USS New Jersey (BB-62)

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:starship
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Norfolk_Navy_Yard
gptkb:USS_New_Jersey
gptkbp:active_years 1943-1991
gptkbp:aircraft_operated 2 × Sikorsky H O3 S-1
gptkbp:approves gptkb:2000
gptkbp:armament 9 × 16 in (410 mm) guns
gptkbp:armor up to 12.1 in (310 mm)
gptkbp:class gptkb:Iowa-class_battleship
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Captain_Lyman_K._Swenson
gptkb:Captain_William_J._Mc_Gowan
gptkbp:commissioned 1943
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:New_York_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:crew 1,500
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:1991
February 8, 1991
gptkbp:displacement 58,000 tons
gptkbp:fate gptkb:museum
gptkbp:has_exhibition gptkb:Battleship_New_Jersey_Museum_and_Memorial
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Camden,_New_Jersey
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS New Jersey (BB-62)
gptkbp:launched December 7, 1942
gptkbp:length 887 feet (270 m)
gptkbp:name gptkb:USS_New_Jersey
gptkbp:nickname Big J
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Bombardment_of_Iwo_Jima
gptkb:Operation_Desert_Storm
gptkb:Operation_Sharp_Edge
gptkb:Bombardment_of_Korean_War
gptkb:Operation_Desert_Shield
gptkb:Persian_Gulf_War
Cold War operations
Humanitarian missions
Vietnam War operations
Naval gunfire support missions
Lebanon crisis
gptkbp:operated_by gptkb:battle
gptkbp:powers 212,000 shp
gptkbp:propulsion 4 × steam turbines
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:Operation_Desert_Storm
gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:USS_Missouri_(BB-63)
gptkb:USS_Iowa_(BB-61)
gptkb:USS_Wisconsin_(BB-64)
gptkbp:speed 33 knots (61 km/h)