USS Bowfin (SS-287)

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Balao-class submarine United States Navy submarine museum ship

USS Bowfin (SS-287) is a World War II-era American Balao-class submarine famed for its successful wartime patrols in the Pacific and preservation as a museum ship in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Balao-class submarine → United States Navy submarine → museum ship →
armament	1 × 5-inch deck gun → 10 × 21-inch torpedo tubes → anti-aircraft guns →
associatedWith	Pearl Harbor National Memorial →
awarded	Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal → Navy Unit Commendation → Philippine Liberation Medal → Presidential Unit Citation → World War II Victory Medal →
beam	27.25 ft →
builder	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard →
class	Balao class →
commissionedOn	1943-05-01 →
conflict	World War II →
country	United States of America →
crewComplement	about 70 officers and enlisted →
decommissionedOn	1947-02-12 →
displacementSubmerged	2424 long tons →
displacementSurfaced	1526 long tons →
draft	17 ft →
fate	preserved as museum ship →
finalDecommissioningDate	1954-04-22 →
homeportDuringWWII	Pearl Harbor →
hullNumber	SS-287 →
laidDownOn	1942-07-23 →
launchedOn	1942-12-07 →
length	311.75 ft →
location	Pearl Harbor, Hawaii →
maximumSpeedSubmerged	8.75 knots →
maximumSpeedSurfaced	20.25 knots →
mooredAt	Pearl Harbor Visitor Center →
namedAfter	bowfin →
navalRegistryStatus	stricken from Naval Vessel Register →
nickname	Pearl Harbor Avenger →
notableFor	successful wartime patrols in the Pacific →
numberOfWarPatrols	9 →
openToPublicSince	1981 →
operator	United States Navy →
partOf	Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum →
propulsion	diesel-electric →
recommissionedOn	1951-07-27 →
role	attack submarine →
serviceBranch	United States Navy Submarine Force →
sponsor	Mrs. Jane Gawne →
status	on public display →
strickenDate	1971-12-01 →
theater	Pacific Theater of World War II →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum →	hasExhibit