USS Tigrone

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:marine
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:armament gptkb:Bofors_40_mm_and_Oerlikon_20_mm_AA_guns
1 × 5 in (127 mm) deck gun
10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
4 battle stars (WWII)
gptkbp:beam 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Portsmouth_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:commissioned 25 March 1944
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned 27 June 1975
gptkbp:displacement 1,526 tons (surfaced)
2,424 tons (submerged)
gptkbp:fate sunk as a target
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:New_London,_Connecticut
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Tigrone
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:SS-419
gptkbp:later_redesignated AGSS-419
SSR-419
gptkbp:launched 20 October 1943
gptkbp:length 311 ft 9 in (95.03 m)
gptkbp:namedAfter tigrone (a species of fish)
gptkbp:notableEvent last US submarine to sink a Japanese ship in WWII
rescued Allied airmen in WWII
gptkbp:propulsion diesel-electric
gptkbp:servedAs gptkb:radar_picket_submarine
research submarine
gptkbp:serves gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:Mrs._John_J._Crane
gptkbp:struckFromNavalRegister 15 July 1976
gptkbp:sunkBy 25 October 1976
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:SSK-246
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6