USS Casablanca (CVE-55)

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
escort aircraft carrier
gptkbp:aircraftCarried 27 aircraft
gptkbp:armament 12 × 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannons
8 × 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns
1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal dual-purpose gun
gptkbp:beam 65 ft 2 in
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Kaiser_Shipyards
gptkbp:class gptkb:Casablanca-class_escort_carrier
gptkbp:commissioned 8 July 1943
gptkbp:complement 860 officers and men
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned 10 June 1946
gptkbp:displacement 7,800 tons (standard)
10,400 tons (full load)
gptkbp:draught 20 ft 9 in
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:San_Diego,_California
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Casablanca (CVE-55)
gptkbp:hullNumber CVE-55
gptkbp:laidDown 3 November 1942
gptkbp:launched 5 April 1943
gptkbp:length 512 ft 3 in
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Casablanca,_Morocco
gptkbp:naval_registry gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion 2 Skinner Unaflow reciprocating steam engines
gptkbp:service gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:speed 19 knots
gptkbp:struck 3 July 1946
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:World_War_II_aircraft_carriers_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6