USS South Dakota II

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:battleship
gptkbp:armament 16 × 5 in guns
12 × 14 in guns
25 × 20 mm guns
60 × 40 mm guns
gptkbp:armor up to 12 in
gptkbp:beam 108 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:class gptkb:South_Dakota-class_battleship
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Captain_Thomas_L._Gatch
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:1942
gptkb:Washington,_D._C.
gptkb:United_States_Navy
1942-03-20
gptkbp:crew 2,500 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Newport_News,_Virginia
1947
1947-01-31
gptkbp:deployment Pacific Theater
gptkbp:displacement 37,000 tons
gptkbp:drafted_by 34 feet
gptkbp:fate gptkb:1962
gptkb:Baltimore,_Maryland
scrapped
gptkbp:height 200 ft
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS South Dakota II
gptkbp:launched 1941-06-07
gptkbp:length 680 feet
680 ft 6 in
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Battleship_South_Dakota
gptkbp:notable_event Survived multiple engagements with minimal damage.
First battleship to engage in combat after Pearl Harbor.
Conducted training exercises post-war.
Supported landings in the Philippines.
Participated in the bombardment of Japanese positions.
gptkbp:participated_in gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Battle_of_Santa_Cruz_Islands
gptkb:Battle_of_Guadalcanal
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea
gptkbp:propulsion 4 × steam turbines
4 × propellers
gptkbp:received 11 battle stars
gptkbp:scrapped_year gptkb:1962
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:served_until_year 1947
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:USS_Massachusetts_(BB-59)
gptkb:USS_North_Carolina_(BB-55)
gptkb:USS_Alabama_(BB-60)
gptkb:USS_Indiana_(BB-58)
gptkbp:speed 27 knots
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Virginia
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5