USS Detroit (CL-8)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/USS_Detroit_%28CL-8%29
GPTKB entity
Statements (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:cruiser
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Omaha_(CL-4)
gptkb:Omaha-class_cruiser
gptkb:USS_Omaha
gptkbp:armament 20 × 20 mm guns
40 × 40 mm guns
12 × 6 in (152 mm) guns
8 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
gptkbp:commissioned April 1943
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:decommissioned June 1949
gptkbp:displacement 12,000 tons
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap in 1972
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Detroit (CL-8)
gptkbp:launched December 5, 1940
gptkbp:length 610 ft (186 m)
gptkbp:nickname The D
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:USS_Albany_(CL-123)
gptkb:USS_Columbus_(CL-62)
gptkb:USS_Quincy_(CA-39)
gptkb:USS_Santa_Fe_(CL-60)
gptkb:USS_Toledo_(CL-67)
gptkb:USS_Vincennes_(CA-44)
gptkb:USS_Birmingham_(CL-62)
gptkb:USS_Chicago_(CA-136)
gptkb:USS_Columbia_(CL-56)
gptkb:USS_Denver_(CL-58)
gptkb:USS_Montpelier_(CL-57)
gptkb:USS_Newport_News_(CA-148)
gptkb:USS_St._Paul_(CA-73)
gptkb:USS_Little_Rock_(CL-92)
gptkb:USS_Portland_(CA-33)
gptkb:USS_Atlanta_(CL-51)
gptkb:USS_Cleveland_(CL-55)
gptkb:USS_Galveston_(CL-93)
gptkb:USS_Helena_(CL-50)
gptkb:USS_Juneau_(CL-52)
gptkb:USS_Nashville_(CL-43)
gptkb:USS_Providence_(CL-82)
gptkb:USS_St._Louis_(CL-49)
gptkb:USS_San_Francisco_(CA-38)
gptkb:USS_Mobile_(CL-63)
gptkbp:speed 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)