USS Pampanito (SS-383) – fotod ja videod

USS Pampanito (SS-383/AGSS-383), Balao-klassi allveelaev, oli Ameerika Ühendriikide mereväe laev, kolmas pompano kala järgi. Aastatel 1944–1945 läbis ta kuus sõjapatrulli ja teenis aastatel 1960–1971 mereväe reservi õppelaevana. Nüüd on ta riiklik ajalooline maamärk, mida hoitakse mälestusmärgi ja muuseumilaevana San Francisco Maritime National Park Associationis, mis asub Fisherman's Wharfis.

Allikas: USS Pampanito Vikipeedias

2007 USS Pampanito is a Balao-class submarine that served in the Pacific Theater of World War II. It was launched in 1943 and completed six war patrols, sinking six Japanese ships and damaging four others. The Pampanito also rescued 73 Allied prisoners of war from a sunken Japanese transport ship. The submarine was decommissioned in 1945 and later became a museum ship in San Francisco, California. The USS Pampanito is a National Historic Landmark and a memorial to the thousands of submariners who lost their lives during the war.