USS Lapon (SS-260)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:marine
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:armament gptkb:Bofors_40_mm_gun
gptkb:Oerlikon_20_mm_cannon
10 × 21 in torpedo tubes
1 × 3 in/50 caliber deck gun
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation
4 battle stars
gptkbp:beam 27 ft 3 in
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Electric_Boat_Company
gptkbp:commissioned 23 January 1943
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 60
gptkbp:decommissioned 25 July 1946
gptkbp:displacement 2,424 tons (submerged)
1,525 tons (surfaced)
gptkbp:draught 17 ft
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Pearl_Harbor
gptkb:Fremantle,_Australia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Lapon (SS-260)
gptkbp:hullNumber SS-260
gptkbp:laidDown 21 February 1942
gptkbp:launched 27 October 1942
gptkbp:length 311 ft 9 in
gptkbp:namesakeOf Lapon (a type of scorpionfish)
gptkbp:notableCommander Donald G. Baer
Frederick S. Mann
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:patrols 8 war patrols
gptkbp:propulsion Diesel-electric
gptkbp:service gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:speed 20.25 knots (surfaced)
8.75 knots (submerged)
gptkbp:struck 1 September 1960
gptkbp:sunkBy over 54,000 tons of Japanese shipping
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Manitowoc_Shipbuilding_Company
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5