USS Newport News (CA-148)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/USS_Newport_News_%28CA-148%29

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instance_of	gptkb:cruiser
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:USS_Denver_(CL-58) gptkb:USS_San_Francisco_(CA-38)
gptkbp:armament	12 × 5 in (127 mm) guns 9 × 8 in (203 mm) guns 20 × 20 mm guns 40 × 40 mm guns
gptkbp:class	Baltimore-class cruiser
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Captain_John_W._Mc_Cauley_III gptkb:Captain_John_W._Mc_Cauley_IV gptkb:Captain_John_W._Mc_Cauley_Jr. gptkb:Captain_John_W._Mc_Cauley_V gptkb:Captain_William_H._Mc_Gowan_III gptkb:Captain_William_H._Mc_Gowan_IV gptkb:Captain_William_H._Mc_Gowan_Jr. gptkb:Captain_William_H._Mc_Gowan_V gptkb:Captain_William_H._Mc_Gowan gptkb:Captain_John_W._Mc_Cauley
gptkbp:commissioned	gptkb:1949
gptkbp:constructed_in	gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:decommissioned	gptkb:1993
gptkbp:displacement	17,000 tons
gptkbp:fate	scrapped
gptkbp:home_port	gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	USS Newport News (CA-148)
gptkbp:launched	1948
gptkbp:length	717 ft (219 m)
gptkbp:nickname	The News
gptkbp:notable_event	gptkb:Operation_Desert_Storm gptkb:Vietnam_War gptkb:rocket gptkb:Operation_Desert_Shield
gptkbp:operational_area	gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkbp:service_branch	gptkb:battle
gptkbp:sister_ship	gptkb:USS_Pasadena_(CL-65) gptkb:USS_Albany_(CA-123) gptkb:USS_Columbus_(CA-74) gptkb:USS_Newport_News_(CA-148) gptkb:USS_Saint_Paul_(CA-73) gptkb:USS_Toledo_(CA-133) gptkb:USS_Little_Rock_(CL-92) gptkb:USS_Baltimore_(CA-68) gptkb:USS_Canberra_(CA-70)
gptkbp:status	scrapped in 1994
gptkbp:water_management	recycled sold for scrap dismantled in 1994