USS New Orleans (CA-32)

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
light cruiser
gptkbp:armament anti-aircraft guns
8 × 5 in guns
9 × 8 in guns
gptkbp:awards 17 battle stars
gptkbp:beam 61 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:New_York_Navy_Yard
gptkbp:category gptkb:World_War_II_cruisers_of_the_United_States
Ships built in Brooklyn
gptkbp:class gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:commissioned 15 February 1934
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 866
gptkbp:decommissioned 10 February 1947
gptkbp:displacement 9,950 tons
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Task_Force_18
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS New Orleans (CA-32)
gptkbp:hullNumber CA-32
gptkbp:launched 12 April 1933
gptkbp:length 588 feet
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:New_Orleans,_Louisiana
gptkbp:nickname "The Galloping Ghost of the South Pacific"
gptkbp:notableEvent Severely damaged at Battle of Tassafaronga
Lost bow in battle, returned to port under own power
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Battle_of_the_Eastern_Solomons
gptkb:Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal
gptkb:Battle_of_Midway
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea
gptkb:Battle_of_Tassafaronga
gptkb:Battle_of_Coral_Sea
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:scrapped 1959
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:USS_Minneapolis_(CA-36)
gptkb:USS_Chester_(CA-27)
gptkb:USS_Northampton_(CA-26)
gptkb:USS_Quincy_(CA-39)
gptkb:USS_Vincennes_(CA-44)
gptkb:USS_Astoria_(CA-34)
gptkb:USS_Tuscaloosa_(CA-37)
gptkb:USS_San_Francisco_(CA-38)
gptkb:USS_Louisville_(CA-28)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkb:light_cruiser
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5