USS Arkansas (BB-87)

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:starship
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:CSS_North_Carolina_IV
gptkbp:armament 9 × 16 in guns
12 × 5 in guns
20 × 20 mm guns
40 × 40 mm guns
gptkbp:awards gptkb:World_War_II_Victory_Medal
gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:Korean_Service_Medal
gptkbp:beam 108 feet
108 feet 2 inches
gptkbp:class gptkb:Iowa-class_battleship
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Captain_A._M._Mc_Culloch
Captain H. E. Mc Cauley
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:battle
June 15, 1944
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:crew 2,700 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned June 30, 1946
gptkbp:displacement 58,000 tons
gptkbp:draft_year 33 feet
33 feet 2 inches
gptkbp:fate scrapped in 1970
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Arkansas (BB-87)
gptkbp:launched January 15, 1942
gptkbp:length 887 feet
887 feet 3 inches
gptkbp:name gptkb:USS_Arkansas
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Rock
gptkbp:operational_status decommissioned
gptkbp:participated_in gptkb:Bombardment_of_the_Japanese_home_islands
gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkb:Battle_of_Iwo_Jima
gptkbp:propulsion 4 × steam turbines
4 × propellers
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:USS_Missouri_(BB-63)
gptkb:USS_Iowa_(BB-61)
gptkb:USS_New_Jersey_(BB-62)
gptkb:USS_Wisconsin_(BB-64)
gptkbp:speed 33 knots
gptkbp:water_management scrapped in 1970
gptkbp:year_created June 15, 1944