USS Alabama

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:starship
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Los_Angeles
gptkb:USS_South_Dakota
gptkb:U._S._Navy_battleships
gptkbp:aircraft_operated 2 × seaplanes
gptkbp:approves not recommissioned
gptkbp:armament 20 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
9 × 16 in (410 mm) guns
gptkbp:armor up to 12 in (300 mm) belt armor
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:USS_New_Jersey_(BB-62)
gptkb:USS_Drum_(SS-228)
gptkb:USS_Mobile_(CL-63)
gptkbp:awards 11 battle stars
gptkbp:class gptkb:South_Dakota-class_battleship
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Captain_George_E._E._W._Mc_Culloch
gptkb:Captain_William_A._Mc_Culloch
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:1942
gptkbp:conservation_efforts donated to the state of Alabama
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:Baldwin_Locomotive_Works
gptkbp:crew 2,500 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:1962
January 9, 1962
gptkbp:displacement 35,000 tons
gptkbp:exhibits military artifacts
gptkbp:famous_for serving in two major wars
gptkbp:fate preserved as a museum ship
gptkbp:has_exhibition gptkb:USS_Alabama_Battleship_Memorial_Park
gptkbp:historical_significance symbol of naval power
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Mobile,_Alabama
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Alabama
gptkbp:launched February 16, 1942
gptkbp:length 680 feet (210 m)
gptkbp:location gptkb:Mobile_Bay
gptkbp:losses not sunk
gptkbp:name gptkb:USS_Alabama_(BB-60)
gptkbp:nickname Mighty A
gptkbp:open_to_public January 9, 1965
gptkbp:propulsion 4 × steam turbines
gptkbp:range 15,000 nautical miles (28,000 km)
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:significant_event gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Bombardment_of_Okinawa
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea
Korean War operations
gptkbp:speed 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
gptkbp:visitors over 1 million annually