USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/USS_Belleau_Wood_(CVL-24)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:ship Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:aircraftCarried	up to 30 aircraft
gptkbp:armament	26 × 20 mm AA guns 26 × 40 mm AA guns
gptkbp:awards	gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation 12 battle stars
gptkbp:battle	gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa gptkb:Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea Battle of Iwo Jima
gptkbp:beam	71 ft 6 in (21.8 m)
gptkbp:builder	gptkb:New_York_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkbp:class	gptkb:ship
gptkbp:commissioned	31 March 1943
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned	13 January 1947
gptkbp:displacement	11,000 tons (standard)
gptkbp:fate	Transferred to French Navy
gptkbp:homeport	gptkb:San_Diego,_California
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24)
gptkbp:laidDown	16 August 1941
gptkbp:launched	6 December 1942
gptkbp:length	622 ft 6 in (189.75 m)
gptkbp:namedAfter	Battle of Belleau Wood
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:Belleau_Wood
gptkbp:notableEvent	Hit by kamikaze 30 October 1944
gptkbp:operator	gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:propulsion	Steam turbines, 4 shafts
gptkbp:renamed	gptkb:Bois_Belleau_(R97)
gptkbp:scrapped	1960
gptkbp:speed	31.5 knots
gptkbp:struck	1 December 1953
gptkbp:transferredTo	gptkb:French_Navy 5 September 1953
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:ship
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4