USS Croaker (SS-246)

GPTKB entity

Statements (44)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:marine
gptkb:ship
gptkbp:addedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces 1986
gptkbp:armament gptkb:Bofors_40_mm_gun
gptkb:Oerlikon_20_mm_cannon
1 × 5 in deck gun
10 × 21 in torpedo tubes
gptkbp:awards 3 battle stars (World War II)
gptkbp:beam 27 ft 3 in
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Electric_Boat_Company
gptkbp:commissioned 21 April 1944
gptkbp:convertedTo gptkb:hunter-killer_submarine_(SSK-246)
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 60
gptkbp:decommissioned 3 June 1971
gptkbp:displacement 2,424 tons (submerged)
1,525 tons (surfaced)
gptkbp:draught 17 ft
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Croaker (SS-246)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:SS-246
gptkbp:laidDown 1 April 1943
gptkbp:launched 19 December 1943
gptkbp:length 311 ft 9 in
gptkbp:location gptkb:Buffalo,_New_York
gptkbp:museum gptkb:Buffalo_and_Erie_County_Naval_&_Military_Park
gptkbp:namedAfter croaker (fish)
gptkbp:notableEvent sank 11 Japanese ships during World War II
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:United_States_Pacific_Fleet
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:World_War_II
Korean War (as SSK)
gptkbp:preservedIn gptkb:ship
gptkbp:propulsion diesel-electric
gptkbp:reclassified gptkb:AGSS-246
gptkb:SSK-246
1 July 1968
18 February 1953
gptkbp:removed_from_Naval_Register 20 December 1971
gptkbp:speed 20.25 knots (surfaced)
8.75 knots (submerged)
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:Mrs._L._S._Parks
gptkbp:status gptkb:ship
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:marine
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4