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NavSource Online: Submarine Photo Archive

Patch on left contributed by Mike Smolinski, on right by Don McGrogan, BMCS, USN (ret.)

Queenfish (SS-393) (AGSS-393)

Radio Call Sign: November - Kilo - November - Uniform

Balao Class Submarine: Laid down, 27 July 1943, at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME.; Launched, 30 November 1943; Commissioned USS Queenfish (SS-393), 11 March 1944; Redesignated Auxiliary Research Submarine (AGSS-393), 1 July 1960; Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register, 1 March 1963; Final Disposition, sunk as target by Swordfish (SSN-579), 14 August 1963. Queenfish was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation, and received six battle starts for World War II service.

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced 1,526 t., Submerged 2,391 t.; Length 311' 8"; Beam 27' 3"; Draft 15' 3"; Speed, Surfaced 20.25 kts, Submerged 8.75 kts; Cruising Range, 11,000 miles surfaced at 10 kts; Submerged Endurance, 48 hours at 2 kts; 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 single 40mm gun mount, one single 20mm gun mount, two .50 cal. machine guns; Patrol Endurance 75 days; Propulsion, diesel-electric reduction gear, Fairbanks Morse diesel engines, 5,400 HP, Fuel Capacity, 116,000 gal., four Elliot Motor Co. electric main motors with 2,740 shp, two 126-cell main storage batteries, two propellers.

Size	Image Description	Source
16k	Commemorative launch day badge from Queenfish (SS-393) launching at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME., 30 November 1943.	Courtesy of James A Munroe in remembrance of his father Raymond L. Munroe Sr. who worked at the yard during WW II and the Korean wars as a chauffeur.
22k	Commemorative post mark on the occasion of the commissioning of Queenfish (SS-393), at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME., 11 March 1944.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
62k	Starboard view of the Queenfish (SS-393), probably during her seatrials off the New England coast, Spring 1944.	USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.
92k	Starboard view of the Queenfish (SS-393), probably during her sea trials off the New England coast, Spring 1944.	USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.
368k	The Queenfish (SS-393) rescuing British and Australian prisoners of war, survivors of the Japanese ship *Rakuyo Maru, sunk in the China Sea by the Sealion* (SS-315), September 1944.	NARA FILE #: 080-G-272803, Photo # HD-SN-99-02608, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil, Defense Visual Information Center.
83k	Queenfish (SS-393), port side view, circa 1944-45, location unknown.	Courtesy of John Hummel.
53k	WW II battleflag of the Queenfish (SS-393).	USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.
95k	Starboard view of the Queenfish (SS-393), underway, circa 1950's, location unknown. Her deck guns had been removed by this time. When her guns and associated equipment were removed, she became the model for active fleet-type boats that did not receive GUPPY, snorkel, SSR, SSG or other special conversions. Little is recorded about this "*Queenfish Modification*" that was a household word for submariners in the '50s.	Text courtesy of subnet.com. USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.
116k	Port side view of the Queenfish (SS-393), underway, circa 1950's, location unknown.	USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.
248k	Overhead stern view of the Queenfish (SS-393), underway, circa 1950's, location unknown.	USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.
157k	With a boiling wake from her stern, the Queenfish (SS-393) is underway through the Pacific, circa 1950's.	USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.
79k	Port side view of the Queenfish (SS-393) underway, possibly circa 16 January 1958 after she departed for a 6 month deployment to WestPac, returning to San Diego 27 July to resume operations off the west coast of the United States.	Text info courtesy of DANFS. Photo courtesy of Robert Hirst. Photo added 06/16/06.
50k	Coming alongside to check out the Queenfish (SS-393) before she is sunk as a target by Swordfish (SSN-579), 14 August 1963.	USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.
61k	The Queenfish (SS-393) with an oil slick in her wake before she is sunk as a target by Swordfish (SSN-579), 14 August 1963.	USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.
42k	The Queenfish (SS-393) is hit amidships by Swordfish (SSN-579), 14 August 1963, as she starts her final dive.	USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.