USS Bunker Hill

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USS Bunker Hill was an Essex-class U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that saw extensive combat service in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Essex-class aircraft carrier ⓘ
United States Navy aircraft carrier ⓘ
warship ⓘ
aircraftTypeOperated Curtiss SB2C Helldiver ⓘ
Grumman F6F Hellcat ⓘ
Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger ⓘ
linked to: Grumman TBF Avenger
airGroupComplement approximately 90–100 aircraft (WWII) ⓘ
armament 12 × 5 in/38 caliber guns ⓘ
20 mm anti-aircraft guns ⓘ
40 mm anti-aircraft guns ⓘ
awards Navy Unit Commendation ⓘ
Presidential Unit Citation ⓘ
multiple battle stars for World War II service ⓘ
beam 93 ft waterline ⓘ
builder Bethlehem Steel Company ⓘ
casualtiesIn1945KamikazeAttack over 600 killed or wounded ⓘ
commissionedOn 1943-05-25 ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
crewComplement over 2,500 officers and enlisted ⓘ
decommissionedOn 1947-01-09 ⓘ
displacementFullLoad approximately 36,380 long tons ⓘ
displacementStandard approximately 27,100 long tons ⓘ
fate sold for scrap ⓘ
flightDeckBeam 147 ft ⓘ
homeportDuringWWII various Pacific bases including Pearl Harbor ⓘ
hullNumber CV-17 ⓘ
laidDownOn 1941-09-15 ⓘ
launchedOn 1942-12-07 ⓘ
length 872 ft overall ⓘ
locationOfMajorDamage off Okinawa ⓘ
maximumSpeed about 33 knots ⓘ
namedAfter Battle of Bunker Hill ⓘ
operator United States Navy ⓘ
pennantNumber CV-17 ⓘ
postwarStatus placed in reserve fleet ⓘ
powerOutput about 150,000 shaft horsepower ⓘ
propulsion 4 shafts ⓘ
8 boilers ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ
sawCombatIn Pacific Ocean ⓘ
shipClass Essex class ⓘ
shipyard Fore River Shipyard ⓘ
soldForScrapOn 1973-05-02 ⓘ
strickenFromNavalRegisterOn 1966-11-01 ⓘ
sufferedAttackType kamikaze attack ⓘ
theaterOfOperations Pacific Theater of Operations ⓘ
tookPartIn Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ
Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign ⓘ
Marianas campaign ⓘ
operations against Iwo Jima ⓘ
operations against Okinawa ⓘ
wasHeavilyDamagedOn 1945-05-11 ⓘ

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