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World lffar !! Fleet Submnarlme
Pier 45 Fisherman's Wharf San Francisco
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USS PAMPANITO (SS-383) is a World War ll fleet subma- rine built in 1943 at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, New Hamp- shire. PAMPANITO is a Balao class submarine and made six patrols during World War ll. She sank six Japanese ships and damaged four others, with a total of over 27,OOO tons of enemy shipping sunk. During her first two patrols PAMPANITO narrowly escaped str. "xti\S destruction. While attacking an enemy convoy on the first patrol, PAMPANITO was spotted, severely depth charged and HG damaged. On PAMPANITO's second patrol, while patrolling Y
off the coast of Japan, alert lookouts spotted two torpedo ".*k'.: wakes approaching allowing enough time to avoid them. Sev- eral days later another approaching torpedo was sighted. Eva- sive measures were taken and the torpedo crossed PAMPANITO's Commandinq Officers durino her PAMPANITO's bow, missing by only a few yards. six war patrols, Commandbr Paul E. Sumrhers During PAMPANITO's third, and most well known, patrol she (left), and Lt. Commander Frank W. Fenno. operated as part of a wolf-pack consisting of USS GROWLER (SS-215) and USS SEALION ll (SS-315). On the morning of September 12th, 1944 the pack attacked a convoy carrying war production materials of oil and raw rubber. Unknown to the submarine skippers, the convoy also carried over 2,000 British and Australian prisoners of war. Many of the ships in the convoy were sunk by the pack including the two ships carrying the POWs. SEALION sank the RAKUYO MARU, which carried over 1,300 POWs, and PAMPANITO sank the KACHIDOKI MARU which carried 900 POWs. The three subs then left the area to pursue the scattered ships in the convoy. On September 15, PAMPANITO moved back to the area of the original attack and found men clinging to makeshift rafts. As the sub moved closer, the men were heard to be shouting in English. These men were the POW survivors of RAKUYO MARU sunk four days earlier by SEALION. PAMPANITO was able to pick up 73 men and called in three other subs in the area. SEALION picked up 54 men, QUEENFISH rescued 1B men and BARB rescued 14. Ot the 1,300 men on RAKUYO MARU sunk by SEALION, 159 were rescued by the four subs. The Japanese rescued an additional 136 men for a total of M 295 survivors. Of the 900 men on the KACHIDOKI MARU w d$ sunk by PAMPANITO, 656 men were rescued by the Japanese r8ffi and taken to camps in Japan. Over 500 of these men were released by American troops at the end of the war. Allied POWs are pulled from makeshift rafts PAMPANITO went on to make three more successful patrols in the South Chind Sea, September 15, 1944. during the war before being retired from active service. Follow- ing the war she served as a training ship for the N aval Reserve and was eventually transferred to The National Maritime Mu- seum Association for public display. We are proud to offer the unique experience of a WW ll submarine tour to the public as a lasting memorial to the Submarine Service of the US Navy.
PAMPANITO crew during a refit period between PAMPANITO crewmen Bob Bennett and Paul Pappas war patrols. take a break in the after torpedo room. USS PAMPANITO (ss-383)
LENGTH 31 1', g', BEAM 27',3" DISPLACEMENT 1,525 TONS SURFACED 2,415 TONS SUBMERGED DRAFT 1s',8', PRESSURE HULL 7/8" HIGH TENSILE STEEL COMPLEMENT 1O OFFICERS 70 ENLISTED TORPEDO TUBES 1O _ 6 FORWARD AND 4 AFT TORPEDO LOAD 24_16 FORWARD AND B AFT DECK GUNS 5" 25 CALIBER WET MOUNT 40 mm ANTI-AIRCRAFT 20 mm ANTI-AIRCRAFT MAXIMUM SPEED 23 KNOTS SURFACED 11 KNOTS SUBMERGED RADIUS _ SURFACED 11,OOO MILES AT 1O KNOTS RANGE - SUBMERGED 95 MILES AT 5 KNOTS PATROL ENDURANCE 75 DAYS OPERATING DEPTH 600 FEET KEEL LAID DOWN MARCH 15, 1943 LAUNCHED JULY 12, 1943 COMMISSIONED SS_383, NOVEMBER 6, 1943 WAR RECORD 6 PATROLS _ PACIFIC 6 SHIPS SUNK,4 DAMAGED 73 ALLIED POWs RESCUED DECOMMISSIONED DECEMBER 15, 1945 RECLASSIFIED AGSS-383, DECEMBER 1, 1962 STRICKEN IXSS_383, DECEMBER 20, 1971 TRANSFERRED SFMMA_MAY 20,1976 OPENED TO PUBLIC NMMA _ MARCH 15, 1982
PAMPANITO is open to the public every day. An admission fee is charged. The vessel is berthed at pier 45 Fisherman's Wharf , San Francisco. Exhibits and on-board self guided audio tour help visitors understand the complexities of a submarine.
Please address all inquiries to:The National Maritime Museum Association, P.O. Box 470310, San Francisco, CA 947147'0310. For further inlormation, please call (415)775-1943
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