USS California (BB-70)

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:starship
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:CSS_North_Carolina_IV
gptkbp:armament 12 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
20 × 20 mm guns
40 × 40 mm guns
9 × 16 in (410 mm) guns
gptkbp:armor up to 12 in (305 mm) belt armor
up to 18 in (457 mm) turret armor
up to 6 in (152 mm) deck armor
gptkbp:class gptkb:Iowa-class_battleship
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Captain_William_D._Mc_Culloch
gptkb:Captain_William_H._P._Blandy
gptkb:Captain_John_W._Mc_Cormick
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:battle
1945-09-29
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:crew 2,700 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:battle
1947-01-15
gptkbp:displacement 45,000 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Long_Beach,_California
gptkb:San_Pedro,_California
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS California (BB-70)
gptkbp:launched 1944-03-20
gptkbp:length 887 ft (270 m)
gptkbp:name gptkb:USS_California
gptkbp:nickname Cal
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Operation_Magic_Carpet
gptkb:Operation_Crossroads
gptkb:Nuclear_tests_at_Bikini_Atoll
Korean War operations
participated in the Battle of Leyte Gulf
bombardment of the Japanese home islands
gptkbp:operational_status decommissioned
gptkbp:propulsion 4 × steam turbines
4 × propellers
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:Monarch
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:service_years 1945-1947
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:USS_Missouri_(BB-63)
gptkb:USS_Iowa_(BB-61)
gptkb:USS_New_Jersey_(BB-62)
gptkb:USS_Wisconsin_(BB-64)
gptkbp:speed 33 knots
gptkbp:water_management 1970s
gptkbp:year_created 1945-09-29