USS Galveston (CL-93)

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:cruiser
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Santa_Fe_(CL-60)
gptkb:USS_Columbia_(CL-56)
gptkb:USS_Denver_(CL-58)
gptkb:USS_Montpelier_(CL-57)
gptkb:USS_Raleigh
gptkb:USS_New_Orleans
gptkb:USS_San_Francisco_(CA-38)
gptkbp:approves 1951-01-01
gptkbp:armament 12 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
20 × 20 mm guns
40 × 40 mm guns
12 × 6 in (152 mm) guns
gptkbp:awards gptkb:World_War_II_Victory_Medal
gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Occupation_Service_Medal
gptkb:Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:battle
1951
1944-01-10
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:crew 1,200 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1946
1970-01-01
1946-01-15
gptkbp:deployment Pacific Theater
gptkbp:displacement 12,000 tons
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap in 1970
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Long_Beach,_California
gptkb:San_Diego,_California
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Galveston (CL-93)
gptkbp:launched 1943-01-21
gptkbp:length 610 ft (186 m)
gptkbp:nickname The Galveston
gptkbp:participated_in gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkb:Battle_of_Iwo_Jima
gptkbp:propulsion 4 × boilers
2 × shafts
2 × geared turbines
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:service_history Active from 1944 to 1946
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:USS_Santa_Fe_(CL-60)
gptkb:USS_Wilkes-Barre_(CL-103)
gptkb:USS_Columbia_(CL-56)
gptkb:USS_Denver_(CL-58)
gptkb:USS_Montpelier_(CL-57)
gptkb:USS_Toledo_(CL-77)
gptkb:USS_Cleveland_(CL-55)
gptkb:USS_Mobile_(CL-63)
gptkbp:speed 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
gptkbp:water_management Scrapped in 1970