USS St. Lo (CVE-63)

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
escort aircraft carrier
gptkbp:aircraftCarried 27 aircraft
gptkbp:armament 12 × 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannons
8 × 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns
1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal dual-purpose gun
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation
4 battle stars
gptkbp:battle gptkb:Battle_off_Samar
gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkbp:beam 65 ft 2 in (19.86 m)
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Kaiser_Shipyards
gptkbp:class gptkb:Casablanca-class_escort_carrier
gptkbp:commissioned 23 October 1943
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 860 officers and men
gptkbp:displacement 7,800 tons (standard)
gptkbp:fate sunk by kamikaze attack
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:San_Diego,_California
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS St. Lo (CVE-63)
gptkbp:launched 17 August 1943
gptkbp:length 512 ft 3 in (156.18 m)
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Battle_of_Saint-Lô
gptkbp:notableEvent first major warship sunk by a kamikaze attack
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:previousName USS Midway (CVE-63)
gptkbp:propulsion 2 Skinner Unaflow reciprocating steam engines
gptkbp:renamed 10 October 1944
gptkbp:speed 19 knots
gptkbp:sunkBy 25 October 1944
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:World_War_II_aircraft_carriers_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6