North Carolina-class battleships

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/North_Carolina-class_battleships
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkbp:antiAircraftArmament 40 mm and 20 mm guns
gptkbp:armament 20 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
9 × 16 in (406 mm) guns
gptkbp:armorBelt 12 in (305 mm)
gptkbp:armorDeck 5.7 in (145 mm)
gptkbp:beam 108.3 ft (33 m)
gptkbp:commissioned 1941
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 1,880–2,339
gptkbp:decommissioned 1947
gptkbp:designedToComplyWith gptkb:Washington_Naval_Treaty
gptkbp:displacement 35,000 tons (standard)
gptkbp:draught 36.3 ft (11.1 m)
gptkbp:fate USS North Carolina preserved as museum ship
USS Washington scrapped
gptkbp:firstShipLaunched gptkb:USS_North_Carolina_(BB-55)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label North Carolina-class battleships
gptkbp:laidDown 1937
gptkbp:length 728.8 ft (222 m)
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Showboat_(USS_North_Carolina)
gptkbp:notableEngagement gptkb:Battle_of_the_Eastern_Solomons
gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea
gptkb:Guadalcanal_Campaign
gptkbp:notableFeature First new US battleship class in 20 years
First US battleships to mount 16-inch guns since Colorado class
gptkbp:numberBuilt 2
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:South_Dakota-class_battleships_(1920)
gptkbp:propulsion 4 steam turbines
gptkbp:range 17,450 nautical miles at 15 knots
gptkbp:secondShip gptkb:USS_Washington_(BB-56)
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:speed 28 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:South_Dakota-class_battleships_(1939)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:South_Dakota-class_battleships
gptkb:Battleship_North_Carolina
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7