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USS Billfish

1942 Balao-class submarine
Vehicle attack_submarine Q1641047
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Summary

USS Billfish is an attack submarine[1]. It draws 81 Wikipedia views per month (attack submarine category, ranking #90 of 428).[2]

Key Facts

  • Operator: United States Navy[3]
  • Manufacturer: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard[4]
  • Vessel class: Balao-class submarine[5]
  • Commons category: USS Billfish (SS-286)[6]
  • Country of origin: United States[7]
  • Participated in conflict: World War II[8]
  • Significant event: ship launching[9], keel laying[10], ship commissioning[11], ship decommissioning[12]
  • Different from: USS Billfish[13]
  • Name: USS Billfish[14]
  • Country of registry: United States[15]

Why It Matters

USS Billfish has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_uss-billfish-q1641047-2_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{USS Billfish}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/uss-billfish-q1641047-2}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-14}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 28d ago · Vicarage · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Operator → —
    Manufacturer → Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
    Significant event → ship launching, keel laying, ship commissioning +1
    Different from → USS Billfish
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Country of origin: United States, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/274403|batch #274403]]"
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