USS Connecticut (BB-18)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
Connecticut-class battleship
gptkbp:armament 4 × 12 in (305 mm) guns
4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
8 × 8 in (203 mm) guns
12 × 3-pounder guns
12 × 7 in (178 mm) guns
20 × 3 in (76 mm) guns
belt: 11 in (279 mm)
turrets: 12 in (305 mm)
gptkbp:beam 76 ft 10 in (23.42 m)
gptkbp:builder gptkb:New_York_Navy_Yard
gptkbp:class Connecticut-class battleship
gptkbp:commissioned September 29, 1906
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 827 officers and men
gptkbp:decommissioned March 1, 1923
gptkbp:displacement 16,000 long tons (standard)
gptkbp:draught 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Great_White_Fleet
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Connecticut (BB-18)
gptkbp:laidDown March 10, 1903
gptkbp:launched September 29, 1904
gptkbp:length 456 ft (139 m)
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Connecticut
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Rear_Admiral_Charles_S._Sperry
gptkb:Rear_Admiral_Robley_D._Evans
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn Great White Fleet circumnavigation
gptkbp:pennantNumber BB-18
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:USS_Virginia_(BB-13)
gptkbp:propulsion 2-shaft triple-expansion steam engines
gptkbp:role_after_WWI gptkb:aircraft
gptkbp:role_during_WWI gptkb:ship
gptkbp:scrapped 1924
gptkbp:serves gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:speed 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
gptkbp:struck November 1, 1923
gptkbp:successor gptkb:USS_Mississippi_(BB-23)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Connecticut-class
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6