USS Pomodon (SS-486)

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 × 5 in (127 mm)/25 cal deck gun
gptkbp:awards gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Korean_Service_Medal
gptkb:Republic_of_Korea_Presidential_Unit_Citation
gptkb:United_Nations_Service_Medal
gptkbp:beam 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Portsmouth_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:builtYear gptkb:Kittery,_Maine
gptkbp:class gptkb:marine
gptkbp:commissioned 11 September 1945
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 10 officers, 70 enlisted
gptkbp:decommissioned 2 October 1970
gptkbp:decommissioned_at gptkb:Mare_Island_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:displacement 1,526 tons (surfaced)
2,424 tons (submerged)
gptkbp:draught 17 ft (5.2 m)
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:San_Diego,_California
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Pomodon (SS-486)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:SS-486
gptkbp:laidDown 29 January 1945
gptkbp:launched 12 June 1945
gptkbp:length 311 ft 9 in (95.03 m)
gptkbp:maximumSpeed 20.25 knots (surfaced)
20.25 knots (submerged)
gptkbp:modernization GUPPY II conversion
gptkbp:namesakeOf pomodon (a type of fish)
gptkbp:notableEvent served during the Cold War
underwent GUPPY II modernization
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion diesel-electric
gptkbp:serviceHistory gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkb:Pacific_Fleet
gptkbp:struck 1 December 1970
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:marine
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4