USS Topeka (CL-67)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:armament 12 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
10 × 20 mm AA guns
12 × 6 in (152 mm) guns
28 × 40 mm AA guns
gptkbp:awards 5 battle stars (Vietnam War)
2 battle stars (World War II)
gptkbp:beam 66 ft 4 in
gptkbp:builder gptkb:New_York_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkbp:builtYear gptkb:Camden,_New_Jersey
gptkbp:class gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:commissioned 23 December 1944
gptkbp:convertedTo gptkb:ship
gptkb:New_York_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 1,255
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Boston,_Massachusetts
18 June 1949
5 June 1969
gptkbp:displacement 11,744 tons (standard)
14,131 tons (full load)
gptkbp:draught 24 ft 7 in
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Long_Beach,_California
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Topeka (CL-67)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:CL-67
gptkb:CLG-8
gptkbp:laidDown 21 April 1943
gptkbp:launched 19 August 1944
gptkbp:length 610 ft 1 in (overall)
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Topeka,_Kansas
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Topeka
gptkbp:notableEvent Participated in the bombardment of Japan in 1945
Participated in the occupation of Japan after WWII
Participated in naval gunfire support during the Vietnam War
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:reclassified gptkb:CLG-8
gptkbp:recommissioned 26 March 1960
gptkbp:recommissionedAt gptkb:Boston,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:scrapped 1975
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:speed 32.5 knots
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:Mrs._Frank_J._Warren
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Cleveland-class_light_cruiser_hulls
gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkb:Cramp_Shipbuilding_Company
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5