USS Louisville (CA-28)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf light cruiser
gptkbp:armament 8 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
8 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
9 × 8 in (203 mm) guns
belt: 3 in (76 mm)
deck: 1.25 in (32 mm)
AA guns (various)
turrets: 2.5 in (64 mm)
gptkbp:awards 13 battle stars
gptkbp:beam 66 ft (20 m)
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Puget_Sound_Navy_Yard
gptkbp:class light cruiser
gptkbp:commissioned 15 January 1931
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 679 officers and enlisted
gptkbp:decommissioned 17 June 1946
gptkbp:displacement 9,050 tons (standard)
10,258 tons (full load)
gptkbp:draught 24 ft (7.3 m)
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:flag Rear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf (Battle of Surigao Strait)
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:San_Pedro,_California
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Louisville (CA-28)
gptkbp:laidDown 16 July 1929
gptkbp:launched 1 September 1930
gptkbp:length 600 ft (180 m)
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Louisville,_Kentucky
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Fighting_Lady
gptkbp:notableEvent participated in Battle of Iwo Jima
participated in Battle of Leyte Gulf
participated in Battle of Okinawa
participated in Battle of Surigao Strait
damaged by kamikaze attacks in WWII
participated in Battle of the Philippine Sea
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:pennantNumber CA-28
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:USS_Louisville_(ID-1644)
gptkbp:propulsion 8 Yarrow boilers
4 Parsons geared turbines
gptkbp:range 10,000 nautical miles at 15 knots
gptkbp:scrapped 1959
gptkbp:service gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Pacific_Theater
gptkbp:speed 32.7 knots
gptkbp:struck 1 March 1959
gptkbp:successor gptkb:USS_Louisville_(SSN-724)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:light_cruiser
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5