USS Gudgeon (SS-211)

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
8 battle stars
gptkbp:beam 27 ft 3 in
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Mare_Island_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:class gptkb:Gato-class
gptkbp:commissioned 21 April 1941
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 60
gptkbp:dateLost May 1944
gptkbp:displacement 2,424 tons (submerged)
1,525 tons (surfaced)
gptkbp:draught 17 ft
gptkbp:endDate 1944
gptkbp:fate lost in action
gptkbp:finalPatrol April 1944
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Pearl_Harbor
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Gudgeon (SS-211)
gptkbp:hullNumber SS-211
gptkbp:laidDown 2 April 1940
gptkbp:lastContact 18 April 1944
gptkbp:launched 25 January 1941
gptkbp:length 311 ft 9 in
gptkbp:locationLost near Iwo Jima, Pacific Ocean
gptkbp:lostWithAllHands true
gptkbp:namedAfter gudgeon (a type of fish)
gptkbp:navalRegistry struck 7 July 1944
gptkbp:notableEvent first US submarine to sink an enemy warship in World War II
gptkbp:numberOfPatrols 12
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:presumedSunkBy Japanese anti-submarine aircraft
gptkbp:propulsion diesel-electric
gptkbp:startYear 1941
gptkbp:sunkBy Japanese submarine I-173
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Gudgeon_(SS-567)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5