USS Mississippi (BB-41)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
New Mexico-class battleship
gptkbp:armament anti-aircraft guns
12 × 14 in (356 mm) guns
14 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
gptkbp:awards 8 battle stars (World War II)
gptkbp:beam 97.5 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:builtYear gptkb:Newport_News,_Virginia
gptkbp:commissioned 18 December 1917
gptkbp:convertedTo gunnery training ship
guided missile test ship
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crew 1,081 officers and enlisted
gptkbp:decommissioned 17 September 1956
gptkbp:displacement 32,000 tons
gptkbp:draught 30 feet
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:fleetAssignment gptkb:Pacific_Fleet
gptkb:Atlantic_Fleet
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Mississippi (BB-41)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:BB-41
gptkbp:laidDown 17 April 1915
gptkbp:launched 25 January 1917
gptkbp:length 624 feet
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Mississippi
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Mighty_Miss
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Rear_Admiral_Jesse_B._Oldendorf
gptkbp:notableEvent fired last battleship salvo in US Navy history
involved in Turret Two explosion, 1924
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Battle_of_Surigao_Strait
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Battle_of_Kwajalein
gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:USS_Mississippi_(BB-23)
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:scrapped 1956
gptkbp:speed 21 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:USS_Mississippi_(CGN-40)
gptkbp:testPlatformFor gptkb:RIM-24_Tartar_missile
gptkb:RIM-2_Terrier_missile
gptkb:RIM-8_Talos_missile
gptkbp:usedFor missile testing
anti-aircraft defense
shore bombardment
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Mississippi
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5