USS Lionfish (SS-298)

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USS Lionfish (SS-298) is a World War II-era Balao-class submarine of the United States Navy now preserved as a museum ship.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Balao-class submarine
United States Navy submarine
museum ship
armament 1 × 5 in/25 caliber deck gun
10 × 21 in torpedo tubes
Bofors 40 mm anti-aircraft gun NERFINISHED
Oerlikon 20 mm cannon NERFINISHED
awarded 2 battle stars for World War II service
beam 27.25 ft
builder Cramp Shipbuilding Company NERFINISHED
category Balao-class submarines of the United States Navy NERFINISHED
Museum ships in Massachusetts
Ships built in Philadelphia
World War II submarines of the United States
commissionedOn 1944-11-01
conflict World War II
country United States of America
crewComplement about 70 officers and enlisted
currentStatus museum ship
decommissionedOn 1946-12-16
displacementSubmerged 2424 long tons
displacementSurfaced 1526 long tons
draft 17 ft
finalDecommissioningDate 1953-12-15
hasMastheadInsignia lionfish emblem
homeportDuringService Pearl Harbor, Hawaii NERFINISHED
hullNumber SS-298 NERFINISHED
laidDownOn 1942-12-15
launchedOn 1943-11-07
length 311.75 ft
locatedIn Fall River, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
maximumSpeedSubmerged 8.75 knots
maximumSpeedSurfaced 20.25 knots
museumRole exhibit on submarine warfare
namedAfter lionfish
numberOfWarPatrols 2
openToPublic yes
operator United States Navy
patrolArea East China Sea NERFINISHED
Yellow Sea NERFINISHED
waters off Japan
preservedAt Battleship Cove NERFINISHED
propulsion diesel-electric
recommissionedOn 1951-01-31
shipClass Balao class NERFINISHED
sponsor Mrs. Florence K. Earle NERFINISHED
strickenFromNavalRegisterOn 1971-12-01
theaterOfOperations Pacific Theater NERFINISHED
UNSNumber SS298

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Battleship Cove hasPart USS Lionfish (SS-298)
Balao class preservedExample USS Lionfish (SS-298)
subject surface form: Balao-class submarine