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gptkbp:instanceOf
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light cruiser
Royal Navy ship
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gptkbp:armament
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4 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
8 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns
9 × 8 in (203 mm) guns
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gptkbp:awards
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11 battle stars
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gptkbp:battle
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gptkb:Battle_of_the_Eastern_Solomons
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Santa_Cruz_Islands
gptkb:Battle_of_Midway
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea
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gptkbp:beam
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66 feet
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gptkbp:builder
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gptkb:New_York_Shipbuilding_Corporation
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gptkbp:class
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light cruiser
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gptkbp:commissioned
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24 June 1930
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gptkbp:complement
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679 officers and enlisted
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:decommissioned
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10 June 1946
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gptkbp:displacement
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9,050 tons (standard)
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gptkbp:draught
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24 feet
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gptkbp:fate
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sold for scrap
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gptkbp:homeport
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gptkb:San_Diego,_California
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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USS Chester (CA-27)
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gptkbp:hullNumber
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gptkb:CA-27
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gptkbp:laidDown
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6 March 1928
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gptkbp:launched
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3 July 1929
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gptkbp:length
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600 feet
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gptkbp:namedAfter
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gptkb:City_of_Chester,_Pennsylvania
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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damaged by torpedo in October 1942
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gptkbp:operator
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gptkb:United_States_Navy
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gptkbp:propulsion
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steam turbines
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gptkbp:repairedAt
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gptkb:Mare_Island_Naval_Shipyard
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gptkbp:scrapped
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1959
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gptkbp:servedIn
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gptkb:World_War_II
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gptkbp:speed
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32.7 knots
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gptkbp:struck
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1 March 1959
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:light_cruiser
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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