FIRE ONE!...........FIRE TWO! Captured on film October 1989, at the Fisherman's Wharf in beautiful San Francisco, California. Third and last of a series on this noble boat. USS Pampanito (SS-383), a Balao-class submarine, was a United States Navy boat, the only one named for a variety of the pompano fish (see gafftopsail pompano). 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. She flies a broom from her mast, indicating a "clean sweep": a successful patrol that "swept the enemy from the seas." In total, she sank six Japanese ships and damaged four others, with a total of more than 27,000 tons of enemy shipping sunk. Source: Wikipedia encylopedia. Top picture shows the sub looking aft from the starboard side. Portions of the hull look like they were worked over by a heavy mallet. Second shot shows the stern looking aft from atop the port side. Along with the chain, we see what looks like a capstan, with a seagull standing nearby. In the third photo, I walked the innards of the boat from stem to stern, and this is about as close to being a torpedo room as I could find. There were no signs posted and no docent around to ask, so I assumed as such. If anyone else has a better answer, your comments would be appreciated. Thankx for coming aboard, and have a stimulating Saturday.