USS New Jersey II

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:starship
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Virginia
gptkbp:aircraft_operated 2 × Sikorsky H O3 S-1
1 × Vought F4 U Corsair
gptkbp:approves November 14, 1968
gptkbp:armament 20 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
9 × 16 in (410 mm) guns
gptkbp:armor up to 12 in (305 mm) belt
up to 18 in (457 mm) turret
up to 6 in (152 mm) deck
gptkbp:class gptkb:Iowa-class_battleship
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Captain_Carl_F._Holden
gptkb:Captain_William_J._Mc_Gowan
gptkbp:commissioned May 23, 1943
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:New_York_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkbp:crew 1,500 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned February 8, 1991
gptkbp:displacement 58,000 tons
gptkbp:fate Preserved as a museum ship
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Camden,_New_Jersey
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS New Jersey II
gptkbp:launched December 7, 1942
gptkbp:length 887 feet (270 m)
gptkbp:location gptkb:Battleship_New_Jersey_Museum_and_Memorial
gptkbp:name gptkb:USS_New_Jersey_II
gptkbp:nickname Big J
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Bombardment_of_Iwo_Jima
gptkb:Operation_Sharp_Guard
gptkb:Operation_Tomodachi
gptkb:Operation_Enduring_Freedom
gptkb:Operation_Iraqi_Freedom
gptkb:Operation_Desert_Storm
gptkb:Bombardment_of_Korean_War
Vietnam War operations
gptkbp:operated_by gptkb:battle
gptkbp:propulsion 4 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers
4 × shafts
2 × Westinghouse turbines
gptkbp:radar AN/ SPS-10
AN/ SPS-12
AN/ SPS-6
AN/ SPS-8
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:1991
gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:USS_Wisconsin
gptkb:USS_Iowa
gptkb:USS_Missouri
gptkbp:speed 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
November 14, 1968
gptkbp:status gptkb:museum