USS Flying Fish (SS-229)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:marine
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:armament 10 × 21 in torpedo tubes
Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
1 × 3 in/50 caliber deck gun
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation
12 battle stars
gptkbp:beam 27 ft 3 in
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Portsmouth_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:class gptkb:Gato-class
gptkbp:commissioned 10 December 1942
gptkbp:complement 60 officers and men
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned 28 May 1947
gptkbp:displacement 2,424 tons (submerged)
1,525 tons (surfaced)
gptkbp:draught 17 ft
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Flying Fish (SS-229)
gptkbp:laidDown 29 September 1941
gptkbp:launched 9 July 1942
gptkbp:length 311 ft 9 in
gptkbp:namesakeOf gptkb:Flying_fish
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Richard_H._O'Kane
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:patrols 12 war patrols
gptkbp:propulsion Diesel-electric
gptkbp:service gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:speed 20.25 knots (surfaced)
8.75 knots (submerged)
gptkbp:struck 1 September 1960
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Flying_Fish
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6