USS Colorado III

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:armament 16 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
12 × 14 in (356 mm) guns
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:built gptkb:Newport_News,_Virginia
gptkbp:class gptkb:Colorado-class_battleship
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Captain_William_H._P._Blandy
gptkb:Captain_William_L._Calhoun
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Admiral_Chester_W._Nimitz
August 30, 1923
gptkbp:crew_capacity 1,200 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1947
January 24, 1947
gptkbp:deployment Pacific Theater
gptkbp:displacement 32,600 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped in 1959
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Pearl_Harbor
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Colorado III
gptkbp:launched March 22, 1923
gptkbp:length 680 feet
gptkbp:medal gptkb:World_War_II_Victory_Medal
gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:American_Campaign_Medal
gptkbp:name gptkb:USS_Colorado_III
gptkbp:nickname The Fighting Colorado
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Bombardment_of_the_Japanese_home_islands
gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkb:Battle_of_Iwo_Jima
gptkb:Battle_of_Tarawa
gptkbp:operated_by gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:participated_in gptkb:Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea
gptkb:Operation_Iceberg
gptkb:Battle_of_Midway
gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic
gptkb:Operation_Magic_Carpet
gptkb:Operation_Crossroads
gptkb:Operation_Forager
gptkb:Battle_of_Guadalcanal
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:World_War_II
1947
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:USS_Tennessee
gptkb:USS_Maryland
gptkb:USS_West_Virginia
gptkbp:speed 21 knots
gptkbp:waste_management Sold for scrap
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Virginia
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5