USS Alaska (CB-1)

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf cruiser
gptkbp:aircraft 3 seaplanes
gptkbp:armament 12-inch guns
5-inch guns
20 mm guns
40 mm guns
gptkbp:armor 6-inch belt armor
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Republic_of_Korea_War_Service_Medal
gptkb:World_War_II_Victory_Medal
gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:United_Nations_Korea_Medal
gptkb:Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:Korean_Service_Medal
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:class gptkb:Alaska-class_cruiser
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Captain_John_W._McCormick
gptkb:Captain_William_H._McCaffrey
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Admiral_Chester_W._Nimitz
1944-06-17
gptkbp:constructedIn gptkb:Virginia
gptkbp:crew_size 1,200 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Pearl_Harbor
gptkb:Admiral_Louis_E._Denfeld
1947-01-24
gptkbp:decommissioningDate scrapped in 1960
gptkbp:deployedTo sold for scrap
gptkbp:displacement 29,000 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:firstPublished 1951-01-01
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:San_Pedro,_California
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Alaska (CB-1)
gptkbp:launched 1943-08-15
gptkbp:length 808 feet
gptkbp:nickname The Great Alaskan
gptkbp:notable_event visited ports worldwide
conducted naval exercises
participated in atomic bomb tests
assisted in humanitarian missions
gptkbp:operates_in gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:operationalRange 8,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:participatesIn gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Korean_War
Battle of the Philippine Sea
Operation Crossroads
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:World_War_II
flagship
gptkbp:sister_ship USS Guam (CB-2)
gptkbp:speed 33 knots