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Casablanca-class escort carrier
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Casablanca-class_escort_carrier
GPTKB entity
Statements (37)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
class of escort aircraft carrier
gptkbp:aircraftCarried
27
gptkbp:armament
8 × 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns
1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal dual-purpose gun
12 × 20 mm Oerlikon cannons
gptkbp:beam
65 ft 2 in (19.9 m)
gptkbp:builder
gptkb:Kaiser_Shipyards
gptkbp:commissioned
1943
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned
1946 (most ships)
gptkbp:displacement
7,800 tons (full load)
gptkbp:draught
22 ft 6 in (6.9 m)
gptkbp:fate
most scrapped after WWII
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Casablanca-class escort carrier
gptkbp:lastCommissioned
1944
gptkbp:length
512 ft 3 in (156.1 m)
gptkbp:nickname
Jeep carrier
gptkbp:notableShip
gptkb:USS_Casablanca_(CVE-55)
gptkb:USS_Gambier_Bay_(CVE-73)
USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56)
gptkbp:numberBuilt
50
gptkbp:operatedBy
gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:predecessor
gptkb:Bogue-class_escort_carrier
gptkbp:propulsion
2 Skinner Unaflow reciprocating steam engines
gptkbp:purpose
mass production for convoy escort and aircraft transport
gptkbp:speed
19 knots
gptkbp:successor
Commencement Bay-class escort carrier
gptkbp:usedIn
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:USS_St._Lo
gptkb:CVS-37
gptkb:USS_Liscome_Bay
gptkb:USS_Casablanca_(CVE-55)
gptkb:USS_Gambier_Bay_(CVE-73)
gptkb:USS_St._Lo_(CVE-63)
gptkb:USS_White_Plains_(CVE-66)
gptkb:USS_Gambier_Bay
gptkbp:bfsLayer
7