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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:starship
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:USS_Denver_(CL-58)
gptkb:USS_New_Mexico_II
gptkb:USS_New_Mexico_IV
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gptkbp:aircraft_operated
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3 × Vought O S2 U Kingfisher
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gptkbp:approves
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gptkb:1986
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gptkbp:armament
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12 × 14 in (360 mm) guns
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gptkbp:armor
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Belt: 12 in (300 mm)
Deck: 5 in (130 mm)
Turrets: 16 in (410 mm)
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:World_War_II_Victory_Medal
gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Philippine_Liberation_Medal
gptkb:American_Campaign_Medal
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gptkbp:class
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gptkb:North_Carolina-class_battleship
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:Captain_William_H._Mc_Cauley
gptkb:Captain_John_W._H._Mc_Crea
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gptkbp:commissioned
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1941
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gptkbp:constructed_in
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gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
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gptkbp:crew
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1,200
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gptkbp:decommissioned
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gptkb:1990
gptkb:Naval_Station_San_Diego
30 June 1990
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gptkbp:displacement
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35,000 tons
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gptkbp:fate
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Scrapped
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gptkbp:home_port
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gptkb:Naval_Station_Norfolk
gptkb:San_Diego,_California
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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USS Mississippi (BB-41)
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gptkbp:launched
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1939
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gptkbp:length
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729 ft (222 m)
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gptkbp:name
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gptkb:USS_Mississippi
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gptkbp:nickname
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gptkb:Mississippi
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gptkbp:notable_event
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Conducted naval gunfire support during the Vietnam War.
Served as a training ship after decommissioning.
Supported landings at Normandy.
First ship to fire on Japanese forces in World War II.
Participated in the bombardment of the Japanese home islands.
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gptkbp:operated_by
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gptkb:battle
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gptkbp:operational_status
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Retired
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gptkbp:participated_in
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gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkb:Battle_of_Iwo_Jima
gptkb:Battle_of_Tarawa
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gptkbp:propulsion
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Geared turbine
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gptkbp:range
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15,000 nautical miles (28,000 km)
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gptkbp:served_in
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gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:Monarch
gptkb:World_War_II
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gptkbp:sister_ship
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gptkb:USS_Idaho_(BB-42)
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gptkbp:speed
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28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
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gptkbp:water_management
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gptkb:1993
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gptkbp:year_created
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12 April 1941
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