USS Augusta

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USS Augusta was a U.S. Navy heavy cruiser that notably served as President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s flagship during key World War II conferences and operations.

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USS Augusta canonical 5
USS Augusta (CA-31) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Navy ship ⓘ
heavy cruiser ⓘ
warship ⓘ
aircraftFacilities catapults for floatplanes ⓘ
armament 4 × 5-inch/25 caliber guns ⓘ
9 × 8-inch/55 caliber guns ⓘ
anti-aircraft guns ⓘ
torpedo tubes ⓘ
battle Naval operations supporting Operation Torch landings in North Africa ⓘ
battleHonors earned battle stars for World War II service ⓘ
beam 66 feet 1 inch ⓘ
builder Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company ⓘ
builtAt Newport News, Virginia ⓘ
category 1930 ships ⓘ
Northampton-class cruisers of the United States Navy ⓘ
World War II cruisers of the United States ⓘ
commissionedOn 1931-01-30 ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
crewComplement approximately 650 officers and enlisted ⓘ
decommissionedOn 1946-07-16 ⓘ
draft 24 feet ⓘ
fate sold for scrap ⓘ
fullLoadDisplacement 12200 long tons ⓘ
hullNumber CA-31 ⓘ
laidDownOn 1928-07-02 ⓘ
launchedOn 1930-02-01 ⓘ
length 600 feet 3 inches ⓘ
locationDuringEvent Placentia Bay, Newfoundland ⓘ
linked to: Placentia Bay
maximumSpeed 32.7 knots ⓘ
namedAfter Augusta, Maine ⓘ
notableEvent carried President Franklin D. Roosevelt to the Atlantic Charter conference ⓘ
hosted Atlantic Charter meetings with Winston Churchill in August 1941 ⓘ
notablePassenger President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
Prime Minister Winston Churchill ⓘ
linked to: Winston Churchill
operation Operation Torch ⓘ
operator United States Navy ⓘ
peacetimeDuties served as flagship of various cruiser divisions ⓘ
preWarServiceArea Asiatic Fleet in the Western Pacific ⓘ
Atlantic Fleet ⓘ
propulsion four propeller shafts ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ
role flagship ⓘ
servedAsFlagshipFor President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
serviceEntryEra interwar period ⓘ
shipClass Northampton-class cruiser ⓘ
soldForScrapOn 1960-11-02 ⓘ
sponsor Evelyn McDaniel ⓘ
standardDisplacement 9100 long tons ⓘ
strickenFromNavalRegisterOn 1959-03-01 ⓘ
theaterOfOperations Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
European Theater of Operations ⓘ

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

HMS Prince of Wales → metWith → USS Augusta ⓘ
Atlantic Meeting → tookPlaceOnVessel → USS Augusta ⓘ
Northampton-class cruiser → hasShip → USS Augusta (CA-31) ⓘ
linked to: USS Augusta
CA-31 → refersTo → USS Augusta ⓘ
Evelyn McDaniel → sponsored → USS Augusta ⓘ