Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Submarine |
Class | Balao |
Pennant | 351 |
Built by | Electric Boat Co. (Groton, Connecticut, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 6 Jun 1942 |
Laid down | 29 Jun 1944 |
Launched | 21 Dec 1945 |
Commissioned | 7 Jun 1946 |
End service | 19 Dec 1973 |
History | USS Greenfish sank U-234 by a torpedo during trials approximately 40 miles north-east off Cape Cod, on the US east coast on 20 November 1947. Decommissioned, stricken and transferred to Brazil 19 December 1973 being renamed Amazonas (S-16). |
Commands listed for USS Greenfish (351)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/Cdr. Ralph Marion Metcalf, USN | 7 Jun 1946 | 9 Nov 1946 |
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Notable events involving Greenfish include:
Commissioned after the Second World War.
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