USS Yancey (AKA-93)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf LST-1-class tank landing ship
gptkbp:armament 1 × 5 in (127 mm) gun
4 × twin 40 mm guns
16 × 20 mm guns
gptkbp:awards 2 battle stars (Korean War)
2 battle stars (World War II)
gptkbp:beam 63 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Moore_Dry_Dock_Company
gptkbp:class LST-1-class tank landing ship
gptkbp:commissioned 11 October 1944
gptkbp:complement 425 officers and enlisted
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned 20 October 1970
20 April 1958
gptkbp:displacement 13,910 tons (full load)
gptkbp:draught 26 feet
gptkbp:fate Sunk as artificial reef
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Yancey (AKA-93)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:AKA-93
gptkbp:launched 8 July 1944
gptkbp:length 459 feet
gptkbp:locationSunk off the coast of North Carolina
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Yancey_County,_North_Carolina
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Cuban_Missile_Crisis
gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Operation_Highjump
gptkbp:propulsion Steam turbine, single screw
gptkbp:recommissioned 12 December 1961
gptkbp:speed 16.5 knots
gptkbp:sunkBy 18 May 1990
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Walsh-Kaiser_Company
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7