USS Silversides (SS-236)

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:submarine
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Silversides_Submarine_Museum
gptkbp:armament 2 × 20 mm guns
1 × 40 mm gun
1 × 5 in (127 mm) deck gun
10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
gptkbp:awards gptkb:World_War_II_Victory_Medal
gptkb:Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation
Submarine Combat Patrol Insignia
gptkbp:casualties Rescued downed airmen
gptkbp:class gptkb:Gato-class_submarine
gptkbp:commander 13 patrols
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Captain_John_L._Mc_Clintock
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:Cramp_Shipbuilding_Company
gptkbp:crew 80 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Captain_William_H._Mc_Clintock
gptkbp:deployment 1945
gptkbp:disbandment_date September 30, 1945
gptkbp:displacement 1,525 tons (1,550 metric tons) submerged
gptkbp:exhibition gptkb:aircraft
Naval history
World War II history
Submarine operations
gptkbp:fate Preserved as a museum ship
gptkbp:has_exhibition gptkb:2005
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Muskegon,_Michigan
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Silversides (SS-236)
gptkbp:launch_date December 26, 1941
gptkbp:length 312 feet (95 m)
gptkbp:location gptkb:Muskegon,_Michigan
gptkbp:nickname Silversides
gptkbp:notable_event Sank 23 enemy ships during World War II
gptkbp:operational_area Pacific Theater
gptkbp:partnerships February 15, 1942
gptkbp:propulsion Diesel-electric
gptkbp:service_branch gptkb:battle
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:USS_Sculpin_(SS-191)
gptkb:USS_Tang_(SS-306)
gptkb:USS_Tautog_(SS-199)
gptkb:USS_Cod_(SS-224)
gptkb:USS_Flasher_(SS-249)
gptkb:USS_Pompano_(SS-181)
gptkb:USS_Scamp_(SS-277)
gptkb:USS_Seahorse_(SS-304)
gptkb:USS_Sturgeon_(SS-187)
gptkb:USS_Wahoo_(SS-238)
gptkbp:speed 20.25 knots (37.4 km/h; 23.2 mph) submerged
gptkbp:surface Japanese merchant ships
enemy submarines
Japanese warships