USS Nicholas (FFG-47)

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:aircraftCarried gptkb:SH-60_Seahawk_helicopter
gptkbp:armament gptkb:Phalanx_CIWS
gptkb:76_mm_OTO_Melara_gun
gptkb:Mk_13_missile_launcher
torpedo tubes
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Global_War_on_Terrorism_Expeditionary_Medal
gptkb:Meritorious_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_E_Ribbon
gptkb:Kuwait_Liberation_Medal_(Kuwait)
gptkb:Kuwait_Liberation_Medal_(Saudi_Arabia)
gptkb:Sea_Service_Deployment_Ribbon
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Armed_Forces_Expeditionary_Medal
gptkb:Global_War_on_Terrorism_Service_Medal
gptkb:Southwest_Asia_Service_Medal
gptkbp:beam 45 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Bath_Iron_Works
gptkbp:builtYear gptkb:Bath,_Maine
gptkbp:class gptkb:Oliver_Hazard_Perry-class
gptkbp:commissioned 10 March 1984
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 15 officers
190 enlisted
gptkbp:decommissioned 17 March 2014
gptkbp:displacement 4,100 tons (full load)
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Naval_Station_Norfolk
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Nicholas (FFG-47)
gptkbp:hullNumber FFG-47
gptkbp:laidDown 27 October 1982
gptkbp:launched 23 April 1983
gptkbp:length 453 feet
gptkbp:motto Our cause is just
gptkbp:namedAfter Major Samuel Nicholas
gptkbp:namesakeOf gptkb:Samuel_Nicholas
gptkbp:notableEvent Participated in Operation Desert Storm
Participated in anti-piracy operations off Somalia
Participated in Operation Earnest Will
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion 2 General Electric LM2500 gas turbines
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:USS_Samuel_B._Roberts_(FFG-58)
gptkb:USS_De_Wert_(FFG-45)
gptkb:USS_McInerney_(FFG-8)
gptkb:USS_Oliver_Hazard_Perry_(FFG-7)
USS Ford (FFG-54)
gptkbp:speed over 29 knots
gptkbp:status decommissioned
gptkbp:vehicleRegistrationCode FFG-47
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bath_Iron_Works
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6