USS Barb (SS-220)

GPTKB entity

Statements (37)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:marine
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:armament machine guns
1 × 5 in deck gun
10 × 21 in torpedo tubes
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
8 battle stars
gptkbp:battle gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:beam 27 ft 3 in
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Electric_Boat_Company
gptkbp:class gptkb:Gato-class
gptkbp:commissioned 8 July 1942
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned 12 February 1947
20 December 1954
gptkbp:displacement 2,424 tons (submerged)
1,525 tons (surfaced)
gptkbp:draught 17 ft
gptkbp:fate Scrapped
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Groton,_Connecticut
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Barb (SS-220)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:SS-220
gptkbp:launched 2 April 1942
gptkbp:length 311 ft 9 in
gptkbp:namesakeOf Barb (a type of fish)
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Submarine_that_Sank_a_Train
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Eugene_B._Fluckey
gptkbp:notableEvent First US submarine to launch rockets against land targets
Landed saboteurs on Japanese soil (1945)
Sank 17 enemy vessels in one patrol
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion Diesel-electric
gptkbp:recommissioned 3 August 1951
gptkbp:struck 17 December 1959
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:marine
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4