USS North Carolina (ACR-12)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf light cruiser
Tennessee-class armored cruiser
gptkbp:armament 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
16 × 6 in (152 mm) guns
22 × 3 in (76 mm) guns
4 × 10 in (254 mm) guns
belt: 5 in (127 mm)
conning tower: 9 in (229 mm)
turrets: 9 in (229 mm)
gptkbp:beam 72 ft 10 in (22.20 m)
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:commissioned 7 May 1908
gptkbp:crewComplement 914 officers and enlisted
gptkbp:decommissioned 18 February 1921
gptkbp:displacement 14,500 tons (full load)
gptkbp:draught 25 ft (7.6 m)
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS North Carolina (ACR-12)
gptkbp:laidDown 21 March 1905
gptkbp:launched 6 October 1906
gptkbp:length 504 ft (154 m)
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:State_of_North_Carolina
gptkbp:notableEvent first US warship to launch an aircraft by catapult
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion vertical triple-expansion engines
gptkbp:renamed 7 June 1920
USS Charlotte (CA-12)
gptkbp:role convoy escort
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:speed 22 knots
gptkbp:struck 15 July 1930
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:World_War_I_cruisers_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6