USS Hornet (Apollo 11 recovery)

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Aircraft carrier
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation
gptkb:Vietnam_Service_Medal
7 battle stars (World War II)
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:class gptkb:ship
gptkbp:commanded Captain Carl J. Seiberlich
gptkbp:commissioned November 29, 1943
gptkbp:crewComplement 2,600
gptkbp:decommissioned June 26, 1970
gptkbp:displacement 27,100 tons
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Alameda,_California
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Hornet (Apollo 11 recovery)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:CV-12
gptkbp:IMO_number 6119534
gptkbp:launched August 30, 1943
gptkbp:length 872 ft (266 m)
gptkbp:locationAsMuseum gptkb:Alameda,_California
gptkbp:locationOfRecovery gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkbp:museumShip gptkb:USS_Hornet_Museum
gptkbp:name gptkb:USS_Hornet
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Grey_Ghost
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkb:World_War_II
Apollo 12 recovery
gptkbp:propulsion Steam turbines
gptkbp:recoveredAstronaut gptkb:Buzz_Aldrin
gptkb:Michael_Collins
gptkb:Neil_Armstrong
gptkbp:recoveredCommandModule gptkb:Columbia
gptkbp:recoveredMission gptkb:Apollo_11
gptkb:Apollo_12
gptkbp:recoveryMethod July 24, 1969
gptkbp:speed 33 knots
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:Annie_Reid_Knox
gptkbp:status gptkb:ship
gptkbp:visitedBy gptkb:President_Richard_Nixon
National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger
Secretary of State William P. Rogers
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Apollo_Mobile_Quarantine_Facility
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6