USS Balao (SS-285)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:marine
gptkb:ship
gptkbp:armament 10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
1 × 5 in (127 mm)/25 cal deck gun
Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannons
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation
gptkb:World_War_II_Victory_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Occupation_Service_Medal
gptkb:Philippine_Presidential_Unit_Citation
gptkb:Philippine_Liberation_Medal
gptkbp:battle_stars 9
gptkbp:beam 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Portsmouth_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:builtYear gptkb:Kittery,_Maine
gptkbp:class gptkb:marine
gptkbp:commissioned 4 February 1943
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 10 officers, 70 enlisted
gptkbp:decommissioned 1 August 1963
20 August 1946
gptkbp:depth_capability 400 ft (120 m) test depth
gptkbp:displacement 1,526 tons (surfaced)
2,424 tons (submerged)
gptkbp:draught 17 ft (5.2 m)
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:filmAppearance gptkb:Operation_Petticoat_(1959)
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Pearl_Harbor
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Balao (SS-285)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:SS-285
gptkbp:laidDown 26 June 1942
gptkbp:launched 27 October 1942
gptkbp:length 311 ft 9 in (95.03 m)
gptkbp:namedAfter balao (a type of fish)
gptkbp:notableEvent appeared in the film 'Operation Petticoat'
first Balao-class submarine commissioned
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:patrols 10 war patrols during WWII
gptkbp:propulsion diesel-electric
gptkbp:recommissioned 4 March 1952
gptkbp:servedAs museum ship (briefly, as USS Gato in film)
training vessel after WWII
gptkbp:speed 20.25 knots (surfaced)
8.75 knots (submerged)
gptkbp:struck 1 August 1963
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:marine
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4