USS Coral Sea (CVB-43)

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:aircraftCarried gptkb:SH-3_Sea_King
gptkb:S-3_Viking
gptkb:E-2_Hawkeye
gptkb:A-6_Intruder
gptkb:A-7_Corsair_II
F-4 Phantom II
F/A-18 Hornet
gptkbp:awards gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Republic_of_Vietnam_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:Vietnam_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Expeditionary_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Meritorious_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkbp:beam 113 ft (34 m)
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:builtYear gptkb:Newport_News,_Virginia
gptkbp:class gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:commissioned 1 October 1947
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crew 4,104
gptkbp:decommissioned 26 April 1990
gptkbp:displacement 45,000 tons (full load)
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Carrier_Air_Wing_17
Carrier Air Wing 14
Carrier Air Wing 15
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Coral Sea (CVB-43)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:CV-43
CVA-43
CVB-43
gptkbp:laidDown 10 July 1944
gptkbp:launched 2 April 1946
gptkbp:length 972 ft (296 m)
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Ageless_Warrior
gptkbp:notableEvent First carrier to launch F/A-18 Hornet in combat
Participated in Operation Frequent Wind
Supported Operation El Dorado Canyon
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkb:Operation_Eagle_Claw
gptkbp:propulsion Steam turbines
gptkbp:scrapped 1993–2000
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:USS_Midway_(CV-41)
gptkb:USS_Franklin_D._Roosevelt_(CVB-42)
gptkbp:speed 33 knots
gptkbp:struck 28 May 1993
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:SCB-27_modernization
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5