USS Block Island

GPTKB entity

Statements (40)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:aircraft
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_St._Lo
gptkbp:aircraft_operated gptkb:TBF_Avenger
gptkb:F4_U_Corsair
gptkb:F6_F_Hellcat
28 aircraft
gptkbp:armament 20 mm guns
gptkbp:class Block Island-class escort carrier
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Captain_William_H._Mc_Clure
gptkbp:commissioned 1945-05-12
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:Consolidated_Steel_Corporation
gptkbp:decommissioned 1949-01-12
gptkbp:displacement 15,000 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped in 1970
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Block Island
gptkbp:launch_date 1944-12-06
gptkbp:length 495 ft (151 m)
gptkbp:name USS Block Island (CVE-106)
gptkbp:notable_operations gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:service_branch gptkb:battle
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:USS_Bogue_(CVE-9)
USS Block Island (CVE-21)
USS Cape Esperance (CVE-88)
USS Chenango (CVE-28)
USS Commencement Bay (CVE-105)
USS Croatan (CVE-25)
USS Kula Gulf (CVE-108)
USS Mindoro (CVE-120)
USS Ommaney Bay (CVE-79)
USS Salerno Bay (CVE-110)
USS San Jacinto (CVE-27)
USS Sangamon (CVE-26)
USS St. Lo (CVE-63)
USS Tripoli (CVE-64)
USS Vella Gulf (CVE-111)
USS Wake Island (CVE-65)
USS Wasp (CVE-18)
gptkbp:speed 19 knots