| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
 
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                                | gptkbp:aircraftCarried | gptkb:SH-60_Seahawk_helicopter 
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                                | gptkbp:armament | gptkb:Phalanx_CIWS gptkb:76_mm_OTO_Melara_gun
 gptkb:Mk_13_missile_launcher
 torpedo tubes
 
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                                | 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
 
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                                | gptkbp:beam | 45 feet 
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                                | gptkbp:builder | gptkb:Bath_Iron_Works 
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                                | gptkbp:builtYear | gptkb:Bath,_Maine 
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                                | gptkbp:class | gptkb:Oliver_Hazard_Perry-class 
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                                | gptkbp:commissioned | 10 March 1984 
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                                | gptkbp:countryOfOrigin | gptkb:United_States 
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                                | gptkbp:crewComplement | 15 officers 190 enlisted
 
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                                | gptkbp:decommissioned | 17 March 2014 
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                                | gptkbp:displacement | 4,100 tons (full load) 
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                                | gptkbp:homeport | gptkb:Naval_Station_Norfolk 
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                                | gptkbp:hullNumber | FFG-47 
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                                | gptkbp:laidDown | 27 October 1982 
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                                | gptkbp:launched | 23 April 1983 
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                                | gptkbp:length | 453 feet 
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                                | gptkbp:motto | Our cause is just 
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                                | gptkbp:namedAfter | Major Samuel Nicholas 
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                                | gptkbp:namesakeOf | gptkb:Samuel_Nicholas 
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                                | gptkbp:notableEvent | Participated in Operation Desert Storm Participated in anti-piracy operations off Somalia
 Participated in Operation Earnest Will
 
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                                | gptkbp:operator | gptkb:United_States_Navy 
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                                | gptkbp:propulsion | 2 General Electric LM2500 gas turbines 
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                                | 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)
 
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                                | gptkbp:speed | over 29 knots 
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                                | gptkbp:status | decommissioned 
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                                | gptkbp:vehicleRegistrationCode | FFG-47 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Bath_Iron_Works 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 7 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | USS Nicholas (FFG-47) 
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