USS New Hampshire (BB-70)

GPTKB entity

Statements (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf battleship
gptkbp:armament 9 × 16 in guns
20 × 5 in guns
49 × 20 mm guns
80 × 40 mm guns
gptkbp:awards gptkb:World_War_II_Victory_Medal
gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:United_Nations_Korea_Medal
gptkb:Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:Korean_Service_Medal
gptkbp:beam 108 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:class gptkb:Iowa-class_battleship
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:United_States_Navy
May 31, 1944
gptkbp:crew 2,700 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:United_States_Navy
June 30, 1947
gptkbp:displacement 58,000 tons
gptkbp:draft 38 feet
gptkbp:fate scrapped in 1960
gptkbp:finalDisposal Sold for scrap in 1960
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Captain_William_H._McCaffrey
gptkb:Captain_William_D._McCulloch
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS New Hampshire (BB-70)
gptkbp:launched July 30, 1941
gptkbp:length 887 feet
gptkbp:name gptkb:USS_New_Hampshire
gptkbp:nickname The Granite State
gptkbp:operationalStatus Inactive
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Bombardment_of_the_Japanese_home_islands
gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkb:Battle_of_Iwo_Jima
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:significantEvent First ship named after the state of New Hampshire
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:USS_Missouri_(BB-63)
USS Iowa (BB-61)
USS New Jersey (BB-62)
USS Wisconsin (BB-64)
gptkbp:speed 33 knots
gptkbp:status scrapped