USS Gilliam (APA-57)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Royal Navy ship
LST-1-class tank landing ship
gptkbp:armament 1 × 5 in (127 mm) gun
10 × single 20 mm guns
4 × twin 40 mm guns
gptkbp:awards 1 battle star (World War II)
gptkbp:beam 58 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Consolidated_Steel_Corporation
gptkbp:category 1944 ships
Ship sunk by nuclear weapons
World War II amphibious warfare vessel of the United States
gptkbp:class LST-1-class tank landing ship
gptkbp:commissioned 1 August 1944
gptkbp:crewComplement 320
gptkbp:decommissioned 12 January 1947
gptkbp:displacement 4,247 tons (light)
7,080 tons (full)
gptkbp:draught 16 feet
gptkbp:endDate 1946
gptkbp:fate Sunk during Operation Crossroads
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:San_Francisco,_California
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Gilliam (APA-57)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:APA-57
gptkbp:launched 28 March 1944
gptkbp:length 426 feet
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Gilliam_County,_Oregon
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Operation_Crossroads
gptkbp:propulsion 1 × Westinghouse geared turbine
2 × Foster Wheeler boilers
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 47 officers, 802 enlisted
gptkbp:speed 16.9 knots
gptkbp:startYear 1944
gptkbp:sunkBy 1 July 1946
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:LST-1-class_tank_landing_ship
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6