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actionDuringPearlHarborAttack
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attempted to sortie from harbor under attack
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armamentPrimary
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10 × 14-inch/45 caliber guns
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armamentSecondary
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5-inch guns
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armorBelt
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up to 13.5 inches
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attackedAt
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Pearl Harbor (interwar and early WWII)
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surface form:
Pearl Harbor
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beam
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95 feet
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commissionedOn
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1916-03-11
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country
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United States of America
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crewComplementWorldWarII
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approximately 2200 officers and enlisted
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damagedBy
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Japanese aircraft at Pearl Harbor
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dateOfPearlHarborAttack
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1941-12-07
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decommissionedOn
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1946-08-29
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displacementFullLoad
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29500 long tons
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displacementStandard
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27500 long tons
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draft
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28.5 feet
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fate
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used as target ship and sunk
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finalSinkingMethod
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gunfire and aerial torpedoes by U.S. forces
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groundedAt
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Hospital Point, Pearl Harbor
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hullNumber
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BB-36
self-linksurface differs
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instanceOf
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United States Navy ship
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instanceOf
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battleship
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laidDownAt
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Fore River Shipbuilding Company
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laidDownIn
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Quincy, Massachusetts
NERFINISHED
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laidDownOn
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1912-11-04
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launchedOn
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1914-07-11
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lengthOverall
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583 feet
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locationDuringPearlHarborAttack
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Battleship Row, Pearl Harbor
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surface form:
Battleship Row, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
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maximumSpeed
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20.5 knots
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namesake
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Nevada
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surface form:
U.S. state of Nevada
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notableFor
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surviving the attack on Pearl Harbor
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operator
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United States Navy
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participatedInBattle
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Operation Overlord
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surface form:
Invasion of Normandy
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participatedInBattle
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Iwo Jima
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participatedInBattle
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Okinawa Island
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surface form:
Okinawa
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participatedInOperation
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Battle of Normandy
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surface form:
Normandy landings
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participatedInOperation
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Operation Dragoon
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participatedInTest
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Operation Crossroads
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propulsion
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oil-fired boilers and steam turbines
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refloatedOn
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1942-02-12
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repairedAt
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Puget Sound Navy Yard
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roleInWorldWarI
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convoy escort duty in Atlantic
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serviceInConflict
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World War I
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serviceInConflict
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World War II
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shipClass
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Nevada-class battleship
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sponsoredBy
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Eleanor Anne Seibert
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strickenFromNavalRegisterOn
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1946-08-12
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sunkOn
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1948-07-31
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survivedEvent
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Operation Crossroads
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surface form:
Operation Crossroads nuclear tests
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testLocation
|
Bikini Atoll
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usedAs
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atomic bomb target ship
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