USS Pampanito On Deck
(Soft Cover)
SS5604

Overview

USS Pampaninot on Deck Book by Robert Stern. Squadron Signal
Books. The USS Pampanito, a Balao-class fleet submarine, was
commissioned in late 1943 and went into action in the Pacific at
the height of WWII. During her patrols from early 1944 through
mid-1945, Pampanito prowled the sea lanes of the western Pacific,
decimating the convoys that were the life blood of Japan's
far-flung maritime empire. By the time she was ordered back to
Pearl Harbor for overhaul in the summer of 1945, Pampanito had
sent 5 Japanese ships - 27,332 tons to the bottom. But
Pampanito's proudest day was 15 September 1944 when she rescued a
total of 73 British and Australian prisoners of war who had
survived the sinking of a convoy taking them to Japan as slave
labor. Today, Pampanito is a floating museum permanently docked
at San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf.

Illustrated with 265 highly detailed photographs, color profiles,
and intricate line drawings; 80 pages.