USS Midway (CVB-41)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkbp:aircraftCarried up to 137 aircraft
gptkbp:armament anti-aircraft guns
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Kuwait_Liberation_Medal
gptkb:Meritorious_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation
gptkb:Battle_Efficiency_Award
gptkb:Republic_of_Vietnam_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:Vietnam_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Expeditionary_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Southwest_Asia_Service_Medal
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:class gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:commissioned 10 September 1945
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 4,104
gptkbp:decommissioned 11 April 1992
gptkbp:displacement 45,000 tons (standard)
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Naval_Base_San_Diego
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Midway (CVB-41)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:CV-41
CVA-41
CVB-41
gptkbp:laidDown 27 October 1943
gptkbp:launched 20 March 1945
gptkbp:length 972 feet
gptkbp:museum gptkb:San_Diego,_California
gptkbp:museumSince 2004
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Battle_of_Midway
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Midway_Magic
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Vice_Admiral_William_F._Bringle
Captain Larry Ernst
Rear Admiral Lawrence Chambers
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Operation_Frequent_Wind
Flagship of Persian Gulf operations in 1991
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Vietnam_War
Operation Desert Storm
gptkbp:propulsion Steam turbines
gptkbp:renovated 1955
1966
1970s
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:USS_Franklin_D._Roosevelt_(CVB-42)
gptkb:USS_Coral_Sea_(CVB-43)
gptkbp:speed 33 knots
gptkbp:status gptkb:ship
gptkbp:website https://www.midway.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:SCB-27_modernization
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5