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Diablo (SS-479)

Diablo served both the US Navy and Pakistani Navy

Tench Class Submarine: Laid down, 11 August 1944, at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME.; Launched, 1 December 1944; Commissioned USS Diablo (SS-479), 31 March 1945; designated (AGSS-479), 1962; Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register, Transferred (loan) to the Republic of Pakistan under terms of the Security Assistance Program and Commissioned PNS Ghazi, 1 June 1964; Final Disposition, lost with all hands 4 December 1971. (Text courtesy of LCDR Tomme J. Lambertson USN(RET), last Commanding Officer of USS Diablo (SS-479) from 10 November 1961 to 1 June 1964.)

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 1,570 t., Submerged: 2,414 t.; Length 311' 8"; Beam 27' 4"; 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 7 Officers 69 Enlisted; Armament, ten 21" torpedo tubes, six forward, four aft, 24 torpedoes, one 5"/25 deck gun, two 20mm guns, two .30 cal. machine guns; Patrol Endurance 75 days; Propulsion, diesel-electric reduction gear with four Fairbanks Morse main generator engines, 5,400HP, Fuel Capacity, 113,510 gal., two Elliot Motor Co. main motors with 2,740HP, two 126-cell main storage batteries, two propellers.

Size	Image Description	Source
63k	Diablo (SS-479), slides down the launching ways at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME., 1 December 1944.	Courtesy of LCDR Tomme J. Lambertson USN(RET).
130k	Diablo (SS-479), 1945 as commissioned, with two 5"/25 and two 40 mm.	Courtesy of LCDR Tomme J. Lambertson USN(RET).
205k	Diablo (SS-479), entering port, before conversion to Fleet Snorkel, circa 1950.	Courtesy of LCDR Tomme J. Lambertson USN(RET).
113k	Diablo (SS-479), underway in the Cape Cod Canal, September 1950.	Courtesy of Dick Harris.
83k	Circa 1960 photo of the Diablo (SS-479)	USN photo.
123k	Broadside view of the Diablo (SS-479) during the early 60's.	US Navy photo courtesy of David Buell. Photo added 10/29/07.
93k	Diablo (AGSS-479), 1962 in Thames River, New London, CT. CO Tom Lambertson inset.	Courtesy of LCDR Tomme J. Lambertson USN(RET).
107k	Diablo (AGSS-479), 1964 in Long Island Sound after conversion to Fleet Snorkel at Philiadelphia Naval Shipyard.	Courtesy of LCDR Tomme J. Lambertson USN(RET).
269k	Diablo (AGSS-479), 1964 June 1, Decommissioning Ceremony with Sarda (AGSS-488) outboard at US Naval Submarine Base, New London, CT.	Courtesy of LCDR Tomme J. Lambertson USN(RET).

View the Diablo (SS-479)
DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Tench Class Submarines
Full Fathom Five, U.S. Submarine War Against Japan
Date and details of loss in Indian-Pakistani War of 1971.

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