USS Barbero (SSG-317)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:marine
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:armament 1 × 5 in deck gun
10 × 21 in torpedo tubes
BGM-109 Regulus missile (after conversion)
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:World_War_II_Victory_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Occupation_Service_Medal
gptkbp:beam 27 ft 3 in
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Electric_Boat_Company
gptkbp:commissioned 29 April 1944
gptkbp:convertedTo Regulus missile submarine
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned 30 June 1956
gptkbp:displacement 1,526 tons (surfaced)
2,424 tons (submerged)
gptkbp:draught 17 ft
gptkbp:fate Scrapped in 1964
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:New_London,_Connecticut
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Barbero (SSG-317)
gptkbp:hullNumber SSG-317
gptkbp:launched 12 November 1943
gptkbp:length 311 ft 9 in
gptkbp:locationOfMissileMailEvent Norfolk, Virginia to Naval Auxiliary Air Station Mayport, Florida
gptkbp:namesakeOf Barbero (a fish of the Atlantic Ocean)
gptkbp:notableEvent Participated in the first and only delivery of mail by missile (1959)
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:previousHullNumber SS-317
gptkbp:propulsion Diesel-electric
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:speed 20.25 knots (surfaced)
8.75 knots (submerged)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Regulus_I_cruise_missile
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7