USS West Virginia

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:starship
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Pearl_Harbor_attack
gptkbp:aircraft_operated 3 × floatplanes
gptkbp:approves March 1944
gptkbp:armament 8 × 16 in (410 mm) guns
gptkbp:armor 12 in (305 mm) belt
gptkbp:awards 2 battle stars
gptkbp:casualties gptkb:USS_Oklahoma
gptkb:USS_Tennessee
gptkb:USS_Pennsylvania
gptkb:USS_Maryland
gptkb:USS_California
gptkb:USS_Nevada
gptkb:USS_Arizona
gptkb:USS_West_Virginia_(BB-48)
gptkbp:class gptkb:Colorado-class_battleship
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Captain_A._H._Mc_Crea
gptkb:Captain_E._W._Kenworthy
gptkbp:commissioned December 1, 1923
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:crew 1,200 officers and enlisted men
gptkbp:damage by Japanese bombers
gptkbp:decommissioned January 30, 1947
gptkbp:disbandment_date January 30, 1947
gptkbp:displacement 32,600 long tons (33,100 t) at full load
gptkbp:dissolved May 1942
gptkbp:fate scrapped in 1959
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Pearl_Harbor
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS West Virginia
gptkbp:launched November 17, 1921
gptkbp:length 728 ft (222 m)
gptkbp:losses gptkb:Pearl_Harbor
December 7, 1941
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:None
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor
gptkbp:origin gptkb:West_Virginia,_USA
gptkbp:participated_in gptkb:Battle_of_Surigao_Strait
gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkb:Battle_of_Iwo_Jima
gptkbp:propulsion 4 × Parsons steam turbines
gptkbp:released sold for scrap
gptkbp:reunion gptkb:1944
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:USS_Maryland
gptkb:USS_Colorado
gptkb:USS_Washington
gptkbp:speed 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)