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USS Rock

USS Rock: Rock
Image: US Navy photo, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Marker: recorded wreck position (Date not recorded).

Key facts

NameUSS RockWikidata label
Ship typeattack submarineWikidata P31 instance of
Nationality / flagUnited StatesWikidata P137 operator → P17 country
OperatorUnited States NavyWikidata P137 operator
ConflictWorld War IIWikidata P607 conflict
Sea / oceanSouth China SeaNatural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon
Nearest coastVietnamNatural Earth (public domain); approx. 10 km from land
Position11.6667, 109.2670Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0)

About the wreck

USS Rock (SS/SSR/AGSS-274), a Gato-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the rockfish, a striped bass found in the Chesapeake Bay region and elsewhere along the United States East Coast.

Location

  • Recorded position: 11.6667, 109.2670 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
  • Sea / ocean: South China Sea
  • Nearest coast: Vietnam

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Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).

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