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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:starship
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:CSS_North_Carolina_IV
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gptkbp:approves
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gptkb:1980s
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gptkbp:armament
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16-inch guns
5-inch guns
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gptkbp:awarded_by
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gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Vietnam_Service_Medal
gptkb:United_Nations_Korea_Medal
gptkb:Republic_of_Vietnam_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:Korean_Service_Medal
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gptkbp:class
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gptkb:Iowa-class_battleship
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:Captain_H._M._Mc_Crea
gptkb:Captain_A._M._Mc_Crea
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gptkbp:commissioned
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gptkb:Admiral_William_D._Leahy
June 1946
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gptkbp:constructed_in
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gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
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gptkbp:crew
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2,700 personnel
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gptkbp:decommissioned
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1960s
January 1959
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gptkbp:deployment
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gptkb:Korean_War
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gptkbp:displacement
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45,000 tons
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gptkbp:fate
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scrapped in 1959
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gptkbp:home_port
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gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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USS West Virginia (BB-95)
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gptkbp:launched
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November 7, 1944
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gptkbp:length
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887 feet (270 m)
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gptkbp:nickname
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gptkb:Big_W
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gptkbp:notable_event
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conducted naval exercises
provided naval gunfire support
assisted in humanitarian missions
participated in nuclear tests
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gptkbp:operates_in
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gptkb:Caribbean_Sea
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
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gptkbp:participated_in
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gptkb:Operation_Magic_Carpet
gptkb:Operation_Crossroads
gptkb:Operation_Sea_Horse
Cold War operations
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gptkbp:propulsion
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steam turbines
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gptkbp:received
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gptkb:Battle_Efficiency_Award
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gptkbp:served_in
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gptkb:1959
gptkb:Pacific_Fleet
gptkb:Atlantic_Fleet
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gptkbp:sister_ship
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gptkb:USS_Missouri_(BB-63)
gptkb:USS_Iowa_(BB-61)
gptkb:USS_New_Jersey_(BB-62)
gptkb:USS_Wisconsin_(BB-64)
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gptkbp:speed
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28 knots
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gptkbp:status
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scrapped
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