USS Massachusetts

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:battleship
gptkbp:aircraft_operated 3 aircraft
gptkbp:armament 9 × 16 in guns
40 × 40 mm guns
20 × 5 in guns
50 × 20 mm guns
gptkbp:armor 12 in belt armor
16 in turret armor
6 in deck armor
gptkbp:awards gptkb:World_War_II_Victory_Medal
gptkb:United_Nations_Medal
gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:Philippine_Liberation_Medal
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Fore_River_Shipyard
gptkbp:class gptkb:South_Dakota-class_battleship
gptkbp:commander Captain Francis J. Mc Hugh
gptkbp:commissioned February 22, 1942
gptkbp:crew 1,200 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:1962
1947
February 27, 1947
gptkbp:displacement 35,000 tons
gptkbp:fate Preserved as a museum ship
gptkbp:has_museum gptkb:Battleship_Cove
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Boston,_Massachusetts
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Massachusetts
gptkbp:launch_site gptkb:Quincy,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:launched September 12, 1941
gptkbp:length 680 feet
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Big_Mamie
gptkbp:notable_move gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic
gptkb:Bombardment_of_Okinawa
gptkb:Operation_Crossroads
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion 4 × steam turbines
4 × propellers
gptkbp:recommissioned 1951
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:significant_event Participated in the D-Day invasion
Engaged in naval gunfire support missions
Supported landings in the Philippines
gptkbp:speed 27 knots
gptkbp:sunk No
gptkbp:type Screw sloop
gptkbp:waste_management Scrapped in 1980
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:U._S._Navy_battleships
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4