USS Alaska (CB-1)

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:cruiser
gptkbp:armament 12 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
20 × 20 mm guns
40 × 40 mm guns
9 × 12 in (305 mm) guns
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:built gptkb:naval_warfare
gptkbp:class gptkb:Alaska-class_cruiser
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:United_States_Navy
1944-06-17
gptkbp:crew 1,200 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1947-01-15
gptkbp:defunct gptkb:1960
gptkbp:deployment Pacific Theater
gptkbp:designed_by gptkb:Naval_Bureau_of_Ships
gptkbp:displacement 29,000 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:San_Pedro,_California
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Alaska (CB-1)
gptkbp:invention large cruisers
gptkbp:is_designed_for surface warfare
anti-aircraft defense
long-range bombardment
gptkbp:is_equipped_with radar systems
sonar systems
fire control systems
gptkbp:launched 1943-08-15
gptkbp:launched_in 1943-08-15
Mrs. William A. Mc Culloch
gptkbp:length 808 ft (246 m)
gptkbp:named_after gptkb:Alaska
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Great_Alaskan
gptkbp:operates_in gptkb:Task_Force_95
gptkb:Task_Force_58
gptkb:Task_Force_77
gptkbp:participated_in gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Operation_Crossroads
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:USS_Guam_(CB-2)
gptkbp:speed 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
gptkbp:was_in_service_until 1947
gptkbp:was_involved_in post-war operations
gptkbp:was_laid_down_on 1941-12-01
gptkbp:was_ordered_on 1940-07-01
gptkbp:was_part_of gptkb:United_States_Navy_fleet
Cold War naval strategy
gptkbp:was_stricken_from_the_naval_vessel_register_on 1960-01-01
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:U._S._Pacific_Fleet_during_World_War_II
gptkb:Alaska-class_cruiser
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6