USS Texas (BB-35)

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:starship
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Denver_(CL-58)
gptkb:George_Dewey
gptkb:William_Cramp_&_Sons
gptkb:USS_Washington_(BB-56)
gptkbp:armament 10 × 14 in guns
21 × 5 in guns
gptkbp:armor 12 in (305 mm) belt
14 in (356 mm) turret
5 in (127 mm) deck
gptkbp:class gptkb:New_York-class_battleship
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:1914
gptkbp:conservation_efforts gptkb:San_Jacinto_Battleground_State_Historic_Site
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:New_York_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkbp:crew 1,200 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1948
August 1948
gptkbp:displacement 33,000 tons
gptkbp:famous_for its role in naval history
being a museum ship
its preservation as a historic site
its service in two world wars
being the first battleship to fire on enemy forces in World War II
gptkbp:fate gptkb:museum
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Galveston,_Texas
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Texas (BB-35)
gptkbp:launched 1912
gptkbp:length 573 feet
gptkbp:losses not sunk
gptkbp:material 2 funnels
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Big_T
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:D-Day_landings
gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkb:Battle_of_Iwo_Jima
bombardment of Cherbourg
gptkbp:notable_ships equipped with radar
gptkbp:participated_in gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkb:Operation_Dragoon
gptkb:Operation_Torch
gptkb:Operation_Magic_Carpet
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
4 × boilers
gptkbp:radar gptkb:SC_radar
SG radar
gptkbp:range 8,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:Gulf_of_Mexico
gptkb:North_Atlantic_Ocean
gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:World_War_II
flagship of the United States Atlantic Fleet
gptkbp:speed 21 knots