USS Biloxi

GPTKB entity

Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:armament 12 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
10 × 20 mm AA guns
12 × 6 in (152 mm) guns
28 × 40 mm AA guns
gptkbp:battleHonours 9 battle stars (World War II)
gptkbp:beam 66 ft 4 in (20.2 m)
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:commissioned 31 August 1943
gptkbp:complement 1,255 officers and enlisted
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned 29 October 1946
gptkbp:displacement 11,744 tons (full load)
gptkbp:draught 24 ft 7 in (7.5 m)
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap, 1962
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Biloxi
gptkbp:hullNumber CL-80
gptkbp:launched 23 February 1943
gptkbp:length 610 ft 1 in (186 m)
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Biloxi,_Mississippi
gptkbp:notableEvent Survived a kamikaze attack in 1945
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:propulsion 4 × General Electric steam turbines
4 × screws
gptkbp:speed 32.5 knots
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bombardment_of_Japanese_home_islands
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7