USS Amberjack (SS-219)
| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut |
| Laid down: | 15 May 1941 |
| Launched: | 6 March 1942 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. Randall Jacobs |
| Commissioned: | 19 June 1942 |
| Struck: | Sunk by Japanese torpedo boat Hiyodori and SC-18 off Rabaul, 16 February 1943 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Gato-class diesel-electric submarine |
| Displacement: | 1,525 long tons (1,549 t) surfaced, 2,424 long tons (2,463 t) submerged |
| Length: | 311 ft 9 in (95.02 m) |
| Beam: | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m) |
| Draft: | 17 ft (5.2 m) maximum |
| Propulsion: |
4 × General Motors Model 16-248 V16 diesel engines driving electrical generators |
| Speed: | 21 kn (39 km/h) surfaced, 9 kn (17 km/h) submerged |
| Range: | 11,000 nmi (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 kn (19 km/h) |
| Endurance: | 48 hours at 2 kn (3.7 km/h) submerged, 75 days on patrol |
| Test depth: | 300 ft (91 m) |
| Complement: | 6 officers, 54 enlisted |
| Armament: | 10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (six forward, four aft) 24 torpedoes 1 × 3-inch (76 mm) / 50 caliber deck gun Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon |
USS Amberjack (SS-219) was a Gato-class submarine, the first United States Navy ship named for the amberjack, a vigorous sport fish found in the western Atlantic from New England to Brazil.
Her keel was laid by the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut, on 15 May 1941. She was launched on 6 March 1942 (sponsored by Mrs. Randall Jacobs), and commissioned on 19 June 1942, Lieutenant Commander John A. Bole, Jr. in command.
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