CV-8 (Yorktown-class aircraft carrier)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/CV-8_(Yorktown-class_aircraft_carrier)
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:aircraftCarried up to 80
gptkbp:armament 8 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
24 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns
16 × 1.1 in (28 mm) AA guns
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:commissioned 20 October 1941
gptkbp:displacement 20,000 tons (standard)
gptkbp:fate Sunk by Japanese forces
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label CV-8 (Yorktown-class aircraft carrier)
gptkbp:launched 14 December 1940
gptkbp:length 809 ft
gptkbp:locationSunk near Santa Cruz Islands
gptkbp:name gptkb:USS_Hornet
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Hornet_(previous_US_ships)
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Battle_of_the_Santa_Cruz_Islands
gptkb:Battle_of_Midway
gptkb:Doolittle_Raid
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion Steam turbines
gptkbp:speed 32.5 knots
gptkbp:sunkBy 27 October 1942
gptkbp:wreckDiscovered February 2019
gptkbp:wreckLocation South Pacific Ocean
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Hornet
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5