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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:marine
Royal Navy ship
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gptkbp:armament
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gptkb:Bofors_40_mm_and_Oerlikon_20_mm_AA_guns
10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
1 × 5 in (127 mm)/25 cal deck gun
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation
gptkb:Medal_of_Honor_(to_Commander_Richard_O'Kane)
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gptkbp:beam
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27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
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gptkbp:builder
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gptkb:Mare_Island_Naval_Shipyard
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:Richard_O'Kane
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gptkbp:commissioned
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15 October 1943
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:crew_captured
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Survivors became prisoners of war
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gptkbp:crew_rescued
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9
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gptkbp:crewComplement
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70
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gptkbp:displacement
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1,526 tons (surfaced)
2,424 tons (submerged)
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gptkbp:draught
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16 ft 10 in (5.13 m)
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gptkbp:fate
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Sunk by own torpedo
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gptkbp:homeport
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gptkb:Pearl_Harbor
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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USS Tang (SS-306)
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gptkbp:launched
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17 August 1943
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gptkbp:length
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311 ft 9 in (95.03 m)
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gptkbp:locationSunk
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gptkb:Formosa_Strait
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gptkbp:namedAfter
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tang (a type of fish)
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gptkbp:nickname
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gptkb:Killer_Sub
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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Most successful US submarine in WWII by ships sunk
Sank by circular run of her own torpedo
Crew escaped from sunken submarine using Momsen lung
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gptkbp:notableSurvivor
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gptkb:Richard_O'Kane
gptkb:Electrician's_Mate_Second_Class_William_Leibold
gptkb:Ensign_Robert_W._Palmer
gptkb:Gunner's_Mate_First_Class_George_R._Brown
gptkb:Motor_Machinist's_Mate_Second_Class_Frank_Springer
gptkb:Radioman_Second_Class_Forrest_E._Johnson
gptkb:Torpedoman's_Mate_Second_Class_Henry_A._Flanagan
gptkb:Torpedoman's_Mate_Third_Class_George_W._Grattan
gptkb:Torpedoman's_Mate_Third_Class_James_C._McKenzie
Motor Machinist's Mate Third Class Howard A. Thatch
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gptkbp:numberOfPatrols
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5
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gptkbp:operator
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gptkb:United_States_Navy
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gptkbp:propulsion
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Diesel-electric
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gptkbp:shipsSunk
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33
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gptkbp:speed
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20.25 knots (surfaced)
8.75 knots (submerged)
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gptkbp:sunkBy
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25 October 1944
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gptkbp:tonnage_sunk
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116,454 tons
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:marine
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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