USS Tarawa (CV-40)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/USS_Tarawa_(CV-40)
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:aircraftCarried up to 100
gptkbp:armament 12 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
32 × 40 mm AA guns
46 × 20 mm AA guns
gptkbp:battle_star gptkb:Korean_War
gptkbp:beam 93 ft
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Norfolk_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:class gptkb:Essex-class
gptkbp:commissioned 8 December 1945
gptkbp:complement 3,448
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned 1 May 1960
gptkbp:displacement 27,100 tons
gptkbp:draught 28 ft
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Tarawa (CV-40)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:CV-40
gptkbp:laidDown 1 March 1944
gptkbp:launched 12 May 1945
gptkbp:length 888 ft
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Battle_of_Tarawa
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Big_T
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion Steam turbines
gptkbp:service World War II (postwar), Korean War, Cold War
gptkbp:speed 33 knots
gptkbp:struck 1 June 1967
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:SCB-27_modernization
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5