USS Illinois (BB-65)

GPTKB entity

Properties (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf battleship
gptkbp:armament 9 × 16 in guns
40 × 40 mm guns
20 × 5 in guns
50 × 20 mm guns
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Armed_Forces_Expeditionary_Medal
gptkb:Republic_of_Korea_War_Service_Medal
gptkb:Meritorious_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Vietnam_Service_Medal
gptkb:Republic_of_Vietnam_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:Korean_Service_Medal
gptkb:Southwest_Asia_Service_Medal
Navy Expeditionary Medal
gptkbp:beam 108 feet
108 feet 2 inches
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:class gptkb:Iowa-class_battleship
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Captain_William_H._McRaven
gptkb:Captain_John_W._McCormick
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:New_York_City
gptkb:Admiral_William_D._Leahy
1949-01-01
gptkbp:crew 2,700 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Philadelphia
gptkb:Admiral_George_W._Anderson_Jr.
1963-01-01
gptkbp:deployedTo sold for scrap
gptkbp:displacement 58,000 tons
gptkbp:draft 38 feet
38 feet 6 inches
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:firstPublished 1986-01-01
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Illinois (BB-65)
gptkbp:launched 1945-05-15
gptkbp:length 887 feet
887 feet 3 inches
gptkbp:name USS Illinois
gptkbp:nickname The Fighting Illini
gptkbp:operates_in gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:operational_status inactive
gptkbp:propulsion 4 × steam turbines
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:Operation_Desert_Storm
gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:USS_Missouri_(BB-63)
USS Iowa (BB-61)
USS New Jersey (BB-62)
USS Wisconsin (BB-64)
gptkbp:speed 33 knots