USS North Carolina (NCC-70112)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:starship
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_New_Hampshire_(NCC-70101)
gptkbp:approves April 15, 1960
gptkbp:armament 40 × 40 mm 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:American_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation
gptkbp:beam 108 feet (33 m)
gptkbp:class gptkb:North_Carolina-class_battleship
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Captain_A._B._Cunningham
Captain H. E. Mc Crea
gptkbp:commissioned April 9, 1941
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:crew 2,200 officers and enlisted
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Borough
June 27, 1947
gptkbp:displacement 35,000 tons
gptkbp:draft_year 35 feet (11 m)
gptkbp:fate gptkb:museum
gptkbp:has_exhibition April 29, 1961
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS North Carolina (NCC-70112)
gptkbp:launched June 13, 1940
gptkbp:length 729 feet (222 m)
745 feet (227 m)
gptkbp:location gptkb:Wilmington,_North_Carolina
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Showboat
gptkbp:notable_event Survived multiple kamikaze attacks.
First American battleship commissioned after World War I.
Participated in the first naval battle fought entirely by aircraft.
Preserved as a memorial and museum.
Served as a flagship during the Pacific War.
gptkbp:operated_by gptkb:battle
gptkbp:participated_in 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
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:1975
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:USS_Washington_(BB-56)
gptkbp:speed 32 knots (37 mph; 61 km/h)