| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:LST-1-class_tank_landing_ship 
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                                | gptkbp:armament | 2 × Phalanx CIWS 2 × 25 mm Mk 38 guns
 
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                                | gptkbp:awards | gptkb:Meritorious_Unit_Commendation gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
 gptkb:Humanitarian_Service_Medal
 gptkb:Navy_Expeditionary_Medal
 gptkb:Kuwait_Liberation_Medal_(Kuwait)
 gptkb:Kuwait_Liberation_Medal_(Saudi_Arabia)
 gptkb:Sea_Service_Deployment_Ribbon
 gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
 gptkb:Southwest_Asia_Service_Medal
 
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                                | gptkbp:beam | 84 feet 
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                                | gptkbp:builder | gptkb:General_Dynamics_Quincy_Shipbuilding_Division 
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                                | gptkbp:class | gptkb:LST-1-class_tank_landing_ship 
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                                | gptkbp:commissioned | 3 October 1970 
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                                | gptkbp:countryOfOrigin | gptkb:United_States 
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                                | gptkbp:crewComplement | over 400 
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                                | gptkbp:decommissioned | 18 March 2003 
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                                | gptkbp:displacement | 16,900 tons (full load) 
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                                | gptkbp:fate | scrapped 
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                                | gptkbp:homeport | gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia 
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                                | gptkbp:hullNumber | gptkb:LSD-37 
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                                | gptkbp:laidDown | 4 August 1969 
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                                | gptkbp:launched | 21 November 1970 
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                                | gptkbp:length | 553 feet 
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                                | gptkbp:namedAfter | gptkb:Portland,_Maine 
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                                | gptkbp:operator | gptkb:United_States_Navy 
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                                | gptkbp:participatedIn | Operation Desert Storm 
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                                | gptkbp:propulsion | 2 steam turbines 
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                                | gptkbp:speed | 20 knots 
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                                | gptkbp:status | decommissioned 
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                                | gptkbp:successor | gptkb:USS_Portland_(LPD-27) 
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                                | gptkbp:type | gptkb:ship 
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                                | gptkbp:vehicleRegistrationCode | gptkb:LSD-37 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Amphibious_Squadron_50 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 5 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | USS Portland (LSD-37) 
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