USS Darter (SS-227)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:marine
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:armament gptkb:Browning_M2_.50_cal._machine_guns
10 × 21 in torpedo tubes
1 × 3 in/50 caliber deck gun
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation
4 battle stars
gptkbp:beam 27 ft 3 in
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Electric_Boat_Company
gptkbp:commissioned 7 September 1943
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 60
gptkbp:date_lost 24 October 1944
gptkbp:displacement 2,424 tons (submerged)
1,525 tons (surfaced)
gptkbp:draught 17 ft
gptkbp:fate scuttled
grounded on Bombay Shoal
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Pearl_Harbor
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Darter (SS-227)
gptkbp:hullNumber SS-227
gptkbp:laidDown 20 October 1942
gptkbp:launched 6 June 1943
gptkbp:length 311 ft 9 in
gptkbp:location_lost gptkb:South_China_Sea
gptkbp:namedAfter darter (a type of fish)
gptkbp:notableEvent participated in Battle of Leyte Gulf
damaged Japanese cruiser Takao
sank Japanese cruiser Atago
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion diesel-electric
gptkbp:speed 20.25 knots (surfaced)
8.75 knots (submerged)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:World_War_II_submarines_of_the_United_States
gptkb:USS_Darter_(SSN-819)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6