USS Pittsburgh (CA-72)

GPTKB entity

Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:armament 24 × 20 mm AA guns
48 × 40 mm AA guns
12 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
9 × 8 in (203 mm) guns
gptkbp:battleHonours 2 battle stars (World War II)
gptkbp:beam 70 feet 10 inches
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Fore_River_Shipyard
gptkbp:class gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:commissioned 10 October 1944
gptkbp:crewComplement 1,142
gptkbp:decommissioned 28 August 1946
gptkbp:displacement 13,600 tons (standard)
17,031 tons (full load)
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Pacific_Fleet
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Pittsburgh (CA-72)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:CA-72
gptkbp:launched 22 February 1944
gptkbp:length 673 feet
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:notableEvent Lost bow in typhoon, June 1945
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
Operations off Japan, 1945
gptkbp:propulsion 8 × boilers
4 × General Electric steam turbines
4 × shafts
gptkbp:scrapped August 1974
gptkbp:speed 33 knots
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5