Kearsarge-class battleship

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:starship
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Kearsarge_(BB-5)
gptkbp:armament 4 × 3 in (76 mm) guns
20 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
2 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes
4 × 12 in (305 mm) guns
8 × 8 in (203 mm) guns
gptkbp:armor Belt: 12 in (305 mm)
Deck: 2.5 in (64 mm)
Turrets: 12 in (305 mm)
gptkbp:beam 69 ft (21 m)
gptkbp:class Kearsarge class
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Admiral_William_S._Sims
gptkbp:commissioned 1900
gptkbp:completed 1900
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:crew 800
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:1920
gptkbp:deployment gptkb:Atlantic_Fleet
gptkbp:displacement 16,000 tons
gptkbp:draft_year 24 ft (7.3 m)
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kearsarge-class battleship
gptkbp:launched 1898
gptkbp:length 456 ft (139 m)
gptkbp:name gptkb:USS_Kearsarge
gptkb:USS_Kentucky
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:None
gptkbp:notable_ships gptkb:battle
gptkbp:number_built 2
gptkbp:participated_in gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:Spanish–_American_War
gptkbp:preceded_by gptkb:Maine-class_battleship
gptkbp:propulsion Coal-fired steam turbines
gptkbp:radar gptkb:None
gptkbp:replaced_by gptkb:North_Carolina-class_battleship
gptkbp:service_years 1898-1920
gptkbp:significant_event gptkb:Battle_of_Santiago_de_Cuba
gptkb:Blockade_of_Cuba
Post-war decommissioning
Operations in the Caribbean
Training exercises in the Atlantic
World War I convoy escort duties
gptkbp:speed 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
gptkbp:succeeded_by gptkb:Tennessee-class_battleship