USS Bonhomme Richard (CV-31)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/USS_Bonhomme_Richard_(CV-31)
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkbp:aircraftCarried up to 90 aircraft
gptkbp:armament 12 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
32 × 40 mm AA guns
46 × 20 mm AA guns
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation
gptkb:Vietnam_Service_Medal
gptkb:Korean_Service_Medal
gptkbp:beam 93 ft (28 m)
gptkbp:builder gptkb:New_York_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:commissioned 26 November 1944
gptkbp:complement 2,600 officers and men
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned 2 July 1971
gptkbp:decommissioned_at gptkb:Puget_Sound_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:displacement 27,100 tons (full load)
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:flag Task Force 77 (Korean War)
Task Force 77 (Vietnam War)
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:San_Diego,_California
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Bonhomme Richard (CV-31)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:CV-31
gptkbp:laidDown 1 February 1943
gptkbp:launched 29 April 1944
gptkbp:length 872 ft (266 m)
gptkbp:modernization SCB-125 conversion
SCB-27C conversion
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Bonhomme_Richard_(ship)
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Bonnie_Dick
gptkbp:notableCommander Rear Admiral Frederick W. Pennoyer
gptkbp:notableEvent Participated in the Battle of Okinawa
Supported air operations during the Korean War
Supported air operations during the Vietnam War
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion Steam turbines, 4 shafts
gptkbp:reclassified gptkb:CV-31
gptkb:CV-31_(attack_aircraft_carrier)
gptkb:CVA-31
gptkbp:scrapped 1977
gptkbp:serves gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:USS_Essex_(CV-9)
gptkb:USS_Hancock_(CV-19)
gptkb:USS_Oriskany_(CV-34)
gptkb:USS_Ticonderoga_(CV-14)
gptkbp:speed 33 knots
gptkbp:struck 20 November 1973
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Bonhomme_Richard
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6