USS Brooklyn (CL-40)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/USS_Brooklyn_%28CL-40%29
GPTKB entity
Statements (44)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:cruiser
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Brooklyn-class_cruiser
gptkb:USS_Raleigh
gptkbp:armament 20 × 20 mm guns
40 × 40 mm guns
12 × 6 in (152 mm) guns
8 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
gptkbp:class gptkb:Cleveland-class
gptkbp:commissioned 1943
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:Brooklyn,_New_York
gptkb:Brooklyn_Navy_Yard
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:1949
1949-06-30
gptkbp:displacement 12,000 tons
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Borough
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Brooklyn (CL-40)
gptkbp:launched 1941
gptkbp:length 610 ft (186 m)
gptkbp:nickname The Brooklyn
gptkbp:notable_ships gptkb:Pacific_Fleet
gptkb:Atlantic_Fleet
gptkbp:operated_by gptkb:battle
gptkbp:participated_in gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkb:Battle_of_Iwo_Jima
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea
gptkbp:received 6 battle stars
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:USS_Santa_Fe_(CL-60)
gptkb:USS_Birmingham_(CL-62)
gptkb:USS_Columbia_(CL-56)
gptkb:USS_Denver_(CL-58)
gptkb:USS_Montpelier_(CL-57)
gptkb:USS_Cleveland_(CL-55)
gptkb:USS_Nashville_(CL-43)
gptkb:USS_Providence_(CL-82)
gptkb:USS_St._Louis_(CL-49)
gptkb:USS_Mobile_(CL-63)
gptkbp:speed 33 knots
gptkbp:water_management 1970s
gptkbp:year_created 1943-05-15