USS Massachusetts (BB-59)

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South Dakota-class battleship World War II warship battleship museum ship

USS Massachusetts (BB-59) is a South Dakota-class World War II battleship of the United States Navy, now preserved as a museum ship.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
USS Massachusetts (BB-59) canonical	3
USS Massachusetts	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	South Dakota-class battleship ⓘ World War II warship ⓘ battleship ⓘ museum ship ⓘ
armamentAA	20 mm Oerlikon cannons ⓘ 40 mm Bofors guns ⓘ
armamentMain	9 × 16-inch/45 caliber guns ⓘ
armamentSecondary	20 × 5-inch/38 caliber guns ⓘ
awarded	11 battle stars ⓘ
beam	108 feet 2 inches ⓘ
builder	Bethlehem Steel Corporation ⓘ surface form: Bethlehem Steel Company
builtAt	Fore River Shipbuilding Company ⓘ surface form: Fore River Shipyard
builtIn	Quincy, Massachusetts ⓘ
callSign	Navy hull classification symbol BB-59 ⓘ
classAfter	Iowa-class battleship ⓘ
classBefore	North Carolina-class battleship ⓘ
commissionedOn	1942-05-12 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
crewComplementWartime	about 2300 officers and enlisted ⓘ
decommissionedOn	1947-03-27 ⓘ
displacementFullLoad	about 44000 long tons ⓘ
displacementStandard	35000 long tons ⓘ
draft	36 feet 2 inches ⓘ
hasNickname	Big Mamie ⓘ
hullNumber	BB-59 ⓘ
laidDownOn	1939-07-20 ⓘ
launchedOn	1941-09-23 ⓘ
length	680 feet ⓘ
locatedIn	Fall River, Massachusetts ⓘ
maximumSpeed	27 knots ⓘ
namedAfter	Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of Massachusetts
navalFleet	Atlantic Fleet ⓘ surface form: United States Atlantic Fleet
openedAsMuseum	1965 ⓘ
operator	United States Navy ⓘ
participatedIn	Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign ⓘ Naval Battle of Casablanca ⓘ Battle of Okinawa ⓘ surface form: Okinawa campaign Operation Torch ⓘ Pacific Theater of Operations ⓘ surface form: Pacific Theater operations Battle of the Philippines (1944–1945) ⓘ surface form: Philippines campaign (1944–1945)
partOf	South Dakota-class battleship ⓘ
preservedAt	Battleship Cove ⓘ
propulsion	4 propeller shafts ⓘ steam turbines ⓘ
sawActionIn	World War II ⓘ
sisterShip	USS Alabama ⓘ surface form: USS Alabama (BB-60) USS Indiana (BB-58) ⓘ USS South Dakota (BB-57) ⓘ
status	museum ship ⓘ preserved ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fall River, Massachusetts → contains → USS Massachusetts (BB-59) ⓘ

Battle off Cape Engaño → U.S.BattleshipParticipated → USS Massachusetts (BB-59) ⓘ

this entity surface form: USS Massachusetts

Battleship Cove → hasPart → USS Massachusetts (BB-59) ⓘ

South Dakota class → hasMember → USS Massachusetts (BB-59) ⓘ