USS Amberjack (SS-522)

Ceará's sail preserved in Fortaleza.
History
United States
BuilderBoston Navy Yard
Laid down8 February 1944
Launched15 December 1944
Commissioned4 March 1946
Decommissioned17 October 1973
Stricken17 October 1973
FateTransferred to Brazil, 17 October 1973
History
Brazil
NameCeará (S-14)
Acquired17 October 1973
Decommissioned21 September 1987
FateScrapped; sail preserved in Fortaleza, Ceará.
General characteristics (As completed)
Class & typeTench-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement
  • 1,570 tons (1,595 t) surfaced
  • 2,428 tons (2,467 t) submerged
Length311 ft 8 in (95.00 m)
Beam27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
Draft17 ft 0 in (5.18 m) maximum
Propulsion
Speed
  • 20.25 knots (38 km/h) surfaced
  • 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged
Range11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Endurance
  • 48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged
  • 75 days on patrol
Test depth400 ft (120 m)
Complement10 officers, 71 enlisted
Armament
General characteristics (Guppy II)
Displacement
  • 1,870 tons (1,900 t) surfaced
  • 2,440 tons (2,480 t) submerged
Length307 ft (93.6 m)
Beam27 ft 4 in (7.4 m)
Draft17 ft (5.2 m)
Propulsion
  • Snorkel added
  • Batteries upgraded to GUPPY type, capacity expanded to 504 cells (1 × 184 cell, 1 × 68 cell, and 2 × 126 cell batteries)
Speed
  • Surfaced:
  • 18.0 knots (33.3 km/h) maximum
  • 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h) cruising
  • Submerged:
  • 16.0 knots (29.6 km/h) for ½ hour
  • 9.0 knots (16.7 km/h) snorkeling
  • 3.5 knots (6.5 km/h) cruising
Range15,000 nm (28,000 km) surfaced at 11 knots (20 km/h)
Endurance48 hours at 4 knots (7 km/h) submerged
Complement
  • 9–10 officers
  • 5 senior petty officers
  • 70 enlisted men
Sensors &
processing systems
  • WFA active sonar
  • JT passive sonar
  • Mk 106 torpedo fire control system
Armament
  • 10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  •  (six forward, four aft)
  • all guns removed

USS Amberjack (SS-522), a WWII-era Tench-class submarine, was the second submarine of the United States Navy named for the amberjack, a vigorous sport fish found in the western Atlantic from New England to Brazil.