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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:battleship
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gptkbp:armament
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12 × 5 in guns
8 × 16 in guns
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gptkbp:armor
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12 in
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gptkbp:builder
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gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
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gptkbp:class
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West Virginia class
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gptkbp:commissioned
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1923
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gptkbp:crew
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1,500 personnel
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gptkbp:decommissioned
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1947
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gptkbp:designed_by
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gptkb:United_States_Navy
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gptkbp:displacement
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32,600 tons
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gptkbp:fate
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scrapped
scrapped in 1959
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gptkbp:historical_significance
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influenced post-war naval design
one of the last battleships built by the US
part of the US Navy's fleet modernization efforts
served in major naval battles of WWII
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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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West Virginia-class battleship
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gptkbp:launched
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gptkb:1921
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gptkbp:length
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680 feet
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gptkbp:medal
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gptkb:World_War_II_Victory_Medal
gptkb:European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:American_Campaign_Medal
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gptkbp:name
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gptkb:USS_West_Virginia_(BB-48)
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gptkbp:notable_event
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gptkb:Pearl_Harbor_attack
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gptkbp:notable_feature
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heavy armor
large displacement
high speed for a battleship
twin turrets
multiple gun calibers
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gptkbp:participated_in
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gptkb:Battle_of_Surigao_Strait
gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkb:Battle_of_Iwo_Jima
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gptkbp:propulsion
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steam turbines
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gptkbp:refloated
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1946
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gptkbp:served_in
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gptkb:World_War_II
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gptkbp:served_in_the_atlantic
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yes
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gptkbp:served_in_the_pacific
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yes
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gptkbp:sister_ship
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gptkb:Colorado-class_battleship
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gptkbp:speed
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21 knots
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gptkbp:sunk
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gptkb:1944
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gptkbp:waste_management
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scrapping
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Tennessee-class_battleship
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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