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NavSource Online: Submarine Photo Archive

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Greenfish (SS-351)

Radio Call Sign: November - Juliet - Tango - Tango

Balao Class Submarine: Laid down, 29 June 1944, at the Electric Boat Co., Groton, CT.; Launched, 21 December 1945; Commissioned USS Greenfish (SS-351), 7 June 1946; Guppy conversion in 1948 at Electric Boat Works, Groton, CT.; FRAM overhaul and Guppy III conversion, 15 December 1960 to 28 July 1961, at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Honolulu, HI.; Decommissioned, struck from the Naval Register, and transferred (sold) under terms of the Security Assistance Program to Brazil, 19 December 1973, renamed Amazonas (S-16); Final Disposition, struck from the Brazilian Navy, 15 October 1992, and scrapped on 30/01/2004 at the Niteroi shipyard.

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 1,526 t., Submerged: 2,242 t.; Length 311' 9"; Beam 27' 3"; Draft 15' 3"; Speed, Surfaced 20.25 kts, Submerged 8.75 kts; Cruising Range, 11,000 miles surfaced at 10kts; Submerged Endurance, 48 hours at 2kts; Operating Depth, 400 ft; Complement 6 Officers, 60 Enlisted; Armament, ten 21" torpedo tubes, six forward, four aft, 24 torpedoes, one 5"/25 deck gun, one 40mm gun, one 20mm gun, two .50 cal. machine guns; Patrol Endurance 75 days; Propulsion, diesel-electric reduction gear with four main generator engines., General Motors diesel engines, HP 5400, Fuel Capacity 118,000, four General Electric motors, HP 2,740, two 126-cell main storage batteries, two propellers.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
	17k	Commemorative postal cover marking the occasion of Greenfish's (SS-351) keel being laid, 29 June 1944, at the Electric Boat Co., Groton, CT.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
	75k	Greenfish (SS-351) underway, after Guppy conversion in 1948, place unknown.	USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.
	128k	Stern view of the Pomfret (SS-391) entering Pearl Harbor, circa late 40's, early 50's. The Greenfish (SS-351) is off to *Pomfret's* port side.	Text courtesy of John Hummel. USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.
	34k	Bass (SSK-2), Bonita (SSK-3),Greenfish (SS-351) and Pickerel (SS-524) at Pearl Harbor, circa 1950's.	Courtesy of Grant Riddle / submarinebaseph.com.
	118k	Three different bow views of fleet boats. Greenfish (SS-351) is the outboard boat in the photo. The boat with the sonar dome on the bow is the Fleet Snorkel boat Sterlet (SS-392). In 1955, she was fitted with a BQR-4A sonar similar to the SSK conversions, but she retained all six forward torpedo tubes (unlike the SSK conversions, which lost the upper two), was not silenced to the extent that the SSK's were, and retained all four engines. Sea Owl (SS-405) and Piper (SS-408) received similar installations. These three boats were never redesignated as SSK. They can be easily distinguished from the SSK conversions because the sonar dome was raised above the deck level. The SSK's dome was flush with the main deck. This is why they lost the upper two torpedo tubes. Carp (SS-338) is the next boat inboard.	Photo courtesy of Ron Phillipi. Photo & text i.d. courtesy of Dave Johnston (USNR). Photo added 01/03/10.
	200k	Stern view of four boats tied up in Pearl Harbor about 1959. Inboard to outboard are the Sabalo (SS-302), Carp (SS-338), Sterlet (SS-392) & Greenfish (SS-351).	Photo courtesy of Ron Phillipi. Photo added 01/03/10.
	227k	Inverse of the above photo shows a partial bow view of Sabalo (SS-302),Carp (SS-338), Sterlet (SS-392) & Greenfish (SS-351).	Photo courtesy of Ron Phillipi. Photo added 01/03/10.
	25k	Greenfish (SS-351) underway, date and place unknown.	Courtesy of George M. Arnold
	197k	Greenfish (SS-351) in drydock, possibly at Pearl Harbor Shipyard 15 December 1960 for a FRAM (Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization) overhaul and extensive conversion to a GUPPY-III class ship.	Text courtesy of DANFS, USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.
	119k	Greenfish (SS-351) in drydock, possibly at Pearl Harbor Shipyard 15 December 1960 for a FRAM (Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization) overhaul and extensive conversion to a GUPPY-III class ship.	Text courtesy of DANFS, USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.
	54k	Greenfish (SS-351) with the shark fin arrays with the standard BQG-4 PUFFS system. This photo was taken in the 1960's timeframe.	Text courtesy of DANFS & QM2(SS) David Johnston, USNR. USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.
	74k	Greenfish (SS-351) with the shark fin arrays with the standard BQG-4 PUFFS system. This photo was taken in the 1960's timeframe.	Text courtesy of DANFS & QM2(SS) David Johnston, USNR. USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.
	56k	Watercolor painting by the artist Jim Christley entitled "Northern Run", depicts the Greenfish (SS-351) in its Guppy III configuration in the mid-1960s as she keeps watch in a choppy cold ocean during a coming storm.	Photo & text courtesy of subart.net.
	66k	An Acrylic painting by the artist Dante H. Bertoni entitled "Crew of Greenfish* (SS-351) Shape-Up on Deck, 16 December 1970."* Inboard of the boat is Halfbeak (SS-352).	Painting # 88-161-AQ. Courtesy of the USNHC.
Amazonas (S-16)
	74k	The ex-Greenfish (SS-351) as the Brazilian Amazonas (S-16) with the BQG-4 PUFFS system sometime probably shortly after entering Brazilian service in the early-mid 1970's.	Brazilian Navy photo by SDM, courtesy of naviosdeguerrabrasileiros.hpg.ig.com.br, & submitted by Valdo Novaes.
	30k	The ex-Greenfish (SS-351) as the Brazilian Amazonas (S-16) in her final configuration, probably circa 1990's?	Brazilian Navy photo by SRPM, courtesy of naviosdeguerrabrasileiros.hpg.ig.com.br, & submitted by Valdo Novaes.
	75k	The ex-Greenfish (SS-351) as the Brazilian Amazonas (S-16) being scrapped on 30/01/2004 at the Niteroi shipyard.	Brazilian Navy photo by John Sins, courtesy of naviosdeguerrabrasileiros.hpg.ig.com.br, & submitted by Valdo Novaes.