USS Fanshaw Bay

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
escort carrier
gptkbp:aircraftCarried 27 aircraft
gptkbp:armament 12 × 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannons
1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal dual-purpose gun
16 × 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation
5 battle stars
gptkbp:battle gptkb:Battle_off_Samar
gptkb:Battle_of_Saipan
gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkb:Battle_of_Tinian
gptkb:Battle_of_Guam
gptkbp:beam 65 ft 2 in
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Kaiser_Shipyards
gptkbp:class gptkb:Casablanca-class_escort_carrier
gptkbp:commissioned 9 December 1943
gptkbp:complement 860 officers and men
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned 14 August 1946
gptkbp:displacement 7,800 tons (standard)
10,400 tons (full load)
gptkbp:draught 22 ft 6 in
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:San_Diego,_California
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Fanshaw Bay
gptkbp:hullNumber CVE-70
gptkbp:laidDown 18 October 1943
gptkbp:launched 27 November 1943
gptkbp:length 512 ft 3 in
gptkbp:namesakeOf Fanshaw Bay, Alaska
gptkbp:notableEvent Flagship of Taffy 3 during Battle off Samar
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion 2 × Skinner Unaflow reciprocating steam engines
gptkbp:service gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:speed 19 knots
gptkbp:struck 1 March 1959
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Naval_Task_Group_80.4
gptkb:Battle_of_San_Bernardino_Strait
gptkb:The_Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Taffy_3
gptkb:Task_Unit_77.4.3_(Taffy_3)
gptkb:USS_Gambier_Bay
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7