USS Tinosa (SS-283)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:marine
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:armament 10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber deck gun
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
7 battle stars for World War II service
gptkbp:battle gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:beam 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Electric_Boat_Company
gptkbp:builtYear gptkb:Groton,_Connecticut
gptkbp:class gptkb:Gato-class
gptkbp:commissioned 15 March 1943
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 60
gptkbp:decommissioned 17 December 1953
gptkbp:destroyedBy 6 enemy ships
gptkbp:displacement 2,424 tons (submerged)
1,525 tons (surfaced)
gptkbp:draught 17 ft (5.2 m)
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Pearl_Harbor
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Tinosa (SS-283)
gptkbp:hullNumber SS-283
gptkbp:laidDown 21 February 1942
gptkbp:launched 7 October 1942
gptkbp:length 311 ft 9 in (95.03 m)
gptkbp:namedAfter tinosa (a species of fish)
gptkbp:nickname Tinosa
gptkbp:notableCommander Lieutenant Commander Lawrence R. Daspit
gptkbp:notableEvent famous for failed torpedo attacks on Tonan Maru No. 3
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:sponsor Mrs. Katherine Shanks Mallory
gptkbp:struck 1 September 1958
gptkbp:sunkBy 16 enemy ships
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Tinosa_(SSN-606)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8