USS Alabama

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkbp:armament 20 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
9 × 16 in (406 mm) guns
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:American_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:World_War_II_Victory_Medal
gptkb:British_Admiralty_Pennant
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Navy_Occupation_Service_Medal
gptkb:Philippine_Presidential_Unit_Citation
gptkb:Philippine_Liberation_Medal
gptkbp:battleStarAwarded 9
gptkbp:beam 108 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Norfolk_Navy_Yard
gptkbp:commissioned 16 August 1942
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 2,500 (wartime)
gptkbp:decommissioned 9 January 1947
gptkbp:displacement 44,500 tons (full load)
gptkbp:featuredIn film 'Under Siege'
film 'Crimson Tide' (fictionalized)
gptkbp:fleetSize South Dakota-class battleship
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Alabama
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:BB-60
gptkbp:launched 16 February 1942
gptkbp:length 680 feet
gptkbp:location gptkb:Mobile,_Alabama
gptkbp:maximumSpeed 27.5 knots
gptkbp:museum gptkb:USS_Alabama_Battleship_Memorial_Park
gptkbp:museumSince 1965
gptkbp:name gptkb:USS_Alabama
gptkbp:namesakeOf gptkb:Alabama_(U.S._state)
gptkbp:nickname 'The Mighty A'
gptkbp:notableEvent Participated in the Battle of the Philippine Sea
Escorted aircraft carriers in the Pacific
Served in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters
Supported landings at Tarawa, Kwajalein, and Leyte
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:USS_South_Dakota_(BB-57)
gptkbp:preservedIn gptkb:ship
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:status gptkb:ship
gptkbp:successor gptkb:USS_Iowa_(BB-61)
gptkbp:visitedBy over 15 million people (as of 2020)
gptkbp:website https://www.ussalabama.com/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battleship_Memorial_Park
gptkb:Bethlehem_Steel_Corporation
gptkb:SSBN-731
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6