USS Alaska (CB-1)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:armament 12 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
9 × 12 in (305 mm) guns
34 × 20 mm AA guns
56 × 40 mm AA guns
gptkbp:awards 3 battle stars
gptkbp:beam 91 ft 1 in (27.8 m)
gptkbp:builder gptkb:New_York_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkbp:class gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:commissioned 17 June 1944
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 1,517 officers and enlisted
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Bayonne,_New_Jersey
17 February 1947
gptkbp:displacement 34,253 long tons (full load)
gptkbp:disposition scrapped at Kearny, New Jersey
gptkbp:draught 31 ft 10 in (9.7 m)
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Cruiser_Task_Force_92
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Philadelphia_Naval_Shipyard
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Alaska (CB-1)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:CB-1
gptkbp:laidDown 17 December 1941
gptkbp:launched 15 August 1943
gptkbp:length 808 ft 6 in (246.4 m)
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Alaska
gptkbp:nickname The Large Cruiser
gptkbp:notableEngagement gptkb:Bombardment_of_Minami_Daito
gptkb:Iwo_Jima_operations
gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:pennantNumber gptkb:CB-1
gptkbp:propulsion 4 steam turbines, 8 boilers
gptkbp:range 12,000 nmi at 15 knots
gptkbp:scrapped 1960
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:USS_Guam_(CB-2)
gptkbp:speed 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
gptkbp:type large cruiser
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5