USS Maryland (BB-46)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:armament anti-aircraft guns
12 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
8 × 16 in (406 mm) guns
gptkbp:awards 7 battle stars (World War II)
gptkbp:beam 97 ft
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:class gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:commissioned 21 July 1921
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crew 1,080 officers and enlisted
gptkbp:decommissioned 3 April 1947
gptkbp:displacement 32,600 tons (standard)
33,000 tons (full load)
gptkbp:draught 30 ft
gptkbp:endDate 1947
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:USS_Colorado_(BB-45)
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Pearl_Harbor
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Maryland (BB-46)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:BB-46
gptkbp:laidDown 24 April 1917
gptkbp:launched 20 March 1920
gptkbp:length 624 ft
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:State_of_Maryland
gptkbp:nickname "Fighting Mary"
gptkbp:notableEvent Participated in Battle of Kwajalein
Participated in Battle of Leyte Gulf
Participated in Battle of Midway
Participated in Battle of Okinawa
Participated in Battle of Saipan
Participated in Battle of Surigao Strait
Participated in Battle of Tarawa
Present at Pearl Harbor attack
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:USS_West_Virginia_(BB-48)
gptkbp:propulsion 4 steam turbines
8 boilers
gptkbp:scrapped 1959
gptkbp:speed 21 knots
gptkbp:startYear 1921
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkb:USS_Maryland
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5