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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Builder | General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut[2] |
| Laid down | 15 May 1941[2] |
| Launched | 6 March 1942[1] |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Randall Jacobs |
| Commissioned | 19 June 1942[2] |
| Fate | Sunk by Japanese torpedo boat Hiyodori and SC-18 off Rabaul, 16 February 1943[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Gato-class diesel-electric submarine[1] |
| Displacement | 1,525 long tons (1,549 t) surfaced,[1] 2,424 long tons (2,463 t) submerged[1] |
| Length | 311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)[1] |
| Beam | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[1] |
| Draft | 17 ft (5.2 m) maximum[1] |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 21 kn (39 km/h) surfaced,[3] 9 kn (17 km/h) submerged[3] |
| Range | 11,000 nmi (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 kn (19 km/h)[3] |
| Endurance | 48 hours at 2 kn (3.7 km/h) submerged,[3] 75 days on patrol |
| Test depth | 300 ft (91 m)[3] |
| Complement | 6 officers, 54 enlisted[3] |
| Armament |
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USS Amberjack (SS-219) was a Gato-class submarine, the first United States Navy ship named for the amberjack.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 271–273. ISBN 0-313-26202-0.
- ^ a b c Friedman, Norman (1995). U.S. Submarines Through 1945: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. pp. 285–304. ISBN 1-55750-263-3.
- ^ a b c d e f U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305-311
- ^ a b c d e Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 270–280. ISBN 978-0-313-26202-9. OCLC 24010356.
- ^ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 p. 261
- ^ a b c U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311