USS Helena (CL-50)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:cruiser
gptkbp:approves 1951
gptkbp:armament 20 × 20 mm guns
40 × 40 mm guns
12 × 6 in (152 mm) guns
8 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
gptkbp:awards gptkb:World_War_II_Victory_Medal
gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:Philippine_Liberation_Medal
gptkbp:class gptkb:Cleveland-class
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Captain_John_W._Mc_Cormick
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Admiral_Chester_W._Nimitz
1943
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:Cramp_Shipbuilding_Company
gptkbp:crew 1,200 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:San_Diego,_California
1947
gptkbp:disbandment_date gptkb:1970
gptkbp:displacement 13,600 tons
13,000 tons standard
15,000 tons full load
gptkbp:fate sunk as a target
sunk in 1970
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Long_Beach,_California
gptkb:San_Francisco,_California
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Helena (CL-50)
gptkbp:launched 1943-01-20
gptkbp:length 610 ft (190 m)
gptkbp:nickname The Mighty H
gptkbp:notable_event Survived multiple kamikaze attacks
gptkbp:operated_by gptkb:battle
gptkbp:operational_area Western Pacific
gptkbp:participated_in gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkb:Battle_of_Iwo_Jima
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea
gptkbp:propulsion 4 × boilers
2 × geared turbines
gptkbp:received 6 battle stars
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:World_War_II
1947
Pacific Theater
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:USS_Santa_Fe_(CL-60)
gptkb:USS_Birmingham_(CL-62)
gptkb:USS_Denver_(CL-58)
gptkb:USS_Montpelier_(CL-57)
gptkb:USS_Cleveland_(CL-55)
gptkb:USS_Columbus_(CL-56)
gptkb:USS_Providence_(CL-82)
gptkb:USS_St._Louis_(CL-49)
gptkb:USS_Mobile_(CL-63)
gptkbp:speed 33 knots
gptkbp:type gptkb:cruiser
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Columbia_(CL-56)
gptkb:USS_Montpelier_(CL-57)
gptkb:Brooklyn-class_cruiser
gptkb:USS_Raleigh
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5