USS Block Island (CVE-106)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/USS_Block_Island_(CVE-106)
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Royal Navy ship
Commencement Bay-class escort carrier
gptkbp:aircraftCarried 34 aircraft
gptkbp:armament 2 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
20 × 20 mm AA guns
36 × 40 mm AA guns
gptkbp:awards 1 battle star
gptkbp:battle gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:beam 75 ft
gptkbp:builder Todd-Pacific Shipyards
gptkbp:class Commencement Bay-class escort carrier
gptkbp:commissioned 30 December 1944
gptkbp:complement 1,066
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned 28 August 1954
gptkbp:displacement 24,100 tons (full load)
gptkbp:draught 32 ft
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:San_Diego
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Block Island (CVE-106)
gptkbp:hullNumber CVE-106
gptkbp:laidDown 15 January 1944
gptkbp:launched 10 June 1944
gptkbp:length 557 ft
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Block_Island
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:USS_Block_Island_(CVE-21)
gptkbp:propulsion 2-shaft steam turbines
gptkbp:scrapped 1960
gptkbp:speed 19 knots
gptkbp:successor nan
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Block_Island_(CVE-21)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7