USS Amberjack (SS-522)

	Ceará's sail preserved in Fortaleza.
History
United States
Builder	Boston Navy Yard
Laid down	8 February 1944
Launched	15 December 1944
Commissioned	4 March 1946
Decommissioned	17 October 1973
Stricken	17 October 1973
Fate	Transferred to Brazil, 17 October 1973
History
Brazil
Name	Ceará (S-14)
Acquired	17 October 1973
Decommissioned	21 September 1987
Fate	Scrapped; sail preserved in Fortaleza, Ceará.
General characteristics (As completed)
Class & type	Tench-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	1,570 tons (1,595 t) surfaced; 2,428 tons (2,467 t) submerged;
Length	311 ft 8 in (95.00 m)
Beam	27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
Draft	17 ft 0 in (5.18 m) maximum
Propulsion	4 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8-⅛ 10-cylinder opposed piston diesel engines driving electrical generators; 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries; 2 × low-speed direct-drive Westinghouse electric motors; two propellers ; 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced; 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged;
Speed	20.25 knots (38 km/h) surfaced; 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged;
Range	11,000 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 depth	400 ft (120 m)
Complement	10 officers, 71 enlisted
Armament	10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes; (six forward, four aft); 28 torpedoes; 2 × 5 in (130 mm) caliber deck guns; Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon;
General characteristics (Guppy II)
Displacement	1,870 tons (1,900 t) surfaced; 2,440 tons (2,480 t) submerged;
Length	307 ft (93.6 m)
Beam	27 ft 4 in (7.4 m)
Draft	17 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;
Range	15,000 nm (28,000 km) surfaced at 11 knots (20 km/h)
Endurance	48 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.

History
Ceará's sail preserved in Fortaleza.
United States
Builder	Boston Navy Yard
Laid down	8 February 1944
Launched	15 December 1944
Commissioned	4 March 1946
Decommissioned	17 October 1973
Stricken	17 October 1973
Fate	Transferred to Brazil, 17 October 1973
History
Brazil
Name	Ceará (S-14)
Acquired	17 October 1973
Decommissioned	21 September 1987
Fate	Scrapped; sail preserved in Fortaleza, Ceará.
General characteristics (As completed)
Class & type	Tench-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	1,570 tons (1,595 t) surfaced 2,428 tons (2,467 t) submerged
Length	311 ft 8 in (95.00 m)
Beam	27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
Draft	17 ft 0 in (5.18 m) maximum
Propulsion	4 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8-⅛ 10-cylinder opposed piston diesel engines driving electrical generators 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries 2 × low-speed direct-drive Westinghouse electric motors two propellers 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged
Speed	20.25 knots (38 km/h) surfaced 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged
Range	11,000 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 depth	400 ft (120 m)
Complement	10 officers, 71 enlisted
Armament	10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (six forward, four aft) 28 torpedoes 2 × 5 in (130 mm) caliber deck guns Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
General characteristics (Guppy II)
Displacement	1,870 tons (1,900 t) surfaced 2,440 tons (2,480 t) submerged
Length	307 ft (93.6 m)
Beam	27 ft 4 in (7.4 m)
Draft	17 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
Range	15,000 nm (28,000 km) surfaced at 11 knots (20 km/h)
Endurance	48 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