USS Tiru (SS-416)

GPTKB entity

Statements (35)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:marine
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:armament gptkb:Bofors_40_mm_gun
gptkb:Oerlikon_20_mm_cannon
10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
1 × 5 in (127 mm)/25 cal deck gun
gptkbp:awards gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Vietnam_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Armed_Forces_Expeditionary_Medal
gptkbp:beam 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Portsmouth_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:class gptkb:marine
gptkbp:commissioned 1 September 1948
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned 1 July 1975
gptkbp:displacement 1,526 tons (surfaced)
2,424 tons (submerged)
gptkbp:draught 17 ft (5.2 m)
gptkbp:fate Sunk as a target
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Pearl_Harbor
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Tiru (SS-416)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:SS-416
gptkbp:laidDown 17 April 1944
gptkbp:launched 16 September 1947
gptkbp:length 311 ft 9 in (95.04 m)
gptkbp:namesakeOf Tiru (a fish of the Pacific Islands)
gptkbp:notableEvent Involved in 1962 rescue of Pan Am Flight 6
Participated in Cold War operations
Participated in Vietnam War operations
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion Diesel-electric
gptkbp:struck 1 July 1975
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:marine
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4