USS Greenfish
Service
- as USS Greenfish7 June 1946 — 29 October 1973
- as Amazonas19 December 1973 — 15 October 1992
- Name
- USS Greenfish
- Pennant / hull number
- S-16
- Builder
- Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut
- Laid down
- 29 June 1944
- Launched
- 21 December 1945
- Commissioned
- 7 June 1946
- Decommissioned
- 29 October 1973
- Struck
- 29 October 1973
- Fate
- Scrapped in 2001 (2001)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications — As built
- Displacement, submerged
- 2,424 long tons (2,463 t)
- Length
- 94.79 m (311 ft)
- Beam
- 8.23 m (27 ft)
- Draught
- 4.88 m (16 ft)
- Speed
- 20.3 knots (37.5 km/h, 23.3 mph)
- Range
- 11,000 nmi (20,372 km)
- Complement
- 10
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
USS Greenfish was a Balao-class submarine diesel-electric submarine, operated by the United States Navy. She carried the pennant number S-16. Her keel was laid at Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut on 29 June 1944. Launched on 21 December 1945, she entered service on 7 June 1946.
She was one of 111 ships of her class. The class followed the Gato-class submarine and was succeeded by the Tench-class submarine.
The boat displaced 1,870 long tons surfaced and 2,424 long tons submerged. She measured 94.8 m (311 ft) long with a beam of 8.2 m (27 ft). Her designed speed was 20.2 knots, and she carried a complement of 10. Her main battery was of 127 mm (5 in) calibre.
She served with the United States Navy as USS Greenfish until 29 October 1973. She then passed to the Brazilian Navy, serving as Amazonas from 19 December 1973. She was decommissioned on 29 October 1973. She was struck from the register on 29 October 1973.
She was broken up for scrap in 2001.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
This vessel is recorded in 3 configurations. Wartime refits changed armament and complement substantially, so each is kept separately rather than averaged into one set of figures. The figures above are as built.
As built
- Propulsion
- 4 × General Motors Model 16-278A V16 diesel engines driving electrical generators
- 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries
- 4 × high-speed General Electric electric motors with reduction gears
- 2 × propellers
- 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced
- 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged
- Armament
- 10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 6 forward, 4 aft
- 24 torpedoes
- 1 × 5-inch (127 mm) / 25 caliber deck gun
- Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
Guppy II
- Displacement, surfaced
- 1,870 long tons (1,900 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 2,440 long tons (2,479 t)
- Length
- 93.57 m (307 ft)
- Beam
- 8.23 m (27 ft)
- Draught
- 5.18 m (17 ft)
- Speed
- 18 knots (33.3 km/h, 20.7 mph)
- Range
- 15,000 nmi (27,780 km)
- Complement
- 9
- Propulsion
- Snorkel added
- Batteries upgraded to GUPPY type, capacity expanded to 504 cells (1 × 184 cell, 1 × 68 cell, and 2 × 126 cell batteries)
- 4 × high-speed electric motors replaced with 2 × low-speed direct drive electric motors
- Armament
- 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- (six forward, four aft)
- all guns removed
Guppy III
- Displacement, surfaced
- 1,975 long tons (2,007 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 2,450 long tons (2,489 t)
- Length
- 97.84 m (321 ft)
- Beam
- 8.23 m (27 ft)
- Draught
- 5.18 m (17 ft)
- Speed
- 17.2 knots (31.9 km/h, 19.8 mph)
- Range
- 15,900 nmi (29,447 km)
- Complement
- 8
Sister ships
- ARA Santa Fe (S-21)
- USS Apogon
- USS Archerfish (SS-311)
- USS Aspro (SS-309)
- USS Atule
- USS Balao
- USS Bang
- USS Barbel (SS-316)
- USS Barbero
- USS Batfish (SS-310)
- USS Baya
- USS Becuna
- USS Bergall (SS-320)
- USS Besugo
- USS Billfish (SS-286)
- USS Blackfin
- USS Blanquillo (SS-323)
- USS Blenny
- USS Blower
- USS Blueback (SS-326)
- USS Boarfish
- USS Bowfin
- USS Brill
- USS Bugara
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Greenfish on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — Unknown source — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons