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Capitaine (SS-336) (AGSS-336)

Radio Call Sign: November - Kilo - Charlie - India

Balao Class Submarine: Laid down, 2 December 1943, at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT.; Launched, 1 October 1944; Commissioned USS Capitaine (SS-336), 26 January 1945; Decommissioned, 10 February 1950; Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Mare Island Group; In movie "In Harm's Way" w/John Wayne, 1956. Recommissioned 23 February 1957; Reclassified Auxiliary Research Submarine (AGSS-336), 1 July 1960; Decommissioned, 4 March 1966; Transferred (loaned) to Italy, 5 March 1966;& renamed Alfredo Cappellini (S-507) (S-507). Sold to Italy and struck from the Naval Register, 5 December 1977; Final Disposition, Sold outright 12-5-77. Capitaine earned one battle star for World War II service.
Partial data submitted by Ron Reeves (of blessed memory) & Yves Hubert.

As built to the specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 1,526 t., Submerged: 2,242 t.; Length 311' 9"; Beam 27' 3"; Draft 15' 3"; Speed, Surfaced 20.25 kts, Submerged 8.75 kts; Cruising Range, 11,000 miles surfaced at 10kts; Submerged Endurance, 48 hours at 2kts; Operating Depth, 400 ft; Complement 6 Officers, 60 Enlisted; Armament, ten 21" torpedo tubes, six forward, four aft, 24 torpedoes, one 5"/25 deck gun, one 40mm gun, one 20mm gun, two .50 cal. machine guns; Patrol Endurance 75 days; Propulsion, diesel-electric reduction gear with four main generator engines, General Motors diesel engines, HP 5400, Fuel Capacity 118,000, four General Electric motors, HP 2,740, two 126-cell main storage batteries, two propellers.

