USS Pampanito

USS PAMPANITO

Fisherman's Wharf
San Francisco, CA

USS Pampanito (SS-383/AGSS-383), a Balao-class submarine, was a United States Navy ship, the only one named for a variety of the pompano fish.She completed six war patrols from 1944 to 1945 and served as a Naval Reserve Training ship from 1960 to 1971. She is now a National Historic Landmark, preserved as a memorial and museum ship in the San Francisco Maritime National Park Association located at Fisherman's Wharf.

Below are pictures taken outside of the USS Pampanito in December of 2009;

Decked out with a tree for Christmas