USS Whale (SS-239)

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:Presidential_Unit_Citation
11 battle stars
gptkbp:beam 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Portsmouth_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:commissioned 1 June 1942
gptkbp:complement 60 officers and enlisted
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned 25 May 1946
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 Whale (SS-239)
gptkbp:laidDown 28 June 1941
gptkbp:launched 14 March 1942
gptkbp:length 311 ft 9 in (95.03 m)
gptkbp:nickname Whale
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:William_H._Hazzard
John B. Azer
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:patrols 11 war patrols
gptkbp:propulsion Diesel-electric
gptkbp:serves gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:speed 20.25 knots (surfaced)
8.75 knots (submerged)
gptkbp:struck 1 March 1960
gptkbp:sunkBy Japanese shipping
enemy warships
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:World_War_II_submarines_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6