USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)

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USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) was a Pennsylvania-class battleship of the United States Navy that served prominently in both World Wars, particularly in the Pacific Theater.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
USS Pennsylvania 3
Pennsylvania class 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Pennsylvania-class battleship
United States Navy warship
battleship
armament anti-aircraft guns
armamentPrimary 12 × 14-inch/45 caliber guns
armamentSecondary 5-inch guns
armorBelt 13.5 in
armorDeck 3 in
armorTurrets 18 in
beam 29.6 m
97 ft
builder Newport News Shipbuilding
category Dreadnought battleship
class Pennsylvania-class battleship
surface form: Pennsylvania class
commissioned 1916-06-12
country United States of America
crewComplement approximately 900
crewComplementWartime over 1,300
damagedIn attack on Pearl Harbor
surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor
dateHitByTorpedo 1945-08-12
decommissioned 1946-08-29
displacementFullLoad 33200 long tons
displacementStandard 31400 long tons
draft 29 ft
era World War I
surface form: World War I era

World War II era
fate sunk as target
flagshipOf Atlantic Fleet
surface form: United States Atlantic Fleet
hitBy Japanese torpedo at Okinawa
homeport Pearl Harbor (interwar and early WWII)
surface form: Pearl Harbor
hullNumber BB-38
laidDown 1913-10-27
launched 1915-03-16
length 185 m
608 ft
locationDuringAttackOnPearlHarbor dry dock at Pearl Harbor
maximumSpeed 21 knots
namedAfter Pennsylvania
surface form: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
operator United States Navy
participatedIn Aleutian Islands campaign
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign
Battle of Iwo Jima
surface form: Invasion of Iwo Jima

Battle of Okinawa
surface form: Invasion of Okinawa

Battle of the Philippines (1944–1945)
surface form: Invasion of the Philippines (1944–1945)

Mariana and Palau Islands campaign
powerOutput 31500 shp
presentAtEvent attack on Pearl Harbor
surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor
propulsion oil-fired boilers
steam turbines
range 8000 nmi at 12 knots
receivedBattleStars 8
serviceDuring World War I
World War II
sisterShip USS Arizona (BB-39)
sponsor Elizabeth Kolb
sunkAsTargetDate 1948-02-10
sunkAsTargetLocation off Kwajalein Atoll
theater Pacific War
surface form: Pacific Theater of World War II
usedFor postwar atomic weapons tests preparation

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Battle of Surigao Strait U.S.battleship USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)
this entity surface form: USS Pennsylvania
attack on Pearl Harbor battleshipsDamaged USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)
Pennsylvania-class battleship consistsOf USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)
Battleship Row, Pearl Harbor hasShipMooring USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)
BB-38 identifies USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)
this entity surface form: USS Pennsylvania
BB-38 namedShip USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)
this entity surface form: USS Pennsylvania
USS Arizona (BB-39) shipClass USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania class
USS Arizona (BB-39) sisterShip USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)