USS Pomfret

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:marine
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:armament gptkb:Bofors_40_mm_and_Oerlikon_20_mm_AA_guns
1 × 5 in (127 mm) deck gun
10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
gptkbp:awards 2 battle stars for Korean War service
6 battle stars for World War II service
gptkbp:beam 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Portsmouth_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:commissioned 19 February 1944
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned 2 October 1971
gptkbp:displacement 1,526 tons (surfaced)
2,424 tons (submerged)
gptkbp:draught 17 ft (5.2 m)
gptkbp:fate Scrapped after Turkish service
gptkbp:flag gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:flag_(after_transfer) gptkb:Turkey
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Pearl_Harbor
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Pomfret
gptkbp:hullNumber SS-391
gptkbp:laidDown 14 July 1943
gptkbp:launched 27 October 1943
gptkbp:length 311 ft 9 in (95.03 m)
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Pomfret_(fish)
gptkbp:notableCommander Commander Everett H. Steinmetz
Commander John B. Hess
gptkbp:notableEvent Modernized under GUPPY program
Participated in wolfpack operations
Rescued downed aviators during WWII
Served as a training ship post-WWII
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:propulsion Diesel-electric
gptkbp:servicePeriod 1944–1971
gptkbp:struck 2 October 1971
gptkbp:transferredTo gptkb:Turkish_Navy
gptkbp:Turkish_Navy_name gptkb:TCG_Oruçreis_(S_337)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:SS-377
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6