USS South Carolina (CS-1)

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:cruiser
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Virginia_(CS-2)
gptkbp:approves 1951
gptkbp:armament 8 × 8 in guns
2 × 21 in torpedo tubes
2 × 3 in guns
4 × 5 in guns
gptkbp:awards gptkb:World_War_II_Victory_Medal
gptkb:United_Nations_Medal
gptkb:European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:Philippine_Liberation_Medal
gptkb:American_Campaign_Medal
gptkbp:class South Carolina-class cruiser
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Captain_John_W._H._Mc_Crea
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Admiral_William_D._Leahy
1919
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:crew 800
gptkbp:decommissioned 1947
gptkbp:deployment 1945
Pacific Theater
gptkbp:displacement 10,000 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped
sold for scrap in 1970
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Charleston,_South_Carolina
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS South Carolina (CS-1)
gptkbp:launched 1918
gptkbp:length 600 ft
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Palmetto_State
gptkbp:notable_event first US Navy ship named after a state
gptkbp:operated_by gptkb:battle
gptkbp:operates_in gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkbp:operational_status active
gptkbp:participated_in gptkb:Operation_Husky
gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkb:Battle_of_Iwo_Jima
gptkb:Operation_Torch
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:range 10,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:received gptkb:Battle_Star
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:starship
gptkbp:sister_ship USS Michigan (CS-2)
gptkbp:speed 32 knots