USS Tuna (SS-203)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:marine
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:armament gptkb:Browning_M2_.50_cal._machine_guns
10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber deck gun
gptkbp:awards 9 battle stars
gptkbp:beam 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Electric_Boat_Company
gptkbp:commissioned 2 January 1941
gptkbp:complement 6 officers, 54 enlisted
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned 11 December 1945
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 Tuna (SS-203)
gptkbp:hullNumber SS-203
gptkbp:laidDown 12 March 1940
gptkbp:launched 2 October 1940
gptkbp:length 311 ft 9 in (95.03 m)
gptkbp:namedAfter tuna (the fish)
gptkbp:notableCommander Commander William S. Post, Jr.
Lieutenant Commander J.H. Willingham
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:patrols 13 war patrols
gptkbp:propulsion Diesel-electric
gptkbp:service gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:speed 20.25 knots (surfaced)
8.75 knots (submerged)
gptkbp:struck 8 May 1946
gptkbp:test_depth 300 ft (91 m)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Tambor-class_submarine
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5