USS Salt Lake City
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USS Salt Lake City was a U.S. Navy Pensacola-class heavy cruiser that saw extensive combat service in the Pacific during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USS Salt Lake City canonical | 2 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Navy ship
ⓘ
heavy cruiser ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| aircraftFacilities | 2 catapults ⓘ |
| armamentMain | 10 × 8-inch/55 caliber guns ⓘ |
| armamentSecondary | 4 × 5-inch/25 caliber guns ⓘ |
| armamentTorpedoes | 2 × triple 21-inch torpedo tubes ⓘ |
| awarded | 11 battle stars ⓘ |
| battle |
Aleutian Islands campaign
ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of the Aleutian Islands
Battle of the Komandorski Islands ⓘ Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands ⓘ Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign ⓘ Solomon Islands campaign ⓘ
surface form:
Guadalcanal campaign
Battle of Iwo Jima ⓘ
surface form:
Iwo Jima operation
Marianas campaign ⓘ Battle of Okinawa ⓘ
surface form:
Okinawa campaign
|
| beam | 65 feet ⓘ |
| class |
Pensacola class
ⓘ
surface form:
Pensacola-class cruiser
|
| commissionedDate | 1929-12-11 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewComplementWartime | approximately 830 ⓘ |
| decommissionedDate | 1946-08-18 ⓘ |
| designTreaty |
Washington Naval Conference
ⓘ
surface form:
Washington Naval Treaty
|
| displacementFullLoad | 12050 long tons ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | 9100 long tons ⓘ |
| draft | 19 feet ⓘ |
| fate | sunk as target ⓘ |
| hullNumber | CA-25 ⓘ |
| laidDownAt |
Camden
ⓘ
surface form:
Camden, New Jersey
New York Shipbuilding Corporation ⓘ |
| laidDownDate | 1927-06-09 ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1929-01-23 ⓘ |
| length | 585 feet ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Salt Lake City
ⓘ
surface form:
Salt Lake City, Utah
|
| nickname | Swayback Maru ⓘ |
| notableEvent | engaged superior Japanese forces at the Battle of the Komandorski Islands ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| propulsion |
geared turbines
ⓘ
oil-fired boilers ⓘ steam turbines ⓘ |
| serviceEntryEra | interwar period ⓘ |
| shaftCount | 4 ⓘ |
| sponsor | Mrs. Frederick J. Horne ⓘ |
| sunkDate | 1948-05-25 ⓘ |
| sunkLocation | off the coast of California ⓘ |
| theater |
Pacific Theater of Operations
ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific Theater
|
| topSpeed | 32.5 knots ⓘ |
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