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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:ship
light cruiser
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gptkbp:armament
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anti-aircraft guns
8 × 5 in guns
9 × 8 in guns
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation
2 battle stars
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gptkbp:battle
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gptkb:Battle_of_the_Java_Sea
gptkb:Battle_of_Sunda_Strait
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gptkbp:beam
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66 ft
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gptkbp:builder
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gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
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gptkbp:casualties
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over 700 killed
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gptkbp:commissioned
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17 June 1930
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:crewComplement
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1,061
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gptkbp:decommissioned
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sunk in action, not decommissioned
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gptkbp:displacement
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9,050 tons
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gptkbp:draught
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24 ft
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gptkbp:endDate
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1942
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gptkbp:fate
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sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy
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gptkbp:flag
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gptkb:Asiatic_Fleet
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance
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noted for valiant action in World War II
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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USS Houston (CA-30)
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gptkbp:hullNumber
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gptkb:CA-30
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gptkbp:laidDown
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1 September 1926
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gptkbp:launched
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7 September 1929
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gptkbp:length
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600 ft
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gptkbp:memorial
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gptkb:USS_Houston_Memorial,_Houston,_Texas
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gptkbp:namedAfter
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gptkb:Houston,_Texas
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gptkbp:nickname
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gptkb:The_Galloping_Ghost_of_the_Java_Coast
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gptkbp:notableCommander
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gptkb:Captain_Albert_H._Rooks
gptkb:Captain_George_S._Rentz
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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visited by President Franklin D. Roosevelt
escorted convoys in the Dutch East Indies
evacuated US citizens from China in 1937
fought alongside HMAS Perth at Sunda Strait
participated in early Pacific War actions
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gptkbp:operatedBy
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gptkb:United_States_Navy
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gptkbp:partOf
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light cruiser
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gptkbp:precededBy
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gptkb:USS_Augusta_(CA-31)
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gptkbp:propulsion
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steam turbines
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gptkbp:speed
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32 knots
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gptkbp:startYear
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1930
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:USS_Chester_(CA-27)
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gptkbp:sunkBy
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1 March 1942
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gptkbp:survived
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368 captured as POWs
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gptkbp:wreckLocation
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gptkb:Sunda_Strait,_Indonesia
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Fore_River_Shipyard
gptkb:Asiatic_Fleet
gptkb:light_cruiser
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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