Disambiguation evidence for BB-48 via surface form

"USS West Virginia"


As subject (62)

Triples where this entity appears as subject under the label "USS West Virginia".

Predicate Object
armamentAA 20 mm Oerlikon cannons (WWII)
armamentAA 40 mm Bofors guns (WWII)
armamentAA 5-inch/38 caliber dual-purpose guns (WWII)
armamentMain 8 × 16-inch/45 caliber guns
armamentSecondary 12 × 5-inch/51 caliber guns (as built)
armorBelt up to 13.5 in
armorDeck up to 3.5 in
armorTurrets up to 18 in
battleHonors World War II battle stars
beam 97.3 ft
builder Newport News Shipbuilding
surface form: Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
class Colorado class
commissionedOn 1923-12-01
country United States of America
crewComplement approximately 1400 (peacetime)
crewComplement approximately 1500+ (WWII)
damagedIn attack on Pearl Harbor
surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor
dateOfDamage 1941-12-07
decommissionedOn 1947-01-09
displacementFullLoad 33000+ long tons
displacementStandard 32500 long tons
draft 30.5 ft
fate sold for scrap
followedBy USS Washington (BB-56)
homeportPreWWII Pearl Harbor (interwar and early WWII)
surface form: Pearl Harbor
hullNumber BB-48 self-linksurface differs
instanceOf Colorado-class battleship
instanceOf battleship
laidDownAt Newport News Shipbuilding
laidDownIn Newport News, Virginia
laidDownOn 1920-04-12
launchedOn 1921-11-17
lengthOverall 624 ft
locationOfDamage Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, United States
surface form: Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii
maximumSpeed 21 knots
modernizationFeatures enhanced torpedo protection
modernizationFeatures improved anti-aircraft armament
modernizationFeatures reconstructed superstructure
modernizedFor World War II service
namedAfter West Virginia
surface form: U.S. state of West Virginia
notableCrewMember Doris Miller
notableEvent fired first American battleship salvo at Surigao Strait
operator United States Navy
participatedIn Battle of Iwo Jima
participatedIn Battle of Leyte Gulf
participatedIn Battle of Okinawa
participatedIn Battle of Surigao Strait
powerOutput 28000 shaft horsepower
precededBy USS Maryland (BB-46)
surface form: USS Maryland
propulsion electric drive
propulsion oil-fired boilers
propulsion steam turbines
range 8000 nautical miles at 10 knots
resultOfAttack sunk at berth
returnedToServiceIn 1944
salvaged yes
soldForScrapOn 1959-08-24
soldTo Union Minerals and Alloys Corporation
sponsoredBy Alice Wright Mann
strickenOn 1947-03-01
typeOfDamage bomb hits
typeOfDamage multiple torpedo hits