USS New Ironsides

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
ironclad
gptkbp:armament 16 x 11-inch Dahlgren smoothbore guns
2 x 150-pounder Parrott rifles
4 x 8-inch Dahlgren guns
4.5 inches (hull)
gptkbp:beam 57 ft
gptkbp:builder gptkb:William_Cramp_&_Sons
gptkbp:builtYear gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:commissioned August 21, 1862
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 449
gptkbp:decommissioned 1865
gptkbp:displacement 4,120 tons
gptkbp:draught 15 ft
gptkbp:enteredService 1862
gptkbp:fate destroyed by fire
gptkbp:fateDate December 16, 1865
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS New Ironsides
gptkbp:launched May 10, 1862
gptkbp:length 232 ft
gptkbp:namedAfter original USS Ironsides (nickname for USS Constitution)
gptkbp:notableEngagement gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkb:Battle_of_Charleston_Harbor
attacks on Fort Fisher
gptkbp:notableFor one of the most powerful Union warships of the Civil War
survived a Confederate spar torpedo attack in 1863
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:steam_locomotive
gptkb:sailor
gptkbp:type broadside ironclad
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Union_Navy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5