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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.
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.
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.
World War II USS Pampanito (SS-383) 38 8-1/8 diesel engines. From the Muskegon, Michigan, Silversides Submarine Museum. USS Silversides (SS-236). Fairbanks Morse & Co. 38 8-1/8 diesel engine. Historically, the opposed-piston engine was used in U.S. diesel-electric submarines of World War II and the 1950s. [5]
For ships with unique names, "USS Shipname" redirects to the ship article. For reused names, "USS Shipname " is an index page for the ships of that name; the links after the name lead to the specific ship pages.
USS Constitution in 1997, formerly (IX-21) from 1941 to 1975 The IX (unclassified–miscellaneous) hull classification symbol is used for ships of the United States Navy that do not fit into one of the standard categories.
USS Pampanito (SS-383), a submarine commissioned in 1943 and now a museum ship in San Francisco USS Pompon (SS-267) , a submarine in commission from 1943 to 1946 and from 1953 to 1960 List of ships with the same or similar names
USS Pampanito: Article on the Pampanito's TDC. Archived 2012-07-17 at the Wayback Machine; Torpedo Data Computer Mk IV; A. Ben Clymer: The mechanical analog Computers of Hannibal Ford and William Newell, IEEE Annals of the history of computing; US Torpedo History: Good description of operational use of the Mk 14, Mk 18, and Mk 23