USS Saratoga (CV-3)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:aircraftCarried up to 78
gptkbp:armament 12 × 5 in guns
8 × 8 in guns
gptkbp:awards 7 battle stars
gptkbp:beam 106 ft
gptkbp:builder gptkb:New_York_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkbp:commissioned 16 November 1927
gptkbp:convertedTo battlecruiser hull (CC-3)
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 2,212
gptkbp:decommissioned 16 August 1946
gptkbp:displacement 36,000 tons
gptkbp:fate sunk during Operation Crossroads
gptkbp:featuredIn gptkb:Operation_Magic_Carpet
gptkbp:final_sinking_cause capsized after second atomic bomb
gptkbp:first_US_Navy_ship_with aircraft carrier hull number (CV-3)
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Carrier_Division_One
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:San_Diego
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Saratoga (CV-3)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:CV-3
gptkbp:laidDown 25 September 1920
gptkbp:launched 7 April 1925
gptkbp:length 888 ft
gptkbp:locationSunk gptkb:Bikini_Atoll
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Battle_of_Saratoga
gptkbp:naval_registry_number gptkb:CV-3
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Sister_Sara
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_the_Eastern_Solomons
gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
Battle of Iwo Jima
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Operation_Crossroads
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:serves gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:USS_Lexington_(CV-2)
gptkbp:speed 33.25 knots
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:Mrs._Curtis_D._Wilbur
gptkbp:sunkBy 25 July 1946
gptkbp:survived two atomic bomb tests
gptkbp:wreckLocation gptkb:Bikini_Atoll_lagoon
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkb:USS_Saratoga
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5