USS Barb (SS-220)

GPTKB entity

Statements (89)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:submarine
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Richard_H._O'_Kane
gptkbp:activities gptkb:Operation_Barney
gptkbp:approves 1951-01-01
gptkbp:armament 10 torpedo tubes
1 deck gun
10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
gptkbp:awarded_by gptkb:Silver_Star
gptkbp:awards gptkb:World_War_II_Victory_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Occupation_Service_Medal
gptkb:Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation
gptkbp:beam 27 feet 3 inches
gptkbp:class gptkb:Gato-class_submarine
gptkbp:commanded 12 patrols
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Captain_Eugene_B._Fluckey
gptkb:Captain_John_A._Mc_Cloy
gptkb:12
1945-08-01
March 1944
August 1945
1945-07
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:1944
1944-01-01
1944-01-15
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:Groton,_Connecticut
gptkb:Electric_Boat_Company
gptkbp:crew gptkb:television_series
gptkb:Eugene_B._Fluckey
80 personnel
gptkbp:date 1944-02-01
gptkbp:decommissioned 1946-01-01
1945-08-15
Japanese cargo ship
gptkbp:deployment 1945
August 1945
gptkbp:displacement 1,526 tons
1,526 tons (1,550 t) submerged
gptkbp:draft_year 15 feet 3 inches
gptkbp:famous_for successful patrols
successful patrols in the Pacific
land attack on Karafuto
gptkbp:fate scrapped
sunk as a target
scrapped in 1972
gptkbp:home_port Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Barb (SS-220)
gptkbp:launched 1943-12-07
gptkbp:length 312 feet
312 ft (95 m)
gptkbp:losses gptkb:aircraft
17 enemy ships
gptkbp:mission August 1945
sinking of enemy ships
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Fighting_Barb
gptkbp:notable_achievement sinking of 17 ships
gptkbp:notable_event conducted reconnaissance missions
conducted intelligence gathering missions
engaged in anti-shipping operations
participated in the liberation of the Philippines
conducted successful torpedo attacks
first submarine to launch a land attack
operated in enemy waters
received multiple battle stars
rescued downed airmen
sank a train in Japan
successful raid on the Japanese home islands
was awarded the Navy Unit Commendation
gptkbp:notable_operations gptkb:Operation_Crossroads
gptkbp:notable_ships gptkb:starship
over 100,000 tons
gptkbp:operates_in gptkb:South_China_Sea
gptkb:Pacific_Theater_of_World_War_II
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:Pacific_Theater_of_World_War_II
1944-1945
gptkbp:operational_status decommissioned
gptkbp:participated_in gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Operation_Crossroads
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea
gptkbp:propulsion Diesel-electric
gptkbp:released scrapped in 1971
gptkbp:service_branch gptkb:battle
gptkbp:services 1945
1944-01-01
1945-09-02
gptkbp:speed 21 knots
21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) submerged
gptkbp:status scrapped