USS North Carolina (BB-55)

GPTKB entity

Statements (58)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:battleship
gptkbp:armament 9 × 16 in guns
40 × 40 mm guns
20 × 5 in guns
50 × 20 mm guns
20 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
9 × 16 in (410 mm) guns
gptkbp:awards gptkb:World_War_II_Victory_Medal
gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:United_Nations_Korea_Medal
gptkb:Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:Korean_Service_Medal
gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:class gptkb:North_Carolina-class_battleship
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Captain_A._B._Cunningham
gptkb:Captain_H._H._Mc_Clure
gptkbp:commissioned 1941
April 9, 1941
gptkbp:crew 2,300 personnel
2,239 officers and enlisted
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Newport_News,_Virginia
June 27, 1947
gptkbp:displacement 35,000 tons
36,000 long tons (36,600 t)
gptkbp:famous_for first American battleship commissioned after World War I
surviving numerous battles in the Pacific Theater
gptkbp:fate gptkb:museum
gptkbp:has_museum April 29, 1962
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Wilmington,_North_Carolina
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS North Carolina (BB-55)
gptkbp:launched June 13, 1940
gptkbp:length 729 feet
729 ft (222 m)
gptkbp:location gptkb:North_Carolina_Museum_of_History
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Showboat
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkb:Battle_of_Iwo_Jima
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic
gptkb:Battle_of_Guadalcanal
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea
gptkbp:propulsion 4 × steam turbines
4 × propellers
gptkbp:recommissioned April 15, 1952
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:1971
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:USS_Washington_(BB-56)
gptkbp:speed 28 knots
28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
gptkbp:type gptkb:battleship
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Denver_(CL-58)
gptkb:USS_North_Carolina
gptkb:North_Carolina-class
gptkb:North_Carolina-class_battleship
gptkb:Battle_of_the_USS_North_Carolina
gptkb:USS_West_Virginia_(BB-48)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5