USS Apogon

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Balao-class submarine United States Navy submarine

USS Apogon was a U.S. Navy Balao-class submarine that served in World War II and was later sunk during the Operation Crossroads atomic tests at Bikini Atoll.

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Label	Occurrences
USS Apogon canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Balao-class submarine ⓘ United States Navy submarine ⓘ
armament	1 × 5 in/25 caliber deck gun ⓘ 10 × 21 in torpedo tubes ⓘ 40 mm Bofors autocannon ⓘ surface form: Bofors 40 mm gun Oerlikon 20 mm anti-aircraft cannons ⓘ surface form: Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
awards	Battle stars for World War II service ⓘ
beam	27 ft 3 in ⓘ
builder	Mare Island Naval Shipyard ⓘ
builderLocation	Vallejo ⓘ surface form: Vallejo, California
commissionedDate	1943-07-16 ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
crewComplement	about 70 officers and enlisted ⓘ
decommissionedDate	1946-02-01 ⓘ
displacementSubmerged	2424 long tons ⓘ
displacementSurfaced	1526 long tons ⓘ
draft	17 ft ⓘ
fate	sunk as target in atomic tests at Bikini Atoll ⓘ
hullNumber	SS-308 ⓘ
laidDownDate	1942-05-09 ⓘ
launchedDate	1943-03-10 ⓘ
length	311 ft 9 in ⓘ
material	steel ⓘ
maximumSpeedSubmerged	8.75 knots ⓘ
maximumSpeedSurfaced	20.25 knots ⓘ
namedAfter	apogon (cardinalfish) ⓘ
navyListRemovalDate	1946-02-25 ⓘ
numberOfWarPatrols	8 ⓘ
operator	United States Navy ⓘ
participatedIn	Operation Crossroads ⓘ World War II ⓘ
powerplant	2 electric motors ⓘ 4 diesel engines ⓘ
propulsion	diesel-electric ⓘ
shipClass	Balao class ⓘ
shipwreckLocation	Bikini Atoll lagoon ⓘ
sinkingLocation	Bikini Atoll ⓘ
sinkingMethod	atomic bomb test ⓘ
sponsor	Mrs. Robert W. Hayler ⓘ
status	shipwreck ⓘ
sunkIn	Operation Crossroads ⓘ
testSeries	Operation Crossroads ⓘ surface form: Operation Crossroads Able and Baker tests
theaterOfOperations	Pacific Ocean ⓘ
type	fleet submarine ⓘ

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Bikini Atoll → hasShipwreck → USS Apogon ⓘ