USS Drum (SS-228)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:marine
gptkb:ship
gptkbp:armament machine guns
10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber deck gun
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
12 battle stars
gptkbp:beam 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Portsmouth_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:class gptkb:Gato-class
gptkbp:commissioned 1 November 1941
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 60
gptkbp:currentLocation USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile, Alabama
gptkbp:decommissioned 16 February 1946
gptkbp:displacement 1,526 tons (surfaced)
2,424 tons (submerged)
gptkbp:draught 17 ft (5.2 m)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Drum (SS-228)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:SS-228
gptkbp:laidDown 11 September 1940
gptkbp:launched 12 May 1941
gptkbp:length 311 ft 9 in (95.03 m)
gptkbp:namedAfter drum fish
gptkbp:notableEvent Credited with sinking 15 enemy ships (80,580 tons) during WWII
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:preserved_as_museum_ship_since 1969
gptkbp:propulsion diesel-electric
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:USS_Lionfish_(SS-298)
gptkb:USS_Albacore_(AGSS-569)
gptkb:USS_Batfish_(SS-310)
gptkb:USS_Becuna_(SS-319)
gptkb:USS_Bowfin_(SS-287)
gptkb:USS_Cavalla_(SS-244)
gptkb:USS_Clamagore_(SS-343)
gptkb:USS_Cobia_(SS-245)
gptkb:USS_Gato_(SS-212)
gptkb:USS_Pampanito_(SS-383)
gptkb:USS_Razorback_(SS-394)
gptkb:USS_Requin_(SS-481)
gptkb:USS_Silversides_(SS-236)
gptkb:USS_Torsk_(SS-423)
gptkb:USS_Cod_(SS-224)
gptkb:USS_Marlin_(SST-2)
gptkbp:speed 20.25 knots (surfaced)
8.75 knots (submerged)
gptkbp:status gptkb:ship
gptkbp:website https://www.ussalabama.com/uss-drum-submarine/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:marine
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4