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	140k	Trains brought the building material for submarine construction at Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn., circa summer 1943, possibly for the following boats: Chub (SS-329), Brill (SS-330), Bugara (SS-331), Bullhead (SS-332), Bumper (SS-333), Cabezon (SS-334), Redfish (SS-395), Capitaine (SS-336), or Carbonero (SS-337).	Photo from the Photo Essay How To Build A Submarine at Electric Boat Co. New London, Conn. Photographer: Bernard Hoffman, courtesy of Life.
	493k	Steel under giant rolls being shaped for submarine construction at Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn., circa August 1943, probably for one of the following boats: Chub (SS-329), Brill (SS-330), Bugara (SS-331), Bullhead (SS-332), Bumper (SS-333), Cabezon (SS-334), Redfish (SS-395), Capitaine (SS-336), or Carbonero (SS-337).	Photo from NARA, #: 80-G-468488, photographed by Lt. Comdr. Charles Fenno Jacobs, USNR., from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.
	784k	Welders work on hull of new submarine at Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn., circa August 1943. This sub is probably one of the following: Chub (SS-329), Brill (SS-330), Bugara (SS-331), Bullhead (SS-332), Bumper (SS-333), Cabezon (SS-334), Redfish (SS-395), Capitaine (SS-336), or Carbonero (SS-337).	Photo from NARA, #: 80-G-468489, photographed by Lt. Comdr. Charles Fenno Jacobs, USNR., from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.
	19k	Commemorative post mark on the occasion the keel laying of the Capitaine (SS-336), 2 December 1943, at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle (of blessed memory).
	18k	Commemorative post mark on the occasion of Capitaine's (SS-336) launching, 1 October 1944.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle (of blessed memory).
	115k	Commemorative post mark on the occasion of Capitaine's (SS-336) commissioning, 26 January 1945.	Photo courtesy of Tommy Trampp.
	73k	Capitaine (SS-336), painted in overall grey of Measure 10 July, 1945.	US National Archive photo # 80-6-1042969.
	719k	5 page PDF history of the Capitaine (SS-336) 2 war patrols.	USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com.
	211k	Stern view of Capitaine (SS-336) off Mare Island on 17 December 1946.	USN photo # 4008-46, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
	221k	Broadside view of Capitaine (SS-336) off Mare Island on 17 December 1946. She was in overhaul at Mare Island from 1 October 1946 to 2 January 1947.	USN photo # 4010-46, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
	211k	Bow on view of Capitaine (SS-336) departing Mare Island on 17 December 1946.	USN photo # 4010-46, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
	34k	Capitaine (SS-336), with a deceptive camouflage paint scheme, heads out to sea trials after her September 1947 refit.	Courtesy of John Hummel, USN (Retired).
	134k	Starboard side view of the Capitaine (SS-336), probably off the coast of California, 1949.	USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.
	24k	Port side view of the Capitaine (SS-336), probably off the coast of California, 1949.	USN photo courtesy of uboat.net.
	28k	Capitaine (SS-336), underway, probably off the coast of California, 1949.	USN photo courtesy of subnet.com.
	91k	Capitaine (SS-336) appears in this photo without deck-guns, 11 April 1949.	USN photo.
	196k	Photo of the decommissioning ceremonies aboard Capitaine (SS-336) at Mare Island Reserve Fleet on 10 February 1950.	USN photo # 5411-2-50, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
	173k	Submarines aft of unidentified submarine in foreground at Mare Island Reserve Fleet on 28 September 1950 are: Left to right: Dragonet (SS-293), Menhaden (SS-377), Mapiro (SS-376), Seahorse (SS-304), Sand Lance (SS-381), Batfish (SS-310), Capitaine (SS-336), Pipefish (SS-388) and Manta (SS-299).	USN photo # 6988-9-50, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
	177k	LT Eugene Dente reads his orders as he assumes command of the Capitaine (SS-336) at Mare Island on 26 February 1957. Officer in background are from left to right: Capt. R. K. McClain (COMAREAGRU PACRESFLT), RADM Martin J. Lawrence (Commandant. Mare Island Naval Shipyard), Capt. J. E. Lee (COMSUBFLOTONE), and CDR James S. Farris (Mare Island Chaplain).	USN photo # 33144-2-57, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
	176k	Bow on view of Capitaine (SS-336) departing Mare Island on 8 March 1957.	USN photo # 33640-3-57, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
	286k	Capitaine (SS-336), 23 June 1957. From her base at San Diego, she took part in training, served other fleet units as target in antisubmarine exercises, and training reservists, as well as voyaging to the Far East for 7th Fleet duty, through 1960.	Text courtesy of DANFS. USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com.
	644k	Capitaine (SS-336) docked at Vancouver BC on 2 May 1958.	Walter E. Frost Photographer, Source: City of Vancouver Archives, Photo No. AM1506-S3-3-: CVA 447-3845 courtey of Mike Green.
	289k	Capitaine (SS-336) plays with a P3V during the summer of 1960.	Photo i.d. courtesy of David Johnston USN photo # USN 750612 courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com.
	1.12k	An unnumbered Capitaine (SS-336) is buoyed by her surroundings.	USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com.
	450k	Welcome Aboard the Capitaine (SS-336), circa 1962.	USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com.
	214k	A Pacific collection: From inboard to outboard: Sea Devil (SS-400), Redfish (SS-395), Baya (AGSS-318), Capitaine (SS-336) & Volador (SS-490). This picture was taken sometime after January, 1964. At that time the *Baya* had emerged from a conversion that gave her the configuration that is shown here. This also correlates to the Guppy III in the background, the *Volador. She was converted to this configuration in 1963. The rest of the boats have what is called the "Queenfish Mod"*, a minimal attempt at streamlining by removing all the deck guns and topside ammo lockers and cutting away small portions of the fairwater.	Text courtesy of David Johnston. (USNR). Photo courtesy of John Hummel, USN (Retired).
	365k	This plaque was unveiled 20 March 1995 by His Excellency Major General P.M. Jeffery OA MC, Governor of Western Australia to commemorate the sacrifices made by Allied submarines that operated out of Fremantle, Western Australia during WW II.	Photo courtesy of Ron Reeves (of blessed memory).
Alfredo Cappellini (S-507)
	384k	Alfredo Cappellini (S-507), ex-Capitaine (SS-336) is inboard of the Evangelista Torricelli (S-512) at La Spezia, Italy, 26-08-69.	Photo courtesy of Carlo Martinelli.
	228k	Five Italian boats at Naples in 1968. From top to bottom: Pietro Calvi (S-503), a former boat of WWII vintage � Italian built, Alfredo Cappellini (S-507), ex-Capitaine (SS-336), Francesco Morosini (S-508), ex-Besugo (SS-321), Leonardo Da Vinci (S-510), ex-Dace (SS-247), & Evangelista Torricelli (S-512), ex-Lizardfish (SS-373).	Photo courtesy of Maurizio Brescia Collection.
	36k	The ex-Capitaine (SS-336), now in service to the Italian Navy as the Alfredo Cappellini (S-507), circa 1968.	Photo courtesy of Jane's Fighting Ships, & submitted by Robert Hurst.
	769k	A whopping Alfredo Cappellini (S-507) makes it way through Italian waters.	Photo courtesy of wikipedia.org via Stephen Gower.

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