Colorado-class battleship

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:battleship
gptkbp:aircraft_operated 3 aircraft
gptkbp:anti_aircraft_battery up to 20 × 20 mm Oerlikon
up to 40 × 40 mm Bofors
gptkbp:armament 12 × 14 in (356 mm) guns
gptkbp:armor gptkb:steel
12 in (305 mm) belt
gptkbp:battery_type 16 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
4 × 2 14 in (356 mm) turrets
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:class gptkb:Colorado_class
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:USS_Colorado_(BB-45)
gptkb:USS_West_Virginia_(BB-48)
gptkbp:commissioned 1923
gptkbp:crew 1,200 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1947
1947-01-31
gptkbp:deployment Pacific Theater
gptkbp:design Standard type battleship
gptkbp:displacement 32,600 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped
sold for scrap
gptkbp:final_commissioned_date 1944-01-01
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Pearl_Harbor
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Colorado-class battleship
gptkbp:last_active_date 1947-01-31
gptkbp:launched gptkb:1921
gptkbp:length 680 ft (207 m)
gptkbp:name gptkb:USS_Colorado_(BB-45)
gptkb:USS_Maryland_(BB-46)
gptkb:USS_West_Virginia_(BB-48)
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Mighty_Colorado
gptkbp:notable_commanders gptkb:Admiral_Ernest_King
gptkb:Admiral_Chester_W._Nimitz
gptkb:Admiral_Thomas_C._Kinkaid
gptkb:Admiral_William_Halsey_Jr.
gptkb:Admiral_Raymond_Spruance
gptkb:Admiral_William_D._Leahy
gptkbp:notable_products served in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
gptkbp:notable_ships yes
gptkbp:number_built gptkb:3
gptkbp:participated_in gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkb:Battle_of_Iwo_Jima
gptkbp:propulsion 4 × steam turbines
gptkbp:radar SG radar
gptkbp:released scrapped in 1959
gptkbp:revival 1940s modernization
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:Tennessee-class_battleship
gptkbp:speed 1944-01-01
21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Maryland
gptkb:USS_West_Virginia
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4