USS Detroit

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf naval ship
gptkbp:armament 5-inch guns
guns
gptkbp:awards Battle_Star
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Bath_Iron_Works
gptkbp:class gptkb:Cleveland-class_cruisers
gptkb:Cleveland-class_cruiser
gptkbp:commissioned 1943
gptkbp:commissioningDate 1943-06-10
gptkbp:crew 1,200 personnel
gptkbp:crew_size 1,200
gptkbp:decommissioned 1949
1949-01-01
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
sold for scrap in 1972
gptkbp:design Cleveland-class_design
gptkbp:displacement 13,000 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:firstPublished 1951
gptkbp:historical_significance first ship named after Detroit, Michigan
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Naval_Station_Norfolk
gptkb:Philadelphia
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Great_Lakes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Detroit
gptkbp:is_designed_to gptkb:Bath,_Maine
gptkbp:launchDate 1941-12-24
gptkbp:launched 1941
gptkbp:length 610 feet
gptkbp:nickname The D
gptkbp:notable_event participated_in_World_War_II
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Captain_John_Smith
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:Pacific_Theater
gptkbp:operational_status decommissioned
gptkbp:productionYears 1943-1949
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:radar gptkb:SG_radar
gptkbp:renovated 1950s modernization
gptkbp:role surface warfare
anti-aircraft warfare
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Korean_War
gptkbp:services gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:serviceYears 1972
gptkbp:significantEvent bombardment missions
gptkbp:sister_ship USS Cleveland
gptkbp:speed 33 knots
gptkbp:type cruiser
gptkbp:vesselType gptkb:Philadelphia_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:year 1951