USS Volador (SS-490)

GPTKB entity

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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
gptkbp:beam 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Portsmouth_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:class gptkb:marine
gptkbp:commissioned 1 October 1948
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 10 officers, 70 enlisted
gptkbp:decommissioned 1 October 1972
gptkbp:displacement 1,526 tons (surfaced)
2,424 tons (submerged)
gptkbp:draught 17 ft (5.2 m)
gptkbp:fate Transferred to Italy, scrapped 1981
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:San_Diego,_California
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Volador (SS-490)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:SS-490
gptkbp:laidDown 21 May 1945
gptkbp:launched 21 May 1948
gptkbp:length 311 ft 9 in (95.03 m)
gptkbp:maximumSpeed 20.25 knots (surfaced)
8.75 knots (submerged)
gptkbp:namesakeOf volador (flying fish)
gptkbp:notableEvent Modernized under GUPPY program
Participated in Cold War patrols
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion diesel-electric
gptkbp:range 11,000 nautical miles at 10 knots (surfaced)
gptkbp:renamed gptkb:Gianfranco_Gazzana_Priaroggia_(S_502)
gptkbp:serves gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkb:Pacific_Fleet
gptkbp:struck 1 October 1972
gptkbp:transferredTo gptkb:Italian_Navy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:marine
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4