USS New Jersey III

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:battleship
gptkbp:armament 9 × 16 in guns
40 × 40 mm guns
20 × 5 in guns
50 × 20 mm guns
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Armed_Forces_Expeditionary_Medal
gptkb:World_War_II_Victory_Medal
gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Vietnam_Service_Medal
gptkb:Korean_Service_Medal
gptkb:Southwest_Asia_Service_Medal
gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation
gptkbp:beam 108 feet 2 inches
gptkbp:builder gptkb:New_York_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:captain gptkb:Captain_Carl_F._Holden
gptkbp:class gptkb:Iowa-class_battleship
gptkbp:commissioned 1943
gptkbp:crew 1,500 personnel
gptkbp:current_status preserved as a museum
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:1991
gptkbp:disbandment_date gptkb:1991
gptkbp:displacement 58,000 tons
gptkbp:drafted_by 38 feet 6 inches
gptkbp:fate gptkb:museum
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Camden,_New_Jersey
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS New Jersey III
gptkbp:launched December 7, 1942
gptkbp:length 887 feet
887 feet 3 inches
gptkbp:name gptkb:USS_New_Jersey
gptkbp:nickname Big J
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Bombardment_of_Iwo_Jima
gptkb:Operation_Tomodachi
gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
Bombardment of Korea
gptkbp:operated_by gptkb:New_Jersey_Naval_Museum
gptkbp:propulsion 4 × steam turbines
4 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers
4 × shafts
gptkbp:recommissioned gptkb:1968
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:USS_Wisconsin
gptkb:USS_Iowa
gptkb:USS_Missouri
gptkb:USS_Illinois
gptkbp:speed 33 knots
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Virginia
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5