USS Arkansas

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United States Navy battleship Wyoming-class battleship warship

USS Arkansas was a Wyoming-class battleship of the United States Navy that served in both World Wars before being used as a target and sunk during postwar atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Navy battleship → Wyoming-class battleship → warship →
armamentMain	12 × 12-inch/50 caliber guns →
armamentSecondary	5-inch guns →
awarded	battle stars for World War II service →
beam	93 feet →
builder	New York Shipbuilding Corporation →
commissioned	1912-09-17 →
country	United States of America →
crewComplement	about 1,063 officers and enlisted →
decommissioned	1946-07-29 →
displacementFullLoad	about 27,000 long tons →
displacementStandard	about 26,000 long tons →
draft	28 feet →
fate	sunk as nuclear test target →
hullNumber	BB-33 →
laidDown	1910-01-25 →
launched	1911-01-14 →
length	562 feet →
locationOfFinalSinking	lagoon of Bikini Atoll →
namedAfter	U.S. state of Arkansas →
operator	United States Navy →
participatedIn	Battle of Iwo Jima → Battle of Okinawa → Normandy landings → Operation Dragoon → Operation Overlord → invasion of Southern France →
propulsion	steam turbines → twelve coal-fired boilers (later oil-fired) →
roleAtIwoJima	shore bombardment →
roleAtNormandy	naval gunfire support →
roleAtOkinawa	shore bombardment →
servedInConflict	World War I → World War II →
shipClass	Wyoming class →
shipType	dreadnought battleship →
shipyard	Camden, New Jersey →
sponsoredBy	Nancy Louise Macon →
status	shipwreck →
sunkAt	Bikini Atoll →
sunkDuring	Operation Crossroads →
sunkDuringTest	Test Baker →
testProgram	Operation Crossroads nuclear weapons tests →
topSpeed	20.5 knots →
WWIITheater	Atlantic Theater → European Theater → Pacific Theater →
WWIServiceRole	battleship squadron unit with British Grand Fleet → convoy escort →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bikini Atoll →	hasShipwreck
Operation Crossroads →	includedShip