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NavSource Online: Submarine Photo Archive

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

Gudgeon (SS-567) (AGSS-567) (SSAG-567)

Radio Call Sign: November - Quebec - Uniform - Delta

Tang Class (Diesel Fast Attack) Submarine: Ordered Fiscal Year 1948; Laid down, 20 May 1950 at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME; Launched, 11 June 1952; Commissioned USS Gudgeon (SS-567) on 21 November 1952.
Initially based at Pearl Harbor, she operated in Pacific waters with regular deployments to the Far East as a unit of the U. S. Seventh Fleet. Between 8 July 1957 and 21 February 1958, Gudgeon made a 25,000 cruise from Pearl Harbor to Pearl Harbor - the first United States submarine to circumnavigate the globe. On 9 December 1963, she entered Mare Island Naval Shipyard at Vallejo, CA to have her hull extended between 15 - 18 feet to accommodate the Passive Underwater Fire-Control Feasibility System (PUFFS).
Re-Designated as an Auxiliary Research Submarine (AGSS-567) on 1 April 1979 and re-designated later as an Guided Missile Auxiliary Submarine (SSAG-567) on 5 November 1979.
Pursuant to the terms of the Foreign Assistance Act (FAA), Gudgeon was Decommissioned at the U. S. Submarine Base, San Diego, CA., on 30 September 1983 and Transferred (loan) to the Republic of Turkey where she was Commissioned as the TCG Hizarreis(S-342) the same day.
The ex-Gudgeon remained on loan until she was finally Struck from the U. S. Naval Vessel Registry (NVR) on 6 August 1987 and permanently Transferred (sale) to the Republic of Turkey on 17 August 1987.
Hizarreis served in the Turkish Submarine Forces until she was removed from active service on 31 January 2004 and transferred to the Naval Museum Command of the Turkish Navy. The Hizarreis is currently berthed at the Istanbul Naval Museum and open to the public. (10/20/05).
Researched by CTRC Donald J. Wagner, USN (Ret) for NavSource.

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 2,100 t., Submerged: 2,700 t.; Length 287'; Beam 27' 3"; Draft 19'; Speed, Surfaced 20 kts, Submerged 18 kts; Complement 8 Officers 75 Enlisted; Armament, eight 21" torpedo tubes, eight MK-49/57 mines; Propulsion, diesel-electric, Fairbanks-Morse Type 3 diesel engines, HP 4500, two electric motors, HP 5600, single screw.

