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USS Pennsylvania

1915 Pennsylvania-class battleship
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USS Pennsylvania was a dreadnought.

USS Pennsylvania

Summary

USS Pennsylvania is a dreadnought[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of dreadnought entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (369 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • USS Pennsylvania's image is recorded as USS Pennsy BB-38 1934.jpg[3].
  • USS Pennsylvania's instance of is recorded as dreadnought[4].
  • USS Pennsylvania's operator is recorded as United States Navy[5].
  • Pennsylvania is named after USS Pennsylvania[6].
  • USS Pennsylvania's manufacturer is recorded as Newport News Shipbuilding[7].
  • USS Pennsylvania's vessel class is recorded as Pennsylvania-class battleship[8].
  • USS Pennsylvania's Commons category is recorded as USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)[9].
  • USS Pennsylvania's armament is recorded as BL 14 inch/45 caliber gun[10].
  • USS Pennsylvania's armament is recorded as 5"/38 caliber gun[11].
  • USS Pennsylvania's armament is recorded as Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun[12].
  • USS Pennsylvania's armament is recorded as Oerlikon 20 mm cannon[13].
  • USS Pennsylvania's participated in conflict is recorded as World War I[14].
  • USS Pennsylvania's participated in conflict is recorded as World War II[15].
  • USS Pennsylvania's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/019spg[16].
  • USS Pennsylvania's significant event is recorded as ship launching[17].
  • USS Pennsylvania's significant event is recorded as keel laying[18].
  • USS Pennsylvania's significant event is recorded as ship commissioning[19].
  • USS Pennsylvania's significant event is recorded as ship decommissioning[20].
  • USS Pennsylvania's pennant number is recorded as BB-38[21].
  • USS Pennsylvania's location of creation is recorded as Newport News[22].
  • USS Pennsylvania's described by source is recorded as Naval Vessel Register[23].
  • USS Pennsylvania's described by source is recorded as Drachinifel[24].
  • USS Pennsylvania's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'Pennsylvania'}[25].
  • USS Pennsylvania's different from is recorded as USS Pennsylvania[26].
  • USS Pennsylvania's different from is recorded as USS Pennsylvania[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for USS Pennsylvania include Pennsylvania-class battleship[28], a ship class[29], founded in 1915[30].

Why It Matters

USS Pennsylvania ranks in the top 9% of dreadnought entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (369 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for it include Pennsylvania-class battleship[28], a ship class[29], founded in 1915[30].

Related Entities

Pennsylvania United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 27d ago · IdanST · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Vessel class → Pennsylvania-class battleship
    Manufacturer → —
    Armament → BL 14 inch/45 caliber gun, 5"/38 caliber gun, Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun +1
    Country of registry → United States
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1705]]: USS Pennsylvania"
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