USS Florida (BB-88)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:starship
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:CSS_North_Carolina_IV
gptkbp:active_years 1945-1947
gptkbp:armament 40 × 40 mm guns
16 × 5 in guns
50 × 20 mm guns
12 × 14 in guns
gptkbp:class gptkb:Iowa-class_battleship
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:battle
1945-06-01
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:crew 2,700 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:battle
1947-01-01
gptkbp:displacement 45,000 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Florida (BB-88)
gptkbp:launched 1945-01-01
gptkbp:length 887 feet
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:None
gptkbp:notable_event Participated in naval reviews
Participated in post-war exercises
Served as a training ship after decommissioning
Served in the Atlantic Fleet
Decommissioned after only two years of service
Underwent modernization in the 1950s
Was commissioned in 1945
Was decommissioned in 1947
Was laid down in 1943
Was launched in 1945
Was never involved in combat
Was part of the Atlantic Fleet during the Cold War
Was sold for scrap in 1970
Was part of the last class of battleships built for the US Navy.
gptkbp:propulsion Steam turbines
gptkbp:services gptkb:battle
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:USS_Missouri_(BB-63)
gptkb:USS_Iowa_(BB-61)
gptkb:USS_New_Jersey_(BB-62)
gptkb:USS_Wisconsin_(BB-64)
gptkbp:speed 33 knots
gptkbp:status scrapped in 1970