USS Northampton (CA-125)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Royal Navy ship
Oregon City-class heavy cruiser
gptkbp:armament anti-aircraft guns
12 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
9 × 8 in (203 mm) guns
gptkbp:beam 70 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Fore_River_Shipyard
gptkbp:builtYear gptkb:Quincy,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:commissioned 7 March 1953
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 1,142
gptkbp:decommissioned 8 February 1970
gptkbp:displacement 13,700 tons (standard)
17,000 tons (full load)
gptkbp:draught 24 feet
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Northampton (CA-125)
gptkbp:laidDown 31 August 1944
gptkbp:launched 27 January 1951
gptkbp:length 673 feet
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Northampton,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:notableEvent converted to command ship (CLC-1)
served as command ship for the United States Atlantic Fleet
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion 4 shafts
4 steam turbines
gptkbp:reclassified CLC-1
gptkbp:role National Emergency Command Post Afloat (NECPA)
gptkbp:speed 33 knots
gptkbp:struck 1 December 1977
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Oregon_City-class_cruiser
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6