USS California (BB-44)

GPTKB entity

Statements (57)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:battleship
gptkbp:armament 12-inch guns
gptkbp:armor 12 inches
gptkbp:awarded_to gptkb:Navy_Cross
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:built gptkb:Virginia
gptkbp:class gptkb:Tennessee-class_battleship
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Captain_H._H._Mc_Clure
gptkb:Captain_E._W._Kenworthy
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:1921
gptkb:United_States_Navy
August 10, 1921
gptkbp:crew 1,200 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1947
February 9, 1947
gptkbp:deployment Pacific Theater
gptkbp:disbandment_date 1947
gptkbp:displacement 33,000 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped
sold for scrap
gptkbp:fought_in gptkb:Battle_of_Midway
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:San_Pedro,_California
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS California (BB-44)
gptkbp:launched 1919
gptkbp:launched_in Mrs. William D. Leahy
November 20, 1919
gptkbp:length 624 feet
gptkbp:name gptkb:USS_California
gptkbp:named_after the state of California
gptkbp:nickname Cal
gptkbp:notable_event attacked during Pearl Harbor
gptkbp:operates_in gptkb:Aleutian_Islands
gptkbp:participated_in gptkb:Battle_of_Pearl_Harbor
gptkbp:participated_in_operations_against gptkb:Japanese_forces
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:received_battle_stars_for World War II service
gptkbp:recommissioned gptkb:1944
gptkbp:replaced_by gptkb:Puget_Sound_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:World_War_II
1945
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:USS_Tennessee_(BB-43)
gptkbp:speed 21 knots
gptkbp:sunk 1941
gptkbp:survivors over 100
gptkbp:was_executed_by Japanese torpedoes
gptkbp:was_involved_in gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkb:Battle_of_Iwo_Jima
Kamikaze attacks
gptkbp:was_part_of gptkb:Task_Force_17
gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:United_States_Pacific_Fleet
gptkbp:was_repaired_after gptkb:Pearl_Harbor_attack
gptkbp:was_the_first_ship_to_bear_the_name gptkb:California
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Denver_(CL-58)
gptkb:Tennessee-class_battleship
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5