USS Pampanito

Not to be confused with USS Pompano or USS Pompon.
USS Pampanito (SS-383)
USS Pampanito, with SS Jeremiah O'Brien moored astern
USS Pampanito, with SS Jeremiah O'Brien moored astern
History
United States
BuilderPortsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine[1]
Laid down15 March 1943[1]
Launched12 July 1943[1]
Sponsored byMrs. James Wolfender
Commissioned6 November 1943[1]
Decommissioned15 December 1945[1]
ReclassifiedAGSS-383, 6 November 1962
Stricken20 December 1971[1]
StatusMuseum ship in San Francisco since 21 November 1975[2]
General characteristics
Class and typeBalao-class diesel-electric submarine[2]
Displacement
  • 1,526 long tons (1,550 t) surfaced[2]
  • 2,391 long tons (2,429 t) submerged[2]
Length311 ft 6 in (94.95 m)[2]
Beam27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[2]
Draft16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum[2]
Propulsion
Speed
  • 20.25 knots (37.50 km/h; 23.30 mph) surfaced[6]
  • 8.75 knots (16.21 km/h; 10.07 mph) submerged[6]
Range11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km; 13,000 mi) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)[6]
Endurance
  • 48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h; 2.3 mph) submerged[6]
  • 75 days on patrol
Test depth400 ft (120 m)[6]
Complement10 officers, 70–71 enlisted[6]
Armament
USS Pampanito
USS Pampanito is located in California
USS Pampanito
USS Pampanito is located in the United States
USS Pampanito
LocationFisherman's Wharf-Pier 45, San Francisco
Coordinates37°48′36″N 122°24′59″W / 37.81000°N 122.41639°W / 37.81000; -122.41639
Websitewww.maritime.org/pamphome.htm
NRHP reference No.86000089
Significant dates
Added to NRHP14 January 1986[7]
Designated NHL14 January 1986[8]

USS Pampanito (SS-383/AGSS-383), a Balao-class submarine, is a United States Navy ship, the third named for the pompano fish. She completed six war patrols from 1944 to 1945 and served as a United States Naval Reserve training ship from 1960 to 1971. She is now a National Historic Landmark, preserved as a memorial and museum ship in the San Francisco Maritime National Park Association located at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco, California.

  1. ^ a b c d e f Friedman, Norman (1995). U.S. Submarines Through 1945: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. pp. 285–304. ISBN 1-55750-263-3.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 275–280. ISBN 0-313-26202-0.
  3. ^ a b c d e Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 275–280. ISBN 978-0-313-26202-9.
  4. ^ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 261–263
  5. ^ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
  6. ^ a b c d e f U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
  7. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 23 January 2007.
  8. ^ "USS Pampanito (submarine)". National Historic Landmarks Program. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 12 March 2008.