USS Atlanta (CL-51)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:armament 8 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
8 × 1.1 in (28 mm) AA guns
6 × 20 mm AA guns
16 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal guns
gptkbp:awards 5 battle stars
gptkbp:battle gptkb:Battle_of_the_Eastern_Solomons
gptkb:Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal
gptkb:Battle_of_Midway
gptkbp:beam 53 ft 2 in (16.21 m)
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Federal_Shipbuilding_and_Drydock_Company
gptkbp:class gptkb:Atlanta-class_cruiser
gptkbp:commissioned 24 December 1941
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crew 673 officers and enlisted
gptkbp:displacement 6,718 tons (standard)
8,340 tons (full load)
gptkbp:draught 20 ft 6 in (6.25 m)
gptkbp:fate Sunk in Naval Battle of Guadalcanal
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Atlanta (CL-51)
gptkbp:hullNumber CL-51
gptkbp:laidDown 22 April 1940
gptkbp:launched 6 September 1941
gptkbp:length 541 ft (165 m)
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Atlanta,_Georgia
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:speed 32.5 knots
gptkbp:sunkBy 13 November 1942
gptkbp:wreckLocation Ironbottom Sound, Solomon Islands
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:light_cruiser
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5