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NavSource Online: Submarine Photo Archive

Patches on left & center courtesy of George M. Arnold, on right by Sait Kucuk, CPOS (Ret),Turkish Navy.

Sea Fox (SS-402)
Turkish Service

Radio Call Sign: November - Kilo - Papa - Echo

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U.S. Service
Decommissioning Ceremony

Balao Class Submarine: Laid down, 2 November 1943, at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME.; Launched, 28 March 1944; Commissioned USS Sea Fox (SS-402), 13 June 1944; Decommissioned on 15 October 1952 at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA for GUPPY IIA conversion. Re-Commissioned on 5 June 1953. After more than 25 years of alternating Western Pacific deployments with the U. S. Seventh Fleet and local operations and training, Sea Fox (SS-402) returned from her final deployment to her homeport of San Diego on 11 October 1970. In November, she embarked the prospective Turkish Navy crew for training and departed for Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard at San Francisco pursuant to the provisions of the Foreign Military Sales Act of 1968.

On 14 December 1970, (Sea Fox Decommissioned from the United States Navy; struck from the Naval Vessel Registry; transferred to the Republic of Turkey and concurrently Commissioned TCG Burakreis(S-335) (Note: Burak Reis was the 2nd submarine of the Turkish Navy to bear the name of the 15th century Commander of the Western Fleet of the Ottoman Empire Navy). On 1 July 1996, TCG Burak Reis, (ex-Sea Fox(SS-402) Decommissioned from Turkish Navy and reportedly acted as a "charging boat" for other GUPPY submarines at Golcuk Navy Yard, Turkey until cannibalized for parts and the hulk discarded for scrap in 2003.
Sea Fox (SS-402) was awarded four battle stars for WWII service and another four stars for service in Vietnam.
Researched by CTRC Donald J. Wagner, USN (Ret) for NavSource.

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced 1,526 t., Submerged 2,391 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 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.

TCG Burakreis (S-335)

Size	Image Description	Source
60k	Front cover of the Decommissioning transfer ceremony of the ex-Sea Fox (SS-402) in Turkish Naval service as Burakreis (S-335), 14 December 1970.	Photo courtesy of Y.M.Umar,CPO (Ret.),Turkish Navy.
103k	Certificate of delivery of the transfer ceremony of the ex-Sea Fox (SS-402) in Turkish Naval service as Burakreis (S-335), 14 December 1970.	Photo courtesy of Y.M.Umar,CPO (Ret.),Turkish Navy.
94k	Commissioning officers of the Burakreis (S-335), 14 December 1970.	Photo courtesy of Y.M.Umar, CPO (Ret.),Turkish Navy. Photo added 07/31/09.
107k	Non-Commissioning officers of the Burakreis (S-335), 14 December 1970.	Photo courtesy of Y.M.Umar, CPO (Ret.),Turkish Navy. Photo added 07/31/09.
91k	Commissioning crew Dec. 1970 of the Burakreis (S-335), 14 December 1970.	Photo courtesy of Y.M.Umar, CPO (Ret.),Turkish Navy. Photo added 07/31/09.
157k	The ex-Sea Fox (SS-402) is welcomed into the Turkish Naval service as Burakreis (S-335), 14 December 1970 as her crew salutes the boat's new colors.	Photo courtesy of Y.M.Umar,CPO (Ret.),Turkish Navy.
106k	Front page of The Drydocker, newspaper of Hunters Point shipyard, showing the Burakreis (S-335) completing her transfer at Hunters Point, 14 December 1970.	Photo courtesy of Y.M.Umar,CPO (Ret.),Turkish Navy.
92k	The ex-Razorback (SS-394) as the Muratreis (S-336) is the second boat on the left, middle boat is the Cerbe (S-340), ex-Trutta (SS-421), the ex-Sea Fox (SS-402) as the Burakreis (S-335) (2nd from right), with other Turkish subs; one of which is the ex-Tang (SS-563) as the Pirireis (S-343) and the other as ex-Gudgeon (SSAG-567), now the Hizirreis (S-342).	Photo courtesy of Y.M.Umar,CPO (Ret.),Turkish Navy.
91k	The Burakreis (S-335) returns back to the Sub base at Golcuk.	Photo courtesy of Sait Kucuk, CPOS (Ret),Turkish Navy.
143k	Burakreis (S-335) official crew photo, 1974.	Photo courtesy of Sait Kucuk, CPOS (Ret),Turkish Navy.
126k	*Sea Fox* served for dinner aboard the Burakreis (S-335), 1973.	Photo courtesy of George M. Arnold & Y.M.Umar,CPO (Ret.),Turkish Navy.
84k	The Burakreis (S-335) decommissioning from Turkish Navy, 1 July 1996.	Photo courtesy of Sait Kucuk, CPOS (Ret),Turkish Navy.