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NavSource Online: Submarine Photo Archive

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Amberjack (SS-522)
Guppy Conversion

Radio Call Sign: November - Yankee - Juliet - Tango

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Keel Laying - Shakedown Cruise
Post Guppy Life
Decommissioning - Transfer to Brazil
Decommissioning Pamphlet

Tench Class Submarine: Laid down, 8 February 1944, at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, MA.; Launched, 15 December 1944; Commissioned USS Amberjack (SS-522), 4 March 1946; Underwent "Guppy" Modernization in 1947-48; Decommissioned, simultaneously struck from the Naval Register, 17 October 1973, at US Naval Submarine Base, Key West FL.; Transferred (sold) under the Security Assistance Program to Brazil, renamed Ceara (S-14); Final Disposition, fate unknown.

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 single 20mm guns; two /30 cal. machine guns; Patrol Endurance 75 days; Propulsion, diesel-electric reduction gear with four main generator motors, Fairbanks-Morse diesel engines, HP 5,400. Fuel Capacity, 113,510 gal., Elliot electric motors, HP 2,740, two 126-cell main storage batteries, two propellers.

Size	Image Description	Source
63k	Amberjack (SS-522) along side an unknown boat at the start of the Guppy modernization. The other boat looks like she's getting close to being finished. The time period for the photos on this page starts from February or March 1947 to November or December 1947.	Photo courtesy of Jim Carroll and submitted by Mike Keating. Photo added 01/29/06.
48k	The underside of Amberjack (SS-522), from the floor of the dry dock, looking aft.	Photo courtesy of Jim Carroll and submitted by Mike Keating.
75k	The Amberjack's (SS-522) Guppy(Gun Deck). It appears to be part of the conning tower deck, after it was removed. .	Photo courtesy of Jim Carroll and submitted by Mike Keating.
73k	This shows the forward escape trunk of the Amberjack (SS-522) with the superstructure removed.	Photo courtesy of Jim Carroll and submitted by Mike Keating.
63k	Rear view of the old conning tower and shears, after removal.	Photo courtesy of Jim Carroll and submitted by Mike Keating.
100k	Port aft quarter of Amberjack (SS-522), from top of dry dock. .	Photo courtesy of Jim Carroll and submitted by Mike Keating.
95k	Looking forward, over the after engine room hatch. The exhaust piping has been removed and part of the after engine room air induction piping. The new clamshell superstructure, just aft of the sail is already in place.	Photo courtesy of Jim Carroll and submitted by Mike Keating.
70k	Looking forward with the superstructure aft of the bow buoyancy tank removed. The upper end of the forward escape trunk is visible at the bottom of the picture.	Photo courtesy of Jim Carroll and submitted by Mike Keating.
70k	Looking aft along the port side as the dry dock was being pumped down. The box like structure, on deck, was the protective housing for working on the new sail.	Photo courtesy of Jim Carroll and submitted by Mike Keating. Photo added 01/29/06.
67k	Looking forward from the aft deck. Some of the port side superstructure has already been removed. The only parts remaining are the areas over the mufflers.	Photo courtesy of Jim Carroll and submitted by Mike Keating. Photo added 01/29/06.
67k	A bow on view. The bow modification (Bow Buoyancy Tank) appears finished and the sail's protective housing is still in place. It also looks like number 2 torpedo tube outer door is open.	Photo courtesy of Jim Carroll and submitted by Mike Keating. Photo added 01/29/06.
63k	From bottom of dry dock looking forward.	Photo courtesy of Jim Carroll and submitted by Mike Keating. Photo added 01/29/06.
58k	The old bow buoyancy tank has been remove and the sail's protective cover has been put in place.	Photo courtesy of Jim Carroll and submitted by Mike Keating. Photo added 01/29/06.
61k	Still in dry dock. The new superstructure and sail are in place. Scaffolding around the sail is for finishing the final work on it.	Photo courtesy of Jim Carroll and submitted by Mike Keating. Photo added 01/29/06.
68k	The new superstructure and sail are in place and, it looks like the hull painting is done.	Photo courtesy of Jim Carroll and submitted by Mike Keating. Photo added 01/29/06.
67k	Bow on view of the Amberjack (SS-522) on blocks after modernization, before the sonar dome was installed.	Photo courtesy of Jim Carroll and submitted by Mike Keating.
100k	Port aft quarter of Amberjack (SS-522), from top of dry dock. .	Photo courtesy of Jim Carroll and submitted by Mike Keating.
130k	Amberjack (SS-522) from top of dry dock.	Photo courtesy of Jim Carroll and submitted by Mike Keating.
137k	Amberjack (SS-522) seen from an upper story window of a building near the dry dock.	Photo courtesy of Jim Carroll and submitted by Mike Keating.
130k	Amberjack (SS-522) from top of dry dock. Boat is nearing end of guppy work, but the screws still have to be mounted.	Photo courtesy of Jim Carroll and submitted by Mike Keating.
121k	Amberjack (SS-522) from top of dry dock. Guppy conversion is nearing completion but the scaffolding is still in place around the sail.	Photo courtesy of Jim Carroll and submitted by Mike Keating.