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W@Uucij W~U UU USS PAM PAN ITO (SS-383) LENGTH 311 ' 9" BEAM 27' 3" DISPLACEMENT 1,525 TONS SURFACED 2,415 TONS SUBMERGED DRAFT 15' 8" PRESSURE HULL 7/8" HIGH TENSILE STEEL COMPLEMENT 10 OFFICERS 70 ENLISTED TORPEDO TUBES 10 - 6 FORWARD AND 4 AFT TORPEDO LOAD 24 - 16 FORWARD AND 8 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 ,000 MILES AT 10 KNOTS RANGE - SUBMERGED 95 MILES AT 5 KNOTS PATROL ENDURANCE 75 DAYS W@uUciJ W~u UU OPERATING DEPTH 600 FEET KEEL LAID DOWN MARCH 15, 1943 LAUNCHED JULY 12, 1943 (;U@@O @rn[VLW~I1~OO@ 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 PAM PAN ITO 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 an on-board self-guided audio tour help visitors understand the complexities of a submarine. Please address all inquiries to : The National Maritime Museum Association , Presidio of San Francisco, Building 275, Crissy Pier 45 Field, San Francisco, CA 94129. For further information, please call (415) 441 -5819. Fisherman's Wharf San Francisco - THE N AT IONAL [ ~ M ARIT IME M USEUM \iI', '----- ___ ...... A SSOCIATION A Project of the National Maritime Museum Association History of USS PAM PAN ITO USS PAMPANITO (SS-383) is a World War II fleet subma­ rine built in 1943 at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, New Hamp­ shire. PAM PAN ITO is a Balao class submarine and made six patrols during World War II. She sank six Japanese ships and damaged four others, with a total of over 27,000 tons of enemy shipping sunk. During her first two patrols PAM PAN ITO narrowly escaped destruction. While attacking an enemy convoy on the first patrol, PAM PAN ITO was spotted, severely depth charged and damaged. On PAM PAN ITO's second patrol, while patrolling off the coast of Japan, alert lookouts spotted two torpedo 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 Commanding Officers during her PAMPANITO's bow, missing by only a few yards. six war patrols, Commander Paul E. Summers During PAM PAN ITO'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 II (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, PAM PAN ITO 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, QUEEN FISH rescued 18 men and BARB rescued 14. Of the 1,300 men on RAKUYO MARU sunk by SEALlON, 159 were rescued by the four subs. The Japanese rescued an additional 136 men for a total of 295 survivors. Of the 900 men on the KACHIDOKI MARU sunk by PAMPANITO, 656 men were rescued by the Japanese 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 PAM PAN ITO went on to make three more successful patrols in the South China Sea, September 15, 1944. during the war before being retired from active service. Follow­ ing the war she served as a training ship forthe Naval 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 II 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. NO. I PERISCOPE CHIEF PETIY OFFICERS' STATEROOM CONNING TOWER SOUND EQUIPMENT OFFICERS' QUARTERS WARDROOM STATEROOM NO. PERISCOPE WELLS WARDROOM ----­ ANTENNA PANTRY---~ CAPSTAN ----­ TORPEDO LOADING HATCH TELEPHONE MARKER BUOY ~~PAN10NWAY CHAIN LOCKER FORWARD ESe1l1't­ TRU NK AND HATCH FRESH WATER TANK CONTROL ROOM FORWARD TRIM MANIFOLD 3000-POUND AIR MANIFOLD TORPEDO DRAIN MANIFOLD FRAMING 225-POUND AIR MANIFOLD FORWARD TORPEDO TUBES (SIX) bOO-POUND AND IO-POUND BOW PLANE STOWAGE FOR TEN TORPEDOES AIR BLOW MANIFOLD UNDERWATER SOUND TRAINING STEERING STAND _ _ _ --J MOTOR G ENERATOR MASTER GYRO COMPASS __--J UNDERWATER SOUND EQUIPMENT DIVING STATION - - -----' MODEL "JP" SOUND EQUIPMENT--- --' TRIM MANIFOLD -------' AFTER CREW'S QUARTERS -J NO.2 PERISCOPE ACCESS HATCH TORPEDO ROOM I BERTHS SJ RADAR MAST MANEUVERING MARK ER BUOY RELEASE MAIN BALLAST TANK FLOOD ROOM RADAR SD ANTENNAS BERTHS r VALVES OPERATING GEAR M ANEUVERING STAND STOWAGE FOR 4 TORPEDOES RADIO ROOM MAIN PROPULSION CONTROLS AFTER ESCAPE TRUNK GALLEY WASHROOM AND SHOWERS AFTER TORPEDO TUBES CREW'S MESS FORWARD ENGINE ROOM ACCESS HATCH TABLES AND BENCHES MAIN DIESEL ENGINES (TWO) PROPELLER SHAFT PROPELLER RUDDER ------' STERN PLANE RESERVE LUBE OIL TANK MOTOR ROOM BATIERY SPACE REDUCTION GEARS '---- MAIN MOTORS (FOUR) MAGAZINE TRIM PUMP 20 MM. AMMUNITION AFTER ENGINE ROOM DRAIN PUMP 5 INCH·25 CALIBER AMMUNITION MAIN GENERATORS (TWO) AIR CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT '------ FRESH WATER TANK '-----MAIN ENGINE INBOARD EXHAUST VALVE '-------- STOREROOM '----- COMPRESSOR '------AUXILIARY DIESEL ENGINE 3000-POUND AIR '--____ MAIN DIESEL ENGINES (TWO) ---MAIN HYDRAULIC PLANT Combat Patrol Insignia .
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