USS Tambor (SS-198)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:marine
gptkb:ship
gptkbp:armament machine guns
10 × 21 in torpedo tubes
1 × 3 in/50 caliber deck gun
gptkbp:battleHonours 11 battle stars (World War II)
gptkbp:beam 27 ft
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Electric_Boat_Company
gptkbp:class gptkb:Tambor-class_submarine
gptkbp:commissioned June 3, 1940
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 6 officers, 54 enlisted
gptkbp:decommissioned December 10, 1945
gptkbp:displacement 1,475 tons (surfaced)
2,370 tons (submerged)
gptkbp:draught 14 ft
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Pearl_Harbor
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Tambor (SS-198)
gptkbp:hullNumber SS-198
gptkbp:laidDown March 16, 1939
gptkbp:launched December 20, 1939
gptkbp:length 307 ft
gptkbp:namesakeOf tambor (a type of drum fish)
gptkbp:notableAction Participated in the Battle of Midway
Sank several Japanese ships
gptkbp:notableEvent Served in World War II
First of the Tambor-class submarines
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:patrols 12 war patrols
gptkbp:propulsion diesel-electric
gptkbp:speed 20.25 knots (surfaced)
8.75 knots (submerged)
gptkbp:struck October 8, 1946
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Tambor-class_submarine
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5