USS West Virginia (BB-73)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/USS_West_Virginia_%28BB-73%29
GPTKB entity
Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:starship
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:CSS_North_Carolina_IV
gptkbp:armament 16 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
40 × 40 mm guns
50 × 20 mm guns
12 × 14 in (356 mm) guns
gptkbp:class gptkb:South_Dakota-class_battleship
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:1944
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:decommissioned 1947
gptkbp:deployment 1945
gptkbp:displacement 35,000 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS West Virginia (BB-73)
gptkbp:launched 1941
gptkbp:length 680 ft (207 m)
gptkbp:losses gptkb:1944
gptkbp:nickname W. Va.
gptkbp:participated_in gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:served_in Pacific Theater
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:USS_Colorado_(BB-45)
gptkb:USS_Maryland_(BB-46)
gptkb:USS_Nevada_(BB-36)
gptkb:USS_Pennsylvania_(BB-38)
gptkb:USS_Massachusetts_(BB-59)
gptkb:USS_New_Hampshire_(BB-70)
gptkb:USS_Tennessee_(BB-43)
gptkb:USS_Missouri_(BB-63)
gptkb:USS_South_Dakota_(BB-57)
gptkb:USS_North_Carolina_(BB-55)
gptkb:USS_Oklahoma_(BB-37)
gptkb:USS_Arizona_(BB-39)
gptkb:USS_Iowa_(BB-61)
gptkb:USS_New_Jersey_(BB-62)
gptkb:USS_Texas_(BB-35)
gptkb:USS_Utah_(BB-31)
gptkb:USS_Washington_(BB-56)
gptkb:USS_West_Virginia_(BB-48)
gptkb:USS_Wisconsin_(BB-64)
gptkb:USS_Alabama_(BB-60)
gptkb:USS_Arkansas_(BB-33)
gptkb:USS_California_(BB-44)
gptkb:USS_Florida_(BB-30)
gptkb:USS_Indiana_(BB-58)
gptkb:USS_New_Mexico_(BB-40)
gptkbp:speed 27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h)