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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.
Incidental submarine encounters with merchant ships were performed by signalling ships to stop, then sinking them after evacuation of the crew, in accordance with international law. After unrestricted submarine warfare began in February 1915, any ship could be sunk unexpectedly from the heavy underwater hull damage inflicted by torpedoes.
Lost to enemy air attack; last US submarine loss of the war Java Sea: Capelin: SS-289 Lost after 2 December 1943 Fate unknown; possible naval mine or attack by minelayer Wakataka: Celebes Sea: Cisco: SS-290 28 September 1943: Lost to air attack and gunboat Karatsu (ex-USS Luzon) Mindanao: Corvina: SS-226 16 November 1943
A total of 125 U.S. submarines were cancelled during World War II, all but three between 29 July 1944 and 12 August 1945. The exceptions were USS Wahoo (SS-516), USS Unicorn (SS-436), and USS Walrus (SS-437), cancelled 7 January 1946.
Experimental submarine built in 1862. Foundered in bad weather in 1863. First submarine of the United States Navy. Intelligent Whale: Experimental submarine built in 1863, acquired by the US Navy in 1869 and abandoned in 1873. DSV-0 Trieste: First submarine which reached the Challenger Deep by Swiss Jacques Piccard and US Navy Lieutenant Don ...
In November 1944, USS Sealion became the only allied sub to sink an enemy battleship during the war, and its crew caught it all on tape. In November 1944, USS Sealion became the only allied sub to ...
The ship was carrying Australian and British prisoners of war (POWs); 431 POWs, 145 troops and 12 crewmen were killed. 521 POWs were rescued by the escort ships. 159 survivors were rescued by USS Sealion, USS Queenfish, and USS Pampanito (all United States Navy) on 15 September, with 7 dying before they could be landed at Tanapag Harbor, Saipan ...
Scheme of USS Pampanito (SS-383). The Balaos were similar to the Gatos, except they were modified to increase test depth from 300 ft (90 m) to 400 ft (120 m).In late 1941, two of the Navy's leading submarine designers, Captain Andrew McKee and Commander Armand Morgan, met to explore increasing diving depth in a redesigned Gato.