USS Los Angeles (CA-135)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:armament 24 × 20 mm AA guns
48 × 40 mm AA guns
12 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber guns
9 × 8 in (203 mm)/55 caliber guns
gptkbp:awards 5 battle stars for Korean War service
gptkbp:beam 70 ft 10 in (21.6 m)
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Philadelphia_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:builtYear gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:class gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:commissioned 15 July 1945
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 1,142 officers and enlisted
gptkbp:decommissioned 15 November 1963
gptkbp:displacement 13,600 tons (standard)
17,031 tons (full load)
gptkbp:draught 26 ft 10 in (8.2 m)
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap, 1975
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Long_Beach,_California
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Los Angeles (CA-135)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:CA-135
gptkbp:laidDown 28 July 1943
gptkbp:launched 20 August 1944
gptkbp:length 673 ft 5 in (205.3 m)
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:City_of_Los_Angeles
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Fighting_Lady
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Operation_Magic_Carpet
Korean War shore bombardments
gptkbp:propulsion 4 × General Electric steam turbines
4 × shafts
8 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers
gptkbp:recommissioned 27 January 1951
gptkbp:sawAction gptkb:Korean_War
gptkbp:speed 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:Mrs._Fletcher_Bowron
gptkbp:struck 1 January 1974
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5