USS Squalus (SS-192)

GPTKB entity

Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:marine
gptkb:ship
gptkbp:armament torpedoes
3-inch deck gun
gptkbp:beam 27 ft
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Portsmouth_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:casualties 26 crew members died
gptkbp:class gptkb:marine
gptkbp:commissioned 1 March 1939
gptkbp:decommissioned 27 September 1945
gptkbp:displacement 1,450 tons (surfaced)
gptkbp:fate sank during test dive
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Portsmouth,_New_Hampshire
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Squalus (SS-192)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:SS-192
gptkbp:laidDown 18 October 1937
gptkbp:launched 14 September 1938
gptkbp:length 310 ft
gptkbp:locationSunk off Isles of Shoals, New Hampshire
gptkbp:namedAfter squalus (a genus of dogfish shark)
gptkbp:notableEvent subject of major submarine rescue and salvage operation
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion diesel-electric
gptkbp:renamed gptkb:USS_Sailfish_(SS-192)
9 February 1940
gptkbp:rescue_operation first use of McCann Rescue Chamber
gptkbp:salvaged September 1939
gptkbp:scrapped 1948
gptkbp:struckFromNavalRegister 30 April 1948
gptkbp:sunkBy 23 May 1939
gptkbp:survivors_rescued 33 crew members
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:marine
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4