USS Canberra (CA-70)

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:armament gptkb:Bofors_40_mm_guns
gptkb:Oerlikon_20_mm_cannons
12 × 5-inch/38 caliber guns
9 × 8-inch/55 caliber guns
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
7 battle stars (World War II)
gptkbp:beam 70 feet 10 inches
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Bethlehem_Steel_Company
gptkbp:builtYear gptkb:Quincy,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:class gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:commissioned 14 October 1943
gptkbp:convertedTo guided missile cruiser (CA-70 to CAG-2)
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 1,142 officers and enlisted
gptkbp:decommissioned 2 February 1970
gptkbp:destroyedBy 13 October 1944
air-launched torpedo
gptkbp:displacement 13,600 tons (standard)
17,031 tons (full load)
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Task_Force_38
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Canberra (CA-70)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:CA-70
gptkb:CAG-2
gptkbp:launched 19 April 1943
gptkbp:length 673 feet
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:HMAS_Canberra
Canberra (city)
gptkbp:notableEvent First US Navy ship named for a foreign capital
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:reclassified gptkb:CAG-2
4 January 1952
gptkbp:revertedTo gptkb:CA-70
gptkbp:revertedToDate 1 May 1968
gptkbp:scrapped July 1980
gptkbp:speed 33 knots
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:Lady_Alice_C._Dixon
gptkbp:status scrapped
gptkbp:successor gptkb:USS_Canberra_(LCS-30)
gptkbp:visitedBy gptkb:President_John_F._Kennedy
gptkbp:visitedByDate June 1963
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkb:Fore_River_Shipyard
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5