USS Block Island (CVE-21)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/USS_Block_Island_(CVE-21)
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf escort aircraft carrier
gptkbp:aircraftCarried 24 aircraft
gptkbp:armament 8 × 40 mm AA guns
2 × 5 in guns
28 × 20 mm AA guns
gptkbp:battleHonours 2 battle stars (World War II)
gptkbp:beam 69 ft 6 in
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Seattle-Tacoma_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkbp:causeOfSinking torpedoed by German submarine U-549
gptkbp:class gptkb:Bogue-class_escort_carrier
gptkbp:commissioned 8 March 1943
gptkbp:complement 890 officers and men
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:displacement 7,800 tons (standard)
gptkbp:draught 24 ft 6 in
gptkbp:fate sunk in action
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Block Island (CVE-21)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:CVE-21
gptkbp:laidDown 15 January 1942
gptkbp:launched 6 June 1942
gptkbp:length 495 ft
gptkbp:locationSunk gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean,_near_Canary_Islands
gptkbp:namesakeOf gptkb:Block_Island,_Rhode_Island
gptkbp:notableEvent only US carrier sunk in Atlantic during WWII
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion 2 × Skinner Unaflow reciprocating steam engines
gptkbp:rescuedBy gptkb:USS_Ahrens_(DE-575)
gptkb:USS_Barr_(DE-576)
gptkb:USS_Eugene_E._Elmore_(DE-686)
gptkbp:speed 18 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:USS_Block_Island_(CVE-106)
gptkbp:sunkBy 29 May 1944
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:World_War_II_aircraft_carriers_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6