USS Princeton (LPH-5)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:aircraftCarried helicopters
gptkbp:armament 40 mm anti-aircraft guns
twin 5-inch/38 caliber guns
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Republic_of_Vietnam_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:Vietnam_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Korean_Service_Medal
gptkbp:badge features a tiger and a trident
gptkbp:beam 84 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Philadelphia_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:class gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:commissioned 18 November 1950
gptkbp:complement officers and enlisted: 1,600+
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned 30 January 1970
gptkbp:displacement 11,147 tons (light)
16,950 tons (full)
gptkbp:draught 26 feet
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Long_Beach,_California
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Princeton (LPH-5)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:LPH-5
gptkbp:laidDown 14 June 1943
gptkbp:launched 8 July 1945
gptkbp:length 603 feet
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Battle_of_Princeton
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Apollo_10_recovery_ship
gptkb:Operation_Starlite
gptkbp:number_of_battle_stars_(Korean_War) 8
gptkbp:number_of_battle_stars_(Vietnam_War) 5
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkbp:previouslyClassifiedAs gptkb:CV-37
gptkb:CVA-37
gptkb:CVS-37
gptkb:LPH-5
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:USS_Guadalcanal_(LPH-7)
gptkb:USS_Inchon_(LPH-12)
gptkb:USS_Iwo_Jima_(LPH-2)
gptkb:USS_New_Orleans_(LPH-11)
gptkb:USS_Okinawa_(LPH-3)
gptkb:USS_Tripoli_(LPH-10)
gptkbp:speed 23 knots
gptkbp:struck 15 September 1973
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Princeton
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6