HMS Wyoming

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:starship
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:HMS_North_Dakota
gptkbp:approves gptkb:1944
gptkbp:armament 16 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
12 × 14 in (356 mm) guns
gptkbp:armor Belt armor up to 12 in (305 mm)
Deck armor up to 5 in (127 mm)
gptkbp:class gptkb:Colorado-class_battleship
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Captain_William_H._P._Blandy
gptkb:Captain_John_W._Mc_Elroy
gptkbp:commissioned 1923
gptkbp:complement 1,200 crew members
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:New_York_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Philadelphia_Naval_Shipyard
1947
1947-06-30
gptkbp:displacement 33,000 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Hampton_Roads,_Virginia
gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Wyoming
gptkbp:launched gptkb:1921
gptkbp:length 887 ft (270 m)
gptkbp:location gptkb:Norfolk_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:None
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Bombardment_of_Cherbourg
Bombardment of Brest
Training exercises post-war
Support of landings in Southern France
Support of landings in Iwo Jima
Support of landings in Okinawa
gptkbp:notable_feature Dual-purpose guns
Significant firepower
Heavy armor protection
Large superstructure
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkbp:participated_in gptkb:D-Day_landings
gptkb:Operation_Torch
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic
gptkbp:powers 130,000 shp (97,000 k W)
gptkbp:propulsion 4 × Parsons steam turbines
4 × screws
gptkbp:range 7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km) at 12 knots
gptkbp:released Sold for scrap
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:battle
gptkbp:sister_ship HMS Colorado
HMS Maryland
HMS West Virginia
gptkbp:speed 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
gptkbp:type Capital ship
gptkbp:year 1950