USS Jack (SS-259)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:marine
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:armament 10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber deck gun
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
7 battle stars
gptkbp:beam 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Electric_Boat_Company
gptkbp:commissioned 6 January 1943
gptkbp:crewComplement 60
gptkbp:decommissioned 8 July 1946
gptkbp:displacement 2,424 tons (submerged)
1,525 tons (surfaced)
gptkbp:draught 17 ft (5.2 m)
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:final_disposition sold for scrap, 1960
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:New_London,_Connecticut
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Jack (SS-259)
gptkbp:laidDown 2 February 1942
gptkbp:launched 16 October 1942
gptkbp:length 311 ft 9 in (95.03 m)
gptkbp:namesakeOf Jack (a type of fish)
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Thomas_M._Dykers
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:patrols 9 war patrols
gptkbp:propulsion Diesel-electric
gptkbp:recommissioned 20 September 1957
gptkbp:serves gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:speed 20.25 knots (surfaced)
8.75 knots (submerged)
gptkbp:struck 5 December 1959
gptkbp:sunkBy 76,687 tons of Japanese shipping
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:United_States_Navy_submarines
gptkb:World_War_II_submarines_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6