South Dakota-class

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:battleship
gptkbp:aircraft_operated 2 × floatplanes
gptkbp:armament 12 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
40 × 40 mm guns
50 × 20 mm guns
9 × 16 in (410 mm) guns
gptkbp:armor Belt armor up to 12 in (305 mm)
Deck armor up to 6.5 in (165 mm)
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkb:Mare_Island_Naval_Shipyard
gptkb:Philadelphia_Naval_Shipyard
gptkb:Fore_River_Shipyard
gptkbp:combat_history gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:1942
gptkb:1944
gptkb:New_York_Navy_Yard
gptkbp:crew 2,300 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Philadelphia_Naval_Shipyard
1970s
gptkbp:designed_by gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:displacement 37,000 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label South Dakota-class
gptkbp:launch_date 1938
gptkbp:length 207 meters
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Bombardment_of_Iwo_Jima
gptkb:Bombardment_of_the_Japanese_home_islands
gptkb:Battle_of_Surigao_Strait
gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkb:Battle_of_Santa_Cruz_Islands
Korean War operations
gptkbp:notable_ships gptkb:USS_Massachusetts_(BB-59)
gptkb:USS_South_Dakota_(BB-57)
gptkb:USS_Alabama_(BB-60)
gptkb:USS_Indiana_(BB-58)
gptkbp:number_built gptkb:4
gptkbp:propulsion 4 × steam turbines
gptkbp:radar gptkb:SK_radar
gptkb:SC_radar
SG radar
gptkbp:recommissioned not applicable
gptkbp:replaced_by gptkb:Iowa-class_battleships
gptkbp:role gptkb:naval_warfare
gptkbp:service_frequency 1942-1980
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:Iowa-class
gptkb:North_Carolina-class
gptkbp:speed 27 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Iowa-class
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:U._S._Navy_battleships
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4