USS Skate (SS-305)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:marine
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:armament 1 × 5 in (127 mm) deck gun
10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation
8 battle stars
gptkbp:beam 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Mare_Island_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:commissioned 15 April 1943
gptkbp:complement 10 officers, 71 enlisted
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned 11 December 1946
gptkbp:displacement 1,526 tons (surfaced)
2,424 tons (submerged)
gptkbp:draught 16 ft 10 in (5.13 m)
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Pearl_Harbor
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Skate (SS-305)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:SS-305
gptkbp:laidDown 1 August 1942
gptkbp:launched 4 March 1943
gptkbp:length 311 ft 9 in (95.03 m)
gptkbp:namesakeOf skate (type of fish)
gptkbp:notableEvent First US submarine to sink a Japanese battleship (IJN Yamato-class Musashi)
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:patrols 8 war patrols
gptkbp:propulsion Diesel-electric
gptkbp:serves gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:speed 20.25 knots (surfaced)
8.75 knots (submerged)
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:Mrs._George_P._Shamer
gptkbp:struck 1 March 1960
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Nautilus
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5