USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/USS_Tuscaloosa_%28CA-37%29
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:cruiser
gptkbp:armament 12 × 5 in guns
9 × 8 in guns
20 × 20 mm guns
40 × 40 mm guns
gptkbp:beam 66 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:class Baltimore-class cruiser
gptkbp:commissioned 1943-1946
gptkbp:decommissioned 1946
gptkbp:displacement 13,600 tons
gptkbp:drafted_by 32 feet
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37)
gptkbp:length 610 feet
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Tusk
gptkbp:notable_event participated in the Battle of Leyte Gulf
supported landings at Iwo Jima
supported landings at Okinawa
gptkbp:service 1943
1946
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:USS_Pasadena_(CL-65)
gptkb:USS_Saint_Louis_(CL-49)
gptkb:USS_Albany_(CA-123)
gptkb:USS_Chicago_(CA-136)
gptkb:USS_Columbus_(CA-74)
gptkb:USS_New_Orleans_(CA-32)
gptkb:USS_Newport_News_(CA-148)
gptkb:USS_Pensacola_(CA-24)
gptkb:USS_Salt_Lake_City_(CA-25)
gptkb:USS_St._Paul_(CA-73)
gptkb:USS_Toledo_(CA-133)
gptkb:USS_Little_Rock_(CL-92)
gptkb:USS_Portland_(CA-33)
gptkb:USS_Baltimore_(CA-68)
gptkb:USS_Canberra_(CA-70)
gptkb:USS_Quincy_(CA-71)
gptkb:USS_Atlanta_(CL-51)
gptkb:USS_Galveston_(CL-93)
gptkb:USS_Helena_(CL-50)
gptkb:USS_Juneau_(CL-52)
gptkb:USS_Nashville_(CL-43)
gptkb:USS_San_Diego_(CL-53)
gptkb:USS_San_Francisco_(CA-38)
gptkb:USS_Mobile_(CL-63)
gptkbp:speed 33 knots
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_New_Orleans_(CA-32)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6