tons
gptkbp:draft 7 meters
approximately 25 feet
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:firstPublished 1970
1991
USS Buffalo (CL-99)
gptkbp:helicopterCapacity up to 30 aircraft
up to 4 helicopters
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:San_Diego,_California
various_U.S._naval_bases
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Buffalo-class ship
gptkbp:landingGear LCAC_and_LCM
gptkbp:launched 1942
gptkbp:launchSite dock landing
gptkbp:length 168 meters
approximately 570 feet
gptkbp:notable_alumni USS Anchorage (LPD-23)
USS Buffalo (LPD-8)
gptkbp:notableOperations gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkb:Battle_of_Iwo_Jima
gptkbp:numberBuilt 12
4
gptkbp:operationalStatus active and reserve
gptkbp:primaryMission transporting troops and equipment
gptkbp:propulsion diesel engines
steam turbines
gptkbp:role amphibious assault
transporting troops
gptkbp:secondaryMission humanitarian assistance
disaster relief
gptkbp:services gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:serviceYears 1970s to present
gptkbp:sisterShip USS America (LHA-6)
USS Anchorage (LPD-23)
USS Fort Worth (LCS-3)
USS New York (LPD-21)
USS Portland (LPD-27)
USS New Orleans (LPD-18)
USS San Diego (LPD-22)
USS Tripoli (LHA-7)
USS Germantown (LSD-42)
USS Ponce (LPD-15)
Hancock-class ship
USS Denver (LPD-9)
USS Juneau (LPD-10)
USS Shreveport (LPD-12)
gptkbp:speed 20 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:San_Antonio-class_ship
Saratoga-class ship
gptkbp:type amphibious assault ship
amphibious transport dock
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:United_States_Navy