USS Tarpon (SS-81)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:submarine
gptkbp:armament 1 × 5 in (127 mm) deck gun
10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
gptkbp:awards gptkb:World_War_II_Victory_Medal
gptkb:Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal
Submarine Combat Patrol Insignia
gptkbp:beam 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Electric_Boat_Company
gptkbp:built_in gptkb:Groton,_Connecticut
gptkbp:class gptkb:Gato-class_submarine
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Commander_William_H._Mc_Clintock
gptkb:6
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:United_States_Navy
1943
1943-06-30
gptkbp:crew Submarine School, New London
gptkbp:crew_capacity 60-80 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:United_States_Navy
1946
1946-01-15
gptkbp:depth 1,200 ft (370 m)
gptkbp:displacement 1,526 tons (1,550 t) submerged
gptkbp:drafted_by 15 ft 3 in (4.65 m)
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:New_London,_Connecticut
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Tarpon (SS-81)
gptkbp:launched 1943-01-31
gptkbp:length 312 ft (95 m)
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Tarpon
gptkbp:notable_commanders Captain John A. Mc Coy
gptkbp:notable_operations Patrols in the Pacific
gptkbp:notable_ships 24 torpedoes
Fleet submarine
gptkbp:operational_period 1943-1946
gptkbp:operational_status decommissioned
gptkbp:patrols_conducted gptkb:6
gptkbp:propulsion Diesel-electric
gptkbp:range 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) at 2 knots
gptkbp:recommissioned gptkb:N/_A
gptkbp:scrapped_in 1948
gptkbp:served_in Pacific Theater
gptkbp:service gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:speed 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
gptkbp:sunk gptkb:1
1 enemy ship
gptkbp:waste_management 1948
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Porpoise_(SS-7)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8