USS Alshain (AKA-55)

GPTKB entity

Statements (39)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Royal Navy ship
LST-1-class tank landing ship
gptkbp:armament 1 × 5 in (127 mm) gun
4 × twin 40 mm guns
16 × 20 mm guns
gptkbp:awards 5 battle stars (World War II)
2 battle stars (Korean War)
gptkbp:beam 63 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Federal_Shipbuilding_and_Drydock_Company
gptkbp:class LST-1-class tank landing ship
gptkbp:commissioned 1 August 1943
gptkbp:complement 395 officers and enlisted
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned 14 March 1956
gptkbp:displacement 13,910 tons (full load)
gptkbp:draught 26 feet
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Alshain (AKA-55)
gptkbp:hullNumber AKA-55
gptkbp:launched 28 March 1943
gptkbp:length 459 feet
gptkbp:motto nan
gptkbp:namedAfter Alshain (star)
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:steam_locomotive
gptkbp:saw_action_at gptkb:Invasion_of_Leyte
gptkb:Invasion_of_Luzon
gptkb:Invasion_of_Saipan
gptkb:Okinawa_campaign
Invasion of Guam
Inchon landing
Wonsan landing
gptkbp:speed 16.5 knots
gptkbp:struck 1 July 1960
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Walsh-Kaiser_Company
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7