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NavSource Online: Submarine Photo Archive

Patch on left contributed by Mike Keating, on right courtesy of naviosdeguerrabrasileiros.hpg.ig.com.br

Amberjack (SS-522)
Decommissioning Pamphlet

Radio Call Sign: November - Yankee - Juliet - Tango

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

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.

Ceara (S-14)

Size	Image Description	Source
210k	Front cover of the of the Amberjack's (SS-522) Decommissioning Pamphlet showing the U.S. & Brazilan flags.	Photo courtesy of Jim Carroll and submitted by Mike Keating.
595k	Page 1 of the Decommissioning Pamphlet; Broadside view of the Amberjack (SS-522) underway with a "E" for Excellence" painted on her conning tower.	Photo courtesy of Jim Carroll and submitted by Mike Keating.
72k	Page 2 of the Decommissioning Pamphlet.	Photo courtesy of Jim Carroll and submitted by Mike Keating.
339k	Page 3 of the Decommissioning Pamphlet. (in Portuguese)	Photo courtesy of Jim Carroll and submitted by Mike Keating.
360k	Page 4 of the Decommissioning Pamphlet; detailing the career of LCDR Stuart Merriken, Amberjack's (SS-522) last C.O. in U.S. service.	Photo courtesy of Jim Carroll and submitted by Mike Keating.
309k	Page 5 of the Decommissioning Pamphlet; detailing the career of LCDR Stuart Merriken, (in Portuguese) plus a list of the Amberjack (SS-522) former CO's.	Photo courtesy of Jim Carroll and submitted by Mike Keating.
194k	Page 6 of the Decommissioning Pamphlet; listing the Official Parties attending.	Photo courtesy of Jim Carroll and submitted by Mike Keating.
171k	Page 7 of the Decommissioning Pamphlet; listing the program of Events.	Photo courtesy of Jim Carroll and submitted by Mike Keating.
155k	Page 8 of the Decommissioning Pamphlet; transfer of the Amberjack (SS-522) to Brazil.	Photo courtesy of Jim Carroll and submitted by Mike Keating.
385k	Page 9 of the Decommissioning Pamphlet; commanding officer of the Ceara (S-12), Commander Castro.	Photo courtesy of Jim Carroll and submitted by Mike Keating.
324k	Page 10 of the Decommissioning Pamphlet; Career of the commanding officer of the Ceara (S-14), Commander Castro. (in Portuguese).	Photo courtesy of Jim Carroll and submitted by Mike Keating.
321k	Page 11 of the Decommissioning Pamphlet; ex-Amberjack's (SS-522) U.S. Decommissioning Crew.	Photo courtesy of Jim Carroll and submitted by Mike Keating.
365k	Page 12 of the Decommissioning Pamphlet; Ceara's (S-14) Brazilan Commissioning Crew.	Photo courtesy of Jim Carroll and submitted by Mike Keating.
403k	Page 13 of the Decommissioning Pamphletwhich lists a history of ship's named *Ceara* . Prior to the Amberjack's (SS-522) transfer and subsequent renaming, there were 3 other ships with that Portuguese name.	Photo courtesy of Jim Carroll and submitted by Mike Keating.
668k	Page 14 of the Decommissioning Pamphlet; broadside view of the Ceara (S-14).	Photo courtesy of Jim Carroll and submitted by Mike Keating.
226k	Decommissioning Pamphlet (Rear Cover)	Photo courtesy of Jim Carroll and submitted by Mike Keating.
61k	Bow on view of the ex-Amberjack (SS-522), now the Brazilian Ceara (S-14), circa 1970's.	Brazilian Navy photo by SRPM, via José Henrique Mendes, courtesy of naviosdeguerrabrasileiros.hpg.ig.com.br. Photo added 08/03/06.
125k	Lots of sails are out to greet the ex-Amberjack (SS-522), now the Brazilian Ceara (S-14), entering Fortaleza, capital city of the state of her namesake, Ceará, circa 1970's.	Brazilian Navy photo by MB, courtesy of naviosdeguerrabrasileiros.hpg.ig.com.br. Photo added 08/03/06.
63k	Sail of the ex-Amberjack (SS-522), now the Brazilian Ceara (S-14) on permanent display and aptly surrounded by water, in Fortaleza, capital city of the state of her namesake, Ceará.	Brazilian Navy photo by Rutęnio Sampaio, courtesy of naviosdeguerrabrasileiros.hpg.ig.com.br. Photo added 08/03/06.