USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103)

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:cruiser
gptkbp:approves gptkb:battle
gptkbp:armament 16 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
40 × 40 mm guns
50 × 20 mm guns
12 × 6 in (152 mm) guns
gptkbp:awards gptkb:World_War_II_Victory_Medal
gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:Korean_Service_Medal
gptkbp:class gptkb:Cleveland-class
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Captain_William_H._P._Blandy
gptkb:Captain_William_H._Mc_Caffrey
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:World_War_II
1944-05-12
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:crew 1,200 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Monarch
gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania
1949-06-30
gptkbp:displacement 13,600 tons
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap in 1974
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103)
gptkbp:launched 1943-12-16
gptkbp:length 610 ft (186 m)
gptkbp:losses gptkb:battle
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Wilkes-Barre
gptkbp:operates_in gptkb:Korean_War
gptkbp:participated_in gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkb:Battle_of_Iwo_Jima
gptkbp:propulsion 4 × boilers
4 × General Electric turbines
gptkbp:range 10,000 nautical miles (19,000 km)
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:battle
Pacific Theater
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:USS_Albany_(CL-123)
gptkb:USS_Pasadena_(CL-65)
gptkb:USS_Santa_Fe_(CL-60)
gptkb:USS_Columbia_(CL-56)
gptkb:USS_Denver_(CL-58)
gptkb:USS_Montpelier_(CL-57)
gptkb:USS_Little_Rock_(CL-92)
gptkb:USS_Cleveland_(CL-55)
gptkb:USS_Galveston_(CL-93)
gptkb:USS_Mobile_(CL-63)
gptkbp:speed 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Santa_Fe_(CL-60)
gptkb:USS_Montpelier_(CL-57)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5