USS Tusk (SS-426)

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 × 5 in (127 mm)/25 cal deck gun
gptkbp:awards gptkb:American_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:World_War_II_Victory_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Expeditionary_Medal
gptkb:Armed_Forces_Expeditionary_Medal
gptkb:Korean_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Occupation_Service_Medal
gptkb:Republic_of_Korea_War_Service_Medal
gptkb:United_Nations_Service_Medal
gptkb:Arctic_Service_Ribbon
gptkb:Taiwanese_Navy_Service_Medal
gptkb:China_Service_Medal
gptkbp:beam 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Portsmouth_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:class gptkb:marine
gptkbp:commissioned 11 April 1946
gptkbp:complement 10 officers, 71 enlisted
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned 18 December 1973
gptkbp:displacement 1,526 tons (surfaced)
2,424 tons (submerged)
gptkbp:draught 17 ft (5.2 m)
gptkbp:fate Transferred to Taiwan, served as Hai Pao (SS-792)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Tusk (SS-426)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:SS-426
gptkbp:laidDown 23 August 1943
gptkbp:launched 8 July 1945
gptkbp:length 311 ft 9 in (95.03 m)
gptkbp:location gptkb:Tsoying_Naval_Base,_Kaohsiung,_Taiwan
gptkbp:notableEvent Participated in the rescue of USS Cochino (SS-345) in 1949
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion Diesel-electric
gptkbp:renamed gptkb:Hai_Pao_(SS-792)
gptkbp:status Museum ship in Taiwan
gptkbp:struck 18 December 1973
gptkbp:transferredTo gptkb:Republic_of_China_Navy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:marine
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4