CV-6

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/CV-6
GPTKB entity
Statements (38)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkbp:aircraftCarried up to 90
gptkbp:awards 20 battle stars
gptkbp:beam 114 ft
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:class gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:commissioned 12 May 1938
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crew 2,217
gptkbp:decommissioned 17 February 1947
gptkbp:displacement 19,800 tons (standard)
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Task_Force_16
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label CV-6
gptkbp:laidDown 16 July 1934
gptkbp:launched 3 October 1936
gptkbp:length 824 ft
gptkbp:museumShip no
gptkbp:name gptkb:USS_Enterprise
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Big_E
gptkbp:notableEngagement gptkb:Battle_of_the_Eastern_Solomons
gptkb:Battle_of_Santa_Cruz_Islands
gptkb:Battle_of_Midway
gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea
gptkb:Doolittle_Raid
gptkbp:notableFor most decorated US ship of World War II
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion Steam turbines
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:USS_Yorktown_(CV-5)
gptkb:USS_Hornet_(CV-8)
gptkbp:speed 32.5 knots
gptkbp:struck 2 October 1956
gptkbp:sunkBy no
gptkbp:survived gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Enterprise_(CV-6)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5