Size	Image Description	Source
75k	The Gudgeon (SS-567) runs off Block Island, 25 May 1953. Her snorkel induction and ECM (ESM) masts are raised. The big fairing on the starboard side (abaft the sonar dome) supports her trainable BQR-3 attack sonar.	Photo & text courtesy of U.S. Submarines Since 1945, An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman & James L. Christley. Naval Institute Press.
112k	Starboard view of the Gudgeon (SS-567) during her builders trials, 25 June 1953.	USN photo.
34k	Gudgeon (SS-567) in drydock.	Photo courtesy of ussgudgeon.photosite.com.
37k	Leaving the shipfitting shop 15 days ahead of schedule is the first plastic sail for an attack class submarine. Designed and constructed at Pearl Harbor, the sail was installed on the Gudgeon (SS-567) this week. Although only 2/3rds the size of a Guppy sail, it still required the same skill and techniques used on the larger models. Attack submarines like the *Gudgeon* do not have conning towers and therefore do not require a larger sail.	Photo courtesy of ussgudgeon.photosite.com.
69k	Tang (SS-563), Wahoo (SS-565),Gudgeon (SS-567) & Blackfin (SS-322) at the sub base, Pearl Harbor. Circa 1958.	Photo courtesy of ussgudgeon.photosite.com.
37k	Gudgeon (SS-567) underway with the shark fin arrays with the standard BQG-4 PUFFS system. Circa 1960's.	Text by QM2(SS) David Johnston, USNR. Photo courtesy of ussgudgeon.photosite.com.
66k	Gudgeon (SS-567) entering port with the shark fin arrays with the standard BQG-4 PUFFS system. Circa 1960's.	Text by QM2(SS) David Johnston, USNR. Photo courtesy of ussgudgeon.photosite.com.
65k	Gudgeon (SS-567) underway with the shark fin arrays with the standard BQG-4 PUFFS system. Circa 1963.	Text by QM2(SS) David Johnston, USNR. Photo courtesy of ussgudgeon.photosite.com.
48k	Carbonero (SS-337) about to tie up inboard of the Gudgeon (SS-567) at Pearl Harbor, circa 1963.	US Navy photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org
109k	Port side view of the Gudgeon (SS-567) as she appeared from the cigarette deck of the Archerfish (AGSS-311) in Pearl Harbor in late August 1963.	Photo courtesy of Fred Firks and submitted by Ken Henry.
96k	The Gudgeon (SS-567) in dry dock #1 at Mare Island in May 1966. She received a new 18 foot hull section during this dry docking for large engines. She was in overhaul at Mare Island from 3 Jan 1966 to 23 Aug 1967. She was in dry dock from 21 Jan 1966 to 18 Jan 1967. Photo appeared in the 29 Jun 1966 edition of Mare Island's newspaper "Grapevine".	Courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
242k	Forward port quarter photo of Gudgeon (SS-567). The location and actual date are unknown. The photo was entered into the Mare Island photo collection in Feb 66 shortly after *Gudgeon* started overhaul.	USN photo # 71758-2-66, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
50k	Gudgeon (SS-567) at Naval Station Subic Bay, PI, May 1968.	Photo by John Jazdzewski, Boston (CAG-1).
229k	Port side view of the Gudgeon (SS-567) underway, circa 1970's, location unknown.	Photo taken from The World's Great Submarines, by Antont Preston & submitted by Robert Hurst. Photo added 04/17/08.
84k	The Trout (SS-566), left and the Gudgeon (SS-567) right are in dry dock #4 at Mare Island in Feb 1973. Both boats were in dock from 22 Feb until 3 Oct 1973. *Gudgeon* was in overhaul from 22 Feb until 21 Dec 1973 and *Trout* from 22 Feb 1973 until 28 Jan 1974. Photo from the 9 Mar 1973 edition of Mare Island's newspaper "Grapevine".	Courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
142k	Front cover of Welcome Aboard Pamphlet for the Gudgeon (SS-567), 1973.	Courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
187k	Pages 2 & 3 of the Welcome Aboard Pamphlet for the Gudgeon (SS-567), 1973.	Courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
187k	Last page of the Welcome Aboard Pamphlet for the Gudgeon (SS-567), 1973.	Courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
374k	A Turkish sailor removes the name from the *Tang class* submarine ex-Gudgeon (SSAG-567) during the transfer ceremony at Point Loma, CA. on 30 Sep 1983. The *Gudgeon* was decommissioned and is being immediately transferred to the Turkish Navy on a five-year lease. The submarine is being renamed to TCG Hizirreis (S-342).	USN photo # DN-ST-85-08684, by PH1 Bob Weissleder, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil & submitted by Bill Gonyo.
85k	A Turkish sailor raises the Turkish commissioning pennant aboard the TCG Hizirreis (S-342) as members of its former crew stand in the foreground. The *Tang class* submarine ex-Gudgeon (SSAG-567) has been decommissioned and is being immediately transferred to the Turkish Navy on a five-year lease.	USN photo # DN-ST-85-08687, by PH1 Bob Weissleder, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil & submitted by Bill Gonyo.
168k	Turkish sailors man the rail aboard the TCG Hizirreis (S-342) at the conclusion of the transfer ceremony.	USN photo # DN-ST-85-08688, by PH1 Bob Weissleder, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil & submitted by Bill Gonyo.
169k	An aerial port side view of the Turkish submarine TCG Hizirreis (S-342) underway near San Diego on 14 Oct 1983.	USN photo # DN-SC-85-00571, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil & submitted by Bill Gonyo.
155k	From right to left are: RADM. A. Can Erenoglu, Commander of Turkish Submarine Fleet, Mr. Ibrahim Karaosmanoglu, Mayor of Kocaeli, Admiral Yener Karahanoglu, Fleet Commander Mr. Erdal Ata, Governor of Kocaeli, Captain(Navy) Turgay Guclu, Submarine Division Commander, aboard the ex Gudgeon (SS-567), Turkish submarine TNS Hizirreis (S-342), currently in the city of Izmit, which is 100 Km. east of Istanbul, Spring 2005.	Turkish Navy Photo courtesy of RADM. Can Erenoglu, Commander of Turkish Submarine Fleet.
64k	Bow view of two beauties, the ex Gudgeon (SS-567), Turkish submarine TCG Hizirreis (S-342), & LTJG Goksen, Protocol, Officer Spring 2005.	Turkish Navy Photo courtesy of RADM. Can Erenoglu, Commander of Turkish Submarine Fleet.
205k	Kids are the same everywhere, give them a flag and show them a sub, as seen here aboard the ex Gudgeon (SS-567), Turkish submarine TCG Hizirreis (S-342), Spring 2005.	Turkish Navy Photo courtesy of RADM. Can Erenoglu, Commander of Turkish Submarine Fleet.