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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:starship
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:New_Mexico-class_battleships
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gptkbp:approves
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1951
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gptkbp:armament
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12 × 14 in (356 mm) guns
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gptkbp:armor
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12 in (305 mm)
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:World_War_II_Victory_Medal
gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:American_Campaign_Medal
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gptkbp:class
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gptkb:New_Mexico-class_battleship
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:Captain_H._H._Mc_Clure
gptkb:Captain_A._M._Mc_Cormick
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gptkbp:commissioned
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gptkb:battle
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gptkbp:constructed_in
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gptkb:New_York_Shipbuilding_Corporation
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gptkbp:crew
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1,200 personnel
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gptkbp:decommissioned
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1946
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gptkbp:deployment
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gptkb:Korean_War
Pacific Theater
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gptkbp:disbandment_date
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1946-06-28
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gptkbp:displacement
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32,000 tons
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gptkbp:fate
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Scrapped in 1961
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gptkbp:home_port
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gptkb:Pearl_Harbor
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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New Mexico (BB-40)
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gptkbp:launch_date
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1931-01-13
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gptkbp:length
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680 ft (210 m)
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania
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gptkbp:name
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gptkb:USS_New_Mexico
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gptkbp:nickname
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The New Mexico
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gptkbp:notable_event
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First ship to fire a shot in World War II
Participated in the bombardment of the Japanese home islands.
Supported landings at Guam.
Supported landings at Saipan.
Survived multiple kamikaze attacks.
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gptkbp:participated_in
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gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkb:Battle_of_Iwo_Jima
gptkb:Battle_of_Tarawa
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gptkbp:partnerships
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1933-05-20
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gptkbp:powers
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120,000 shp
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gptkbp:propulsion
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2 × steam turbines
4 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers
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gptkbp:range
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8,000 nautical miles
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gptkbp:served_in
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gptkb:World_War_II
Flagship
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gptkbp:services
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gptkb:starship
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gptkbp:sister_ship
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gptkb:USS_Idaho_(BB-42)
gptkb:USS_Mississippi_(BB-41)
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gptkbp:speed
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21 knots
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