Boston-class cruiser

1942 class of American guided missile cruisers
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Boston-class cruiser

Summary

Boston-class cruiser is a ship class[1]. It draws 164 Wikipedia views per month (ship_class category, ranking #301 of 1,757).[2]

Key Facts

  • Boston-class cruiser's image is recorded as USS Canberra (CAG-2) underway at sea on 9 January 1961 (KN-1526).jpg[3].
  • Boston-class cruiser's instance of is recorded as ship class[4].
  • Boston-class cruiser's operator is recorded as United States Navy[5].
  • USS Boston is named after Boston-class cruiser[6].
  • Boston-class cruiser's followed by is recorded as Galveston-class cruiser[7].
  • Boston-class cruiser's manufacturer is recorded as Fore River Shipyard[8].
  • Boston-class cruiser's manufacturer is recorded as Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation[9].
  • Boston-class cruiser's subclass of is recorded as guided missile cruiser[10].
  • Boston-class cruiser's Commons category is recorded as Boston class cruiser[11].
  • Boston-class cruiser's country of origin is recorded as United States[12].
  • +1942-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Boston-class cruiser[13].
  • Boston-class cruiser's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02rfdc[14].
  • Boston-class cruiser's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Boston-class cruisers[15].
  • Boston-class cruiser's total produced is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}[16].
  • Boston-class cruiser's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'Boston'}[17].

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Designation and Status

Boston-class cruiser's instance of is recorded as ship class[4].

History and Context

+1942-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Boston-class cruiser[13]. USS Boston is named after it[6].

Why It Matters

Boston-class cruiser draws 164 Wikipedia views per month (ship_class category, ranking #301 of 1,757).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . USS Canberra. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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