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Firing two torpedoes, Pompano ' s men heard two very loud explosions, and saw a huge column of spray and water through the periscope, blotting out the destroyer's bow at 700 yd (640 m). Both sets of screws stopped immediately. As Pompano closed the freighter, it settled below, evidently [citation needed] a victim of the second torpedo. [note 3]
USS Pompano has been the name of more than one United States Navy ship, and may refer to: USS Pompano (1906), a supply boat in commission from 1917 to 1919; USS Pompano (SS-181), a submarine commissioned in 1937 and lost in 1943; USS Pompano (SS-491), a submarine canceled in 1945
The first USS Pompano was a United States Navy supply boat in commission from 1917 to 1919. Pompano was built in 1906 as a civilian wooden motorboat of the same name at Pocomoke City , Maryland . In 1917, the U.S. Navy charter her from her owner, the Globe Fish Company in Elizabeth , North Carolina , for use in World War I .
USS Peter C. Struven; USS Pocomoke (SP-265) USS Pompano (1906) S. USS Sequoyah; USS Snapper (SP-2714) USS SP-426
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Pompano is a common name for fish in the genus Trachinotus. Pompano may also refer to: Trachinotus ovatus, a species of fish referred to by the same name. Pompano Beach, Florida, a city; USS Pompano, three US naval boats: USS Pompano, a supply boat serving during World War I
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Pompano fired six torpedoes at long range (4000yd, 3659m), and was credited with damage for 28900 tons. [1] She made only one other attack, spent two-thirds of the patrol fighting rough weather, and returned to Midway 5 May , then to Pearl Harbor five days later."