aircraft carrier USS Ticonderoga

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/aircraft_carrier_USS_Ticonderoga
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkbp:aircraftCarried up to 100
gptkbp:armament 12 × 5 in guns
gptkbp:awards 5 battle stars (WWII)
12 battle stars (Vietnam War)
3 Navy Unit Commendations
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:commissioned 8 May 1944
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 2,600
gptkbp:decommissioned 9 January 1974
gptkbp:displacement 27,100 tons (full load)
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Naval_Station_Norfolk
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label aircraft carrier USS Ticonderoga
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:CV-14
gptkbp:laidDown 1 February 1943
gptkbp:launched 7 February 1944
gptkbp:length 888 ft
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Battle_of_Ticonderoga
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Big_T
gptkbp:notableEvent recovered Apollo 16
recovered Gemini 3
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:speed 33 knots
gptkbp:struck 1 September 1973
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Apollo_17_Mobile_Quarantine_Facility
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6