USS Pampanito

USS *Pampanito* (SS-383)
History
USS Pampanito, with SS Jeremiah O'Brien moored astern
United States
Builder	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine
Laid down	15 March 1943
Launched	12 July 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. James Wolfender
Commissioned	6 November 1943
Decommissioned	15 December 1945
Reclassified	AGSS-383, 6 November 1962
Stricken	20 December 1971
Status	Museum ship in San Francisco since 21 November 1975
General characteristics
Class & type	Balao-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	1,526 long tons (1,550 t) surfaced 2,391 long tons (2,429 t) submerged
Length	311 ft 6 in (94.95 m)
Beam	27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
Draft	16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum
Propulsion	4 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8-⅛ 10-cylinder opposed piston diesel engines driving electrical generators 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries 4 × high-speed Elliott electric motors with reduction gears two propellers 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged
Speed	20.25 knots (37.50 km/h; 23.30 mph) surfaced 8.75 knots (16.21 km/h; 10.07 mph) submerged
Range	11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km; 13,000 mi) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Endurance	48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h; 2.3 mph) submerged 75 days on patrol
Test depth	400 ft (120 m)
Complement	10 officers, 70–71 enlisted
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

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Location	Fisherman's Wharf-Pier 45, San Francisco
Coordinates	37°48′36″N 122°24′59″W / 37.81000°N 122.41639°W / 37.81000; -122.41639
Website	www.maritime.org/pamphome.htm
NRHP reference No.	86000089
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	14 January 1986
Designated NHL	14 January 1986

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.