USS Gato

GPTKB entity

Statements (58)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:submarine
gptkbp:armament 2 × 20 mm guns
1 × 40 mm gun
1 × 5 in (127 mm) deck gun
10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
gptkbp:awards gptkb:World_War_II_Victory_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal
Submarine Combat Patrol Insignia
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Electric_Boat_Company
gptkbp:class gptkb:Gato-class_submarine
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Commander_E._M._Mc_Coy
gptkbp:commissioned 1941
gptkbp:crew_capacity 60 to 80 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1945
gptkbp:deployment during World War II
gptkbp:design improved submarine design
gptkbp:displacement 1,526 tons (1,550 t) submerged
gptkbp:fate sunk as a target
gptkbp:historical_significance first of her class
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Pearl_Harbor
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Gato
gptkbp:launched 1941
gptkbp:length 312 ft (95 m)
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Gato
gptkbp:notable_commanders gptkb:Captain_A._M._Mc_Culloch
gptkbp:notable_mission patrols around Japan
patrols in the Bismarck Sea
patrols in the Caroline Islands
patrols in the Coral Sea
patrols in the Java Sea
patrols in the Marianas Islands
patrols in the Philippines Sea
patrols in the Solomon Islands
patrols in the South China Sea
patrols near the Philippines
gptkbp:notable_ships gptkb:Mark_10_torpedo
gptkb:Mark_14_torpedo
24 torpedoes
gptkbp:number gptkb:SS-212
gptkbp:operational_depth 1,200 ft (370 m)
gptkbp:operational_period 1941-1945
gptkbp:operations gptkb:Pacific_Theater_of_World_War_II
gptkbp:propulsion Diesel-electric
gptkbp:released sunk in 1946
gptkbp:reputation successful submarine
gptkbp:service gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:significant_event multiple patrols
gptkbp:speed 20.25 knots (37.4 km/h; 23.2 mph)
gptkbp:submerged_range 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km)
gptkbp:sunk target practice
several enemy ships
gptkbp:surface_range 8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km)
gptkbp:survivors gptkb:crew_members
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:IJN_Naka
gptkb:Japanese_submarine_I-58
gptkb:IJN_Agano
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5