New Orleans-class cruiser

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf cruiser
gptkbp:armament 40 mm Bofors guns
12 × 5 in guns
9 × 8 in guns
20 mm Oerlikon cannons
gptkbp:beam 66 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkb:Long_Beach_Naval_Shipyard
gptkb:Mare_Island_Naval_Shipyard
gptkb:New_York_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkb:Wilmington_Shipyard
gptkb:Boston_Naval_Shipyard
gptkb:Philadelphia_Naval_Shipyard
gptkb:Charleston_Navy_Yard
gptkb:Fore_River_Shipyard
gptkb:Norfolk_Naval_Shipyard
gptkb:Puget_Sound_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:crew 1,200 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1970s
gptkbp:designedBy gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:displacement 13,600 tons
gptkbp:draft 32 feet
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:firstPublished 1943
1946
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label New Orleans-class cruiser
gptkbp:length 610 feet
gptkbp:notable_alumni gptkb:USS_St._Louis_(CL-49)
USS Vincennes (CA-44)
USS Canberra (CA-70)
USS Houston (CA-30)
USS Mobile (CL-63)
USS New Orleans (CA-32)
USS Quincy (CA-71)
gptkbp:numberBuilt 7
gptkbp:propulsion 4 × boilers
4 × steam turbines
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Ticonderoga-class_cruiser
gptkbp:role air defense
anti-submarine warfare
naval warfare
anti-surface warfare
gunfire support
amphibious assault support
gptkbp:serviceYears 1943-1970s
gptkbp:speed 32 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Baltimore-class_cruiser