|
gptkbp:instanceOf
|
gptkb:ship
North Carolina-class battleship
|
|
gptkbp:armament
|
40 × 40 mm AA guns
20 × 5 in/38 cal guns
48 × 20 mm AA guns
9 × 16 in/45 cal guns
|
|
gptkbp:armor_conning_tower
|
16 in
|
|
gptkbp:armor_turret
|
16 in
|
|
gptkbp:armorBelt
|
12 in
|
|
gptkbp:armorDeck
|
5.5 in
|
|
gptkbp:awards
|
13 battle stars
|
|
gptkbp:beam
|
108.3 ft
|
|
gptkbp:builder
|
gptkb:Philadelphia_Naval_Shipyard
|
|
gptkbp:commissioned
|
15 May 1941
|
|
gptkbp:country
|
gptkb:United_States
|
|
gptkbp:crewComplement
|
1,880 officers and enlisted
|
|
gptkbp:decommissioned
|
27 June 1947
|
|
gptkbp:displacement
|
44,800 long tons (full load)
|
|
gptkbp:draught
|
35 ft
|
|
gptkbp:fate
|
sold for scrap
|
|
gptkbp:first_US_battleship_to_sink_enemy_battleship_in_WWII
|
true
|
|
gptkbp:flag
|
gptkb:Task_Force_39
|
|
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
|
USS Washington (BB-56)
|
|
gptkbp:laidDown
|
14 June 1938
|
|
gptkbp:launched
|
1 June 1940
|
|
gptkbp:length
|
728.8 ft
|
|
gptkbp:namedAfter
|
gptkb:Washington_(U.S._state)
|
|
gptkbp:nickname
|
gptkb:The_Cherry_Tree
|
|
gptkbp:notableBattle
|
gptkb:Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal
gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea
|
|
gptkbp:operator
|
gptkb:United_States_Navy
|
|
gptkbp:propulsion
|
4 × General Electric steam turbines
8 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers
|
|
gptkbp:range
|
17,450 nmi at 15 knots
|
|
gptkbp:scrapped
|
1961
|
|
gptkbp:served_in_theater
|
gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
|
|
gptkbp:sisterShip
|
gptkb:USS_North_Carolina_(BB-55)
|
|
gptkbp:speed
|
28 knots
|
|
gptkbp:struck
|
1 June 1960
|
|
gptkbp:sunkBy
|
IJN Kirishima
|
|
gptkbp:bfsParent
|
gptkb:Ships_built_by_New_York_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkb:USS_North_Carolina_(BB-55)
gptkb:North_Carolina-class
|
|
gptkbp:bfsLayer
|
6
|