USS Herring (SS-233)

GPTKB entity

Statements (38)
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
5 battle stars
gptkbp:beam 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Portsmouth_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:class gptkb:marine
gptkbp:commissioned 4 May 1942
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 60
gptkbp:displacement 2,424 tons (submerged)
1,525 tons (surfaced)
gptkbp:draught 17 ft (5.2 m)
gptkbp:fate sunk
gptkbp:final_patrol May–June 1944
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Herring (SS-233)
gptkbp:hullNumber SS-233
gptkbp:laidDown 14 July 1941
gptkbp:launched 15 January 1942
gptkbp:length 311 ft 9 in (95.03 m)
gptkbp:locationSunk off Matsuwa Island, Kuril Islands
gptkbp:lostWithAllHands true
gptkbp:namedAfter herring (fish)
gptkbp:notableAction Sank two Japanese ships on final patrol before being sunk
gptkbp:number_of_ships_sunk 8
gptkbp:numberOfPatrols 8
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion diesel-electric
gptkbp:service gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:speed 20.25 knots (surfaced)
8.75 knots (submerged)
gptkbp:sunkBy 1 June 1944
gptkbp:tonnage_sunk 19,959 tons
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:World_War_II_submarines_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6