USS Tennessee (BB-43)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkbp:armament anti-aircraft guns
12 × 14 in (356 mm) guns
14 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
gptkbp:awards 10 battle stars (World War II)
gptkbp:beam 97 ft
gptkbp:builder gptkb:New_York_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:class gptkb:Tennessee-class_battleship
gptkbp:commissioned June 3, 1920
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 1,083 officers and enlisted
gptkbp:decommissioned February 14, 1947
gptkbp:displacement 32,300 tons (standard)
37,970 tons (full load)
gptkbp:draught 30 ft
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Pearl_Harbor
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Tennessee (BB-43)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:BB-43
gptkbp:laidDown May 14, 1917
gptkbp:launched April 30, 1919
gptkbp:length 624 ft
gptkbp:modernization 1942–1943
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:State_of_Tennessee
gptkbp:notableEvent participated in Battle of Iwo Jima
participated in Battle of Leyte Gulf
participated in Battle of Okinawa
participated in Battle of Surigao Strait
attacked at Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion 4 geared steam turbines
8 oil-fired boilers
gptkbp:repairedAt gptkb:Puget_Sound_Navy_Yard
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:USS_California_(BB-44)
gptkbp:soldForScrap July 10, 1959
gptkbp:speed 21 knots
gptkbp:struck March 1, 1959
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Tennessee
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5