USS Enterprise (CV-6)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkbp:aircraftCarried up to 90
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation
20 battle stars
gptkbp:battle gptkb:Battle_of_the_Eastern_Solomons
gptkb:Battle_of_Santa_Cruz_Islands
gptkb:Battle_of_Midway
gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea
Battle of Iwo Jima
gptkbp:beam 109 ft 6 in (33.4 m)
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:class gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:commissioned 12 May 1938
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 2,217
gptkbp:decommissioned 17 February 1947
gptkbp:destroyedBy gptkb:Battle_of_Eastern_Solomons
gptkb:Battle_of_Santa_Cruz_Islands
gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkbp:displacement 19,800 tons (standard)
gptkbp:draught 24 ft (7.3 m)
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Task_Force_16
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Enterprise (CV-6)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:CV-6
gptkbp:laidDown 16 July 1934
gptkbp:launched 3 October 1936
gptkbp:length 824 ft (251 m)
gptkbp:museumShip No
gptkbp:namedAfter USS Enterprise (CV-6) is the seventh US Navy ship named Enterprise
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Big_E
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Captain_George_D._Murray
gptkb:Captain_Joseph_J._Clark
gptkb:Captain_Matt_Gardner
gptkb:Captain_Osborne_B._Hardison
gptkb:Admiral_William_Halsey_Jr.
gptkbp:notableFor only US aircraft carrier to serve throughout the entire US involvement in World War II
most decorated US ship of World War II
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion Steam turbines
gptkbp:scrapped 1958
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:USS_Yorktown_(CV-5)
gptkb:USS_Hornet_(CV-8)
gptkbp:speed 32.5 knots
gptkbp:survived gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Enterprise_(CVN-65)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4