USS PAMPANITO (SS-383)
Fact Sheet
| 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 |
70 Enlisted
10 Officers |
| Torpedo Tubes |
10 (6 Forward, 4 aft) |
| Deck Guns |
4" 50 Caliber Main Deck Gun
40 mm Anti-aircraft
20 mm Anti-aircraft |
| Maximum Speed |
21 Knots Surfaced
9 Knots Submerged |
| Cruising Radius Surfaced |
11,000 miles |
| Range Submerged |
95 Miles At 5 Knots |
| Patrol Endurance |
70 Days |
| Operating Depth |
400 Feet |
| Keel Laid Down |
March 15, 1943 |
| Launched |
July 12, 1943 |
| Commissioned |
SS-383 - November 6, 1943 |
| War Record |
6 War Patrols - Pacific
6 ships sunk - 4 Damaged
73 Allied POWs Rescued |
| Decommissioned |
December 15, 1945 |
| Reclassified |
AGSS-383 - December 1, 1962 |
| Stricken From the Navy |
IXSS-383 - December 20, 1971 |
| Transferred to Maritime Park Association (formerly the National Maritime Museum Association) |
May 20, 1976 |
| Opened to Public |
March 15, 1982 |
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