USS White Plains (CVE-66)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf escort aircraft carrier
gptkbp:aircraftCarried 27 aircraft
gptkbp:armament 12 × 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannons
8 × 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns
1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal dual-purpose gun
gptkbp:awards 5 battle stars
gptkbp:battle gptkb:Battle_off_Samar
gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkbp:beam 65 ft 2 in
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Kaiser_Shipyards
gptkbp:class gptkb:Casablanca-class_escort_carrier
gptkbp:commissioned 15 January 1944
gptkbp:complement 860
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned 10 July 1946
gptkbp:displacement 7,800 tons (standard)
gptkbp:draught 22 ft 6 in
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:San_Diego,_California
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS White Plains (CVE-66)
gptkbp:hullNumber CVE-66
gptkbp:laidDown 11 September 1943
gptkbp:launched 27 November 1943
gptkbp:length 512 ft 3 in
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:White_Plains,_New_York
gptkbp:notableEvent Survived kamikaze attack at Leyte Gulf
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion 2 Skinner Unaflow reciprocating steam engines
gptkbp:scrapped 1960
gptkbp:speed 19 knots
gptkbp:struck 12 June 1946
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:World_War_II_aircraft_carriers_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6