USS Roanoke (CL-121)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:armament 12 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
10 × 20 mm AA guns
12 × 6 in (152 mm) guns
28 × 40 mm AA guns
gptkbp:beam 66 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:New_York_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkbp:class gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:commissioned 4 April 1949
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 1,255
gptkbp:decommissioned 31 October 1958
gptkbp:displacement 11,744 tons (standard)
14,131 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 Roanoke (CL-121)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:CL-121
gptkbp:laidDown 15 May 1945
gptkbp:launched 16 June 1947
gptkbp:length 610 feet
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Roanoke,_Virginia
gptkbp:notableEvent served as flagship for Cruiser Division 10
visited ports in Europe and the Mediterranean
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:scrapped 1962
gptkbp:service gptkb:Atlantic_Fleet
Mediterranean deployments
gptkbp:speed 32.5 knots
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:CL-121
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7