USS Baltimore (CA-68)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
light cruiser
gptkbp:armament 24 × 20 mm AA guns
48 × 40 mm AA guns
12 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
9 × 8 in (203 mm) guns
gptkbp:awards 1 battle star (Korean War)
9 battle stars (World War II)
gptkbp:beam 70 ft 10 in (21.6 m)
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Bethlehem_Steel_Company
gptkbp:builtYear gptkb:Fore_River_Shipyard
gptkbp:class gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:commissioned 15 April 1943
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 1,142 officers and enlisted
gptkbp:decommissioned 31 May 1956
gptkbp:displacement 14,472 tons (full load)
gptkbp:draught 26 ft 10 in (8.2 m)
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Baltimore (CA-68)
gptkbp:hullNumber CA-68
gptkbp:launched 28 July 1942
gptkbp:length 673 ft 5 in (205.3 m)
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Baltimore,_Maryland
gptkbp:notableEvent Carried President Franklin D. Roosevelt to the Aleutian Islands in 1944
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:pennantNumber CA-68
gptkbp:propulsion 4 shafts
4 boilers
4 General Electric steam turbines
gptkbp:range 10,000 nautical miles at 15 knots
gptkbp:sawActionIn gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:scrapped 1972
gptkbp:speed 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:Mrs._Howard_W._Jackson
gptkbp:struckFromNavalRegister 15 February 1971
gptkbp:vehicleRegistrationCode CA-68
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkb:Fore_River_Shipyard
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5