USS Albacore (AGSS-569)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Royal Navy ship
experimental submarine
gptkbp:awarded National Historic Landmark status
gptkbp:beam 27 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Portsmouth_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:commissioned 5 December 1953
gptkbp:decommissioned 9 December 1972
gptkbp:displacement 1,840 tons submerged
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Portsmouth,_New_Hampshire
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Albacore (AGSS-569)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:AGSS-569
gptkbp:launched 1 August 1953
gptkbp:length 205 feet
gptkbp:location gptkb:Albacore_Park,_Portsmouth,_New_Hampshire
gptkbp:maximumSpeed over 27 knots submerged
gptkbp:namedAfter albacore (a type of tuna)
gptkbp:notableFor influencing modern submarine design
pioneering teardrop hull design
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion diesel-electric
gptkbp:removedFromNavyList 1 May 1980
gptkbp:status gptkb:ship
gptkbp:testPlatformFor sonar systems
propeller design
control surface experiments
emergency blow system
hydrodynamic research
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Drum_(SS-228)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5