USS Tang

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:submarine
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Gato-class_submarine
gptkbp:armament 10 torpedo tubes
1 deck gun
gptkbp:awards gptkb:World_War_II_Victory_Medal
gptkb:Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation
Submarine Combat Patrol Insignia
gptkbp:beam 27 feet 3 inches
gptkbp:casualties gptkb:9
gptkbp:class gptkb:Gato-class_submarine
gptkbp:commander gptkb:1944
gptkb:5
Richard O' Kane
gptkbp:commissioned 1943
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:Groton,_Connecticut
gptkb:Electric_Boat_Company
gptkbp:crew gptkb:television_series
9 survivors
gptkbp:curb_weight 33 ships
gptkbp:decommissioned 1945
gptkbp:depth 1,200 feet
gptkbp:displacement 1,526 tons
gptkbp:draft_year 14 feet 6 inches
gptkbp:fate sunk by own torpedo
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Pearl_Harbor
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Tang
gptkbp:launch_vehicle gptkb:24
gptkbp:launched 1943
gptkbp:length 311 feet
311 feet 8 inches
gptkbp:losses gptkb:Taiwan_Strait
gptkb:starship
October 25, 1944
Torpedo malfunction
gptkbp:mission Attack on Japanese shipping
gptkbp:nickname The Fighting Fish
gptkbp:notable_achievement First submarine to sink a Japanese aircraft carrier
Most successful US submarine in terms of tonnage sunk
gptkbp:notable_event sank more ships than any other US submarine in WWII
gptkbp:notable_ships gptkb:Mark_14_torpedo
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:22
Diesel-electric
gptkbp:services gptkb:1944
gptkbp:speed 21 knots
gptkbp:year_created 1943