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USS Lake Champlain (CV-39)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/USS_Lake_Champlain_(CV-39)
GPTKB entity
Statements (38)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:ship
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:aircraftCarried
up to 90
gptkbp:armament
32 × 40 mm AA guns
12 × 5 in guns
46 × 20 mm AA guns
gptkbp:awards
gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Korean_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Occupation_Service_Medal
gptkb:United_Nations_Service_Medal
gptkbp:beam
93 ft
gptkbp:builder
gptkb:Norfolk_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:commissioned
3 June 1945
gptkbp:crew
2,600
gptkbp:decommissioned
2 May 1966
gptkbp:displacement
27,100 tons
gptkbp:fate
sold for scrap
gptkbp:homeport
gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
USS Lake Champlain (CV-39)
gptkbp:hullNumber
gptkb:CV-39
gptkbp:laidDown
15 March 1943
gptkbp:launched
2 November 1944
gptkbp:length
888 ft
gptkbp:namedAfter
gptkb:Battle_of_Lake_Champlain
gptkbp:nickname
gptkb:Champ
gptkbp:notableEvent
Recovered Alan Shepard after Mercury-Redstone 3 mission
gptkbp:operator
gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn
gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:Operation_Magic_Carpet
Project Mercury recovery
gptkbp:propulsion
Steam turbines
gptkbp:reclassified
gptkb:CVS-39
8 August 1957
gptkbp:scrapped
1972
gptkbp:speed
33 knots
gptkbp:struck
1 December 1969
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:SCB-27_modernization
gptkbp:bfsLayer
5