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USS Pampanito (SS-383)
USS Pampanito, with SS Jeremiah O'Brien moored astern
USS Pampanito, with SS Jeremiah O'Brien moored astern
History
USS PampanitoUnited 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
  • 4 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8-⅛ 10-cylinder opposed piston diesel engines driving electrical generators[4][5]
  • 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries[6]
  • 4 × high-speed Elliott electric motors with reduction gears[4]
  • two propellers [4]
  • 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced[4]
  • 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged[4]
Speed
  • 20.25 knots (37.50 km/h; 23.30 mph) surfaced[3]
  • 8.75 knots (16.21 km/h; 10.07 mph) submerged[3]
Range11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km; 13,000 mi) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)[3]
Endurance
  • 48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h; 2.3 mph) submerged[3]
  • 75 days on patrol
Test depth400 ft (120 m)[3]
Complement10 officers, 70–71 enlisted[3]
Armament
  • 10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
    • 6 forward, 4 aft
    • 24 torpedoes
  • 1 × 4-inch (102 mm) / 50 caliber deck gun
  • Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
USS Pampanito
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
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 f U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 261–263
  6. ^ 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.

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