USS Gato (SS-212)

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 (533 mm) torpedo tubes
1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber deck gun
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation
gptkbp:battleHonours 13 battle stars (World War II)
gptkbp:beam 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Electric_Boat_Company
gptkbp:builtYear gptkb:Groton,_Connecticut
gptkbp:class gptkb:marine
gptkbp:commissioned 31 December 1941
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 60
gptkbp:decommissioned 16 March 1946
gptkbp:displacement 2,424 tons (submerged)
1,525 tons (surfaced)
gptkbp:disposition scrapped in 1960
gptkbp:draught 17 ft (5.2 m)
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Pearl_Harbor
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Gato (SS-212)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:SS-212
gptkbp:laidDown 5 October 1940
gptkbp:launched 21 August 1941
gptkbp:length 311 ft 9 in (95.03 m)
gptkbp:namedAfter gato (catfish)
gptkbp:notableEvent served in World War II
first of her class
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:patrols 13 war patrols
gptkbp:propulsion diesel-electric
gptkbp:shipsSunk 31,700 tons (officially credited)
gptkbp:speed 20.25 knots (surfaced)
8.75 knots (submerged)
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:Mrs._Albert_F._Church
gptkbp:struck 25 July 1953
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Pacific_Theater_of_World_War_II
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:marine
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4