USS Boise (CL-47)

GPTKB entity

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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
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Boise (CL-47)
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:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkb:Asiatic_Fleet
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5