USS Amberjack

USS Amberjack (SS-219) was a Gato-class submarine, the first United States Navy ship named for the amberjack, a vigorous sport fish found in the western Atlantic from New England to Brazil.

Her keel was laid by the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut, on 15 May 1941. She was launched on 6 March 1942 sponsored by Mrs. Randall Jacobs, and commissioned on June, 1942, with Lieutenant Commander Woodrow "Woody" Kelly in command. It's first task was to patrol Hawaii, which had fallen to the Japanese a few months before.

The Amberjack surfaced next to Oscar van der Kirk near Diamond Head. Kelley asked van der Kirk a few questions, and then the Amberjack went back on patrol.

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