USS Boise (CL-47)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/USS_Boise_(CL-47)

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:ship gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:armament	15 × 6 in (152 mm) guns 8 × 5 in (127 mm) guns 8 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns
gptkbp:awards	11 battle stars (World War II)
gptkbp:beam	61 ft 9 in (18.8 m)
gptkbp:builder	gptkb:New_York_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkbp:class	gptkb:Brooklyn-class_cruiser
gptkbp:commissioned	12 August 1938
gptkbp:complement	868 officers and enlisted
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned	1 July 1946
gptkbp:displacement	9,767 tons (standard)
gptkbp:draught	19 ft 5 in (5.9 m)
gptkbp:fate	sold to Argentina
gptkbp:homeport	gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
gptkbp:hullNumber	gptkb:CL-47
gptkbp:laidDown	1 April 1935
gptkbp:launched	3 December 1936
gptkbp:length	608 ft (185 m)
gptkbp:namedAfter	gptkb:Boise,_Idaho
gptkbp:notableCommander	gptkb:Charles_H._McMorris gptkb:Edward_J._Moran
gptkbp:notableEngagement	gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf gptkb:Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea gptkb:Battle_of_Cape_Esperance
gptkbp:notableEvent	escorted convoys in the Mediterranean and Pacific supported landings at Leyte, Mindoro, and Lingayen damaged by Japanese shellfire at Battle of Cape Esperance participated in landings at Sicily, Salerno, and Anzio
gptkbp:operator	gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:pennantNumber	gptkb:CL-47
gptkbp:propulsion	steam turbines, 4 shafts
gptkbp:renamed	gptkb:ARA_Nueve_de_Julio_(C-5)
gptkbp:scrapped	1983
gptkbp:sells	gptkb:Argentina
gptkbp:servicePeriod	1938–1946 (US Navy) 1951–1978 (Argentine Navy)
gptkbp:sisterShip	gptkb:USS_Savannah_(CL-42) gptkb:USS_Brooklyn_(CL-40) gptkb:USS_Honolulu_(CL-48) gptkb:USS_Nashville_(CL-43) gptkb:USS_Philadelphia_(CL-41) gptkb:USS_Phoenix_(CL-46) gptkb:USS_St._Louis_(CL-49)
gptkbp:speed	32.5 knots
gptkbp:struck	1 March 1951
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Asiatic_Fleet
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	USS Boise (CL-47)