USS Pampanito
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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.
Not to be confused with USS Pompano or USS Pompon.
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USS Pampanito, with SS Jeremiah O'Brien moored astern | |
History | |
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United States | |
Builder | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine[1] |
Laid down | 15 March 1943[1] |
Launched | 12 July 1943[1] |
Sponsored by | Mrs. James Wolfender |
Commissioned | 6 November 1943[1] |
Decommissioned | 15 December 1945[1] |
Reclassified | AGSS-383, 6 November 1962 |
Stricken | 20 December 1971[1] |
Status | Museum ship in San Francisco since 21 November 1975[2] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Balao-class diesel-electric submarine[2] |
Displacement | |
Length | 311 ft 6 in (94.95 m)[2] |
Beam | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[2] |
Draft | 16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum[2] |
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Speed | |
Range | 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km; 13,000 mi) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)[6] |
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Test depth | 400 ft (120 m)[6] |
Complement | 10 officers, 70–71 enlisted[6] |
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USS Pampanito | |
Location | Fisherman's Wharf-Pier 45, San Francisco |
Coordinates | 37°48′36″N 122°24′59″W |
Website | www |
NRHP reference No. | 86000089 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | 14 January 1986[7] |
Designated NHL | 14 January 1986[8] |
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