USS Colorado (BB-45)

GPTKB entity

Statements (58)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:battleship
gptkbp:aircraft_operated 3 × floatplanes
gptkbp:armament 12 × 14 in (356 mm) guns
gptkbp:armor 12 in (305 mm) belt
gptkbp:awards gptkb:World_War_II_Victory_Medal
gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:Philippine_Liberation_Medal
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:built_in gptkb:Virginia,_USA
gptkbp:class gptkb:Colorado-class_battleship
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Captain_William_G._Mc_Call
gptkb:Captain_John_W._Mc_Cormick
gptkbp:commissioned 1944-03-31
gptkbp:crew_capacity 1,200 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:California
gptkb:San_Francisco
1947-01-15
gptkbp:displacement 35,000 tons
gptkbp:famous_for participation in naval gunfire support
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Pearl_Harbor
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Colorado (BB-45)
gptkbp:launched 1943-03-22
gptkbp:length 680 ft (207 m)
gptkbp:name gptkb:USS_Colorado
gptkbp:nickname The Fighting Colorado
gptkbp:notable_battle gptkb:Bombardment_of_the_Japanese_home_islands
gptkb:Battle_of_Guam
gptkb:Battle_of_Saipan
gptkb:Battle_of_Surigao_Strait
gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkb:Battle_of_Iwo_Jima
gptkb:Battle_of_Tinian
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea
gptkbp:notable_event bombardment of the Japanese home islands
gptkbp:operated_by gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:operational_status inactive
gptkbp:participated_in gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkb:Battle_of_Iwo_Jima
gptkbp:propulsion 4 × steam turbines
gptkbp:range 8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km)
gptkbp:recommissioned 1950-01-01
gptkbp:released sold for scrap in 1959
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Admiral_Chester_W._Nimitz
Pacific Theater
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:USS_Maryland_(BB-46)
gptkb:USS_Tennessee_(BB-43)
gptkb:USS_West_Virginia_(BB-48)
gptkbp:speed 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Colorado-class_battleship
gptkb:Battle_of_the_USS_Colorado
gptkb:USS_Colorado
gptkb:USS_West_Virginia_(BB-48)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5