USS West Virginia (BB-48)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/USS_West_Virginia_(BB-48)
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkbp:armament anti-aircraft guns
12 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
8 × 16 in (406 mm) guns
gptkbp:awards 5 battle stars (World War II)
gptkbp:beam 97.3 ft
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:class gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:commissioned 1 December 1923
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 1,407 officers and enlisted
gptkbp:decommissioned 9 January 1947
gptkbp:displacement 32,600 tons (standard)
33,590 tons (full load)
gptkbp:draught 30.5 ft
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Pearl_Harbor
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS West Virginia (BB-48)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:BB-48
gptkbp:laidDown 12 April 1920
gptkbp:launched 17 November 1921
gptkbp:length 624 ft
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:West_Virginia
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Wee_Vee
gptkbp:notableEvent attacked at Pearl Harbor
participated in Battle of Iwo Jima
participated in Battle of Leyte Gulf
participated in Battle of Okinawa
participated in Battle of Surigao Strait
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion 4 steam turbines
8 boilers
gptkbp:recommissioned 17 July 1944
gptkbp:refloated 17 May 1942
gptkbp:restored gptkb:Puget_Sound_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:USS_Colorado_(BB-45)
gptkb:USS_Washington_(BB-47)
gptkb:USS_Maryland_(BB-46)
gptkbp:speed 21 knots
gptkbp:struck 1 March 1959
gptkbp:sunkBy 7 December 1941
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5