USS Blenny (SS-324)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:marine
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:armament 1 × 5 in (127 mm) deck gun
10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannons
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation
2 battle stars (Korean War)
4 battle stars (World War II)
gptkbp:beam 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Electric_Boat_Company
gptkbp:commissioned 27 July 1944
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 10 officers, 70 enlisted
gptkbp:decommissioned 7 November 1963
gptkbp:displacement 1,526 tons (surfaced)
2,424 tons (submerged)
gptkbp:draught 17 ft (5.2 m)
gptkbp:fate sunk as artificial reef
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Groton,_Connecticut
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Blenny (SS-324)
gptkbp:laidDown 8 July 1943
gptkbp:launched 9 April 1944
gptkbp:length 311 ft 9 in (95.03 m)
gptkbp:namedAfter blenny (a type of fish)
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion Diesel-electric
gptkbp:serves gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:speed 20.25 knots (surfaced)
8.75 knots (submerged)
gptkbp:struck 1 April 1973
gptkbp:sunk_as_artificial_reef_date 7 December 1973
gptkbp:sunk_as_artificial_reef_location off Ocean City, Maryland
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Tench-class_submarine_(converted)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6