USS Gar (SS-206)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:marine
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:armament machine guns
10 × 21 in torpedo tubes
1 × 3 in/50 caliber deck gun
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation
15 battle stars
gptkbp:beam 27 ft 3 in
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Electric_Boat_Company
gptkbp:commissioned 14 April 1941
gptkbp:complement 60 officers and enlisted
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned 11 June 1953
gptkbp:displacement 2,424 tons (submerged)
1,525 tons (surfaced)
gptkbp:draught 17 ft
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Pearl_Harbor
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Gar (SS-206)
gptkbp:hullNumber SS-206
gptkbp:laidDown 7 November 1939
gptkbp:launched 7 September 1940
gptkbp:length 311 ft 9 in
gptkbp:namesakeOf gar (a type of fish)
gptkbp:notableCommander Donald McGregor
John M. Hyde
Philip D. Quirk
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion Diesel-electric
gptkbp:serves gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:speed 20.25 knots (surfaced)
8.75 knots (submerged)
gptkbp:struck 1 September 1959
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Tambor-class_submarine
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5