USS Arkansas (BB-33)

GPTKB entity

Statements (89)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:starship
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Denver_(CL-58)
gptkb:USS_North_Dakota
gptkb:USS_Washington_(BB-56)
gptkbp:acquired gptkb:1956
gptkbp:armament 12 × 14 in (356 mm) guns
gptkbp:armor 12 in (305 mm) belt
gptkbp:awarded_by gptkb:World_War_II_Victory_Medal
gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:American_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal
gptkbp:awards gptkb:World_War_I_Victory_Medal
gptkb:World_War_II_Victory_Medal
gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:American_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:Philippine_Liberation_Medal
gptkbp:beam 97 ft (30 m)
gptkbp:class gptkb:New_Mexico-class_battleship
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Captain_John_W._H._Mc_Crea
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania
1912
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:New_York_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkbp:crew 1,200
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Newport_News,_Virginia
1946
gptkbp:deployment gptkb:Atlantic_Theater
Pacific Theater
gptkbp:displacement 31,000 tons
gptkbp:draft_year 30 ft (9.1 m)
gptkbp:famous_for Naval gunfire support
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Arkansas (BB-33)
gptkbp:is_attended_by gptkb:Nuclear_tests_at_Bikini_Atoll
gptkbp:is_equipped_with anti-aircraft guns
torpedo tubes
gptkbp:is_involved_in gptkb:Operation_Bluejay
gptkb:Operation_Sandstone
gptkb:Operation_Magic_Carpet
gptkb:Operation_Crossroads
gptkb:Operation_Hardtack_I
gptkb:Operation_Hardtack_II
gptkb:Operation_Ivy
amphibious assaults
anti-aircraft operations
shore bombardment missions
gptkbp:is_part_of gptkb:Task_Force_54
gptkb:Task_Force_38
gptkb:Task_Group_77.2
gptkbp:last_aired gptkb:New_Mexico-class_battleships
gptkbp:launched gptkb:Mrs._John_W._H._Mc_Crea
1910
1910-01-14
gptkbp:length 608 ft (185 m)
gptkbp:named_after gptkb:State_of_Arkansas
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Rock
The Big A
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Bombardment_of_the_Japanese_home_islands
gptkb:Battle_of_Surigao_Strait
gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkb:Battle_of_Iwo_Jima
gptkb:Bombardment_of_Cherbourg
gptkbp:operates_in gptkb:Pacific_Fleet
gptkb:Atlantic_Fleet
gptkbp:participated_in gptkb:Operation_Neptune
gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkb:Battle_of_Surigao_Strait
gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkb:Battle_of_Iwo_Jima
gptkb:Operation_Torch
gptkb:Operation_Crossroads
gptkb:Operation_Downfall
gptkbp:propulsion Steam turbines
gptkbp:received 11 battle stars
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:starship
gptkb:battle
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:USS_Colorado_(BB-45)
gptkb:USS_Idaho_(BB-42)
gptkb:USS_Mississippi_(BB-41)
gptkb:USS_Maryland_(BB-46)
gptkb:USS_West_Virginia_(BB-48)
gptkb:USS_New_Mexico_(BB-40)
gptkbp:speed 21 knots
gptkbp:water_management 1947