USS Illinois (BB-65)

GPTKB entity

Statements (60)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:battleship
gptkbp:armament 9 × 16 in guns
20 × 5 in guns
49 × 20 mm guns
80 × 40 mm guns
gptkbp:awards gptkb:South_Vietnam_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:Armed_Forces_Expeditionary_Medal
gptkb:Republic_of_Korea_War_Service_Medal
gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Vietnam_Service_Medal
gptkb:Korean_Service_Medal
gptkbp:beam 108 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:class gptkb:Iowa-class_battleship
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Captain_William_G._Mc_Gowan
gptkb:Captain_John_W._Mc_Cormick
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:1949
1949-01-01
never commissioned
gptkbp:crew 2,700 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:1963
gptkb:Philadelphia_Naval_Shipyard
1963-01-01
gptkbp:displacement 58,000 tons
gptkbp:drafted_by 38 feet
33 feet
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Illinois (BB-65)
gptkbp:launched 1945
1945-05-15
gptkbp:length 887 feet
gptkbp:name gptkb:USS_Illinois
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Prairie_State
gptkbp:notable_changes modernization in the 1950s
gptkbp:notable_event participated in Cold War operations
gptkbp:operational_status inactive
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:participated_in gptkb:Operation_Desert_Storm
gptkb:Operation_Desert_Shield
gptkbp:powers 212,000 shp
gptkbp:propulsion 4 × steam turbines
4 × propellers
gptkbp:range 15,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:recommissioned not applicable
gptkbp:released sold for scrap
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkb:Pacific_Fleet
gptkb:Atlantic_Fleet
gptkbp:service gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:USS_Missouri_(BB-63)
gptkb:USS_Iowa_(BB-61)
gptkb:USS_New_Jersey_(BB-62)
gptkb:USS_Wisconsin_(BB-64)
gptkbp:speed 33 knots
gptkbp:status not completed
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_North_Carolina
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5