USS Cavalier (APA-37)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf LST-1-class tank landing ship
gptkbp:armament 16 × 20 mm guns
2 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
8 × 40 mm guns
gptkbp:awards 2 battle stars (Korean War)
6 battle stars (World War II)
8 campaign stars (Vietnam War)
gptkbp:beam 69 ft 6 in
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Western_Pipe_&_Steel_Company
gptkbp:class LST-1-class tank landing ship
gptkbp:commissioned 1 December 1943
gptkbp:complement 51 officers, 524 enlisted
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned 30 September 1968
gptkbp:displacement 16,100 tons (full)
8,100 tons (light)
gptkbp:draught 26 ft 6 in
gptkbp:fate sold for scrapping
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:San_Diego,_California
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Cavalier (APA-37)
gptkbp:hullNumber APA-37
gptkbp:laidDown 15 December 1942
gptkbp:launched 15 May 1943
gptkbp:length 492 ft 6 in
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Cavalier_County,_North_Dakota
gptkbp:Navy_list struck 1 October 1968
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbine, single screw
gptkbp:speed 18 knots
gptkbp:struck 1 October 1968
gptkbp:type Attack transport
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:LST-1-class_tank_landing_ship
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6