81 Personal photos from the USS Pampanito

ATR-42 · 02-05-08, 05:42 PM

Per my other thread here they are as promised. If anyone requests any of these photos in high res i have them in 3000x2300, feel free to drop me a PM.

Moderators, if this is too bandwidth heavy let me know.

This boat is truly breath taking. it is in full sea worthy condition. I was fortunate to spend about 4 hours on her, i walked through 3 times. It was windy as hell in the harbor that day, and the boat was rolling just enough to give me the feeling that these boats really must have rocked and rolled in the open sea. Id say just sitting at the dock she was rolling about 3 degrees to either side, if i had to compare it to anything, id say it was very similar to how a 50' sport fisherman boat would feel as it sat in the slip with no 'crew' movement on a clam day.

The boat is ready to sail, they used it a few years ago, it makes me wonder if anyone has the nads to DIVE the boat! I wonder if the people responsible for restoring it are able to use the boat to its full abilities. They have another stage of restoration coming up they are trying to get her to dry dock once again.

This is truly the holy grail of WWII subs. So far ive seen the Torsk and the boats at pearl harbor. this one outshines them all. She has quite a history and a dedicated volunteer staff. Surprisingly the sounds that played through the personal headset tour are identical to that of the ROW sound pack, especially the ambient sounds. It was pouring and windy out, so as i was working my way through the boat there was lots of ambient noises of water trickling, pumps activating and so on, it really added to the immersion factor. The sound of water in the bilge sounds a lot like water dripping in a cave. The control room and lower pump room had a pungent smell of diesel, it was awesome!

Note the paint job and the fade... Nice work Foo

Forward AA gun

Aft AA gun note the Ammo lockers at the foot of the tower...

Aft torpedo room

moving forward from aft torpedo room here in this bulkhead.

02-05-08, 05:42 PM	#1
ATR-42 Commodore Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Jersey Shore Posts: 606 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 6	81 Personal photos from the USS Pampanito Per my other thread here they are as promised. If anyone requests any of these photos in high res i have them in 3000x2300, feel free to drop me a PM. Moderators, if this is too bandwidth heavy let me know. This boat is truly breath taking. it is in full sea worthy condition. I was fortunate to spend about 4 hours on her, i walked through 3 times. It was windy as hell in the harbor that day, and the boat was rolling just enough to give me the feeling that these boats really must have rocked and rolled in the open sea. Id say just sitting at the dock she was rolling about 3 degrees to either side, if i had to compare it to anything, id say it was very similar to how a 50' sport fisherman boat would feel as it sat in the slip with no 'crew' movement on a clam day. The boat is ready to sail, they used it a few years ago, it makes me wonder if anyone has the nads to DIVE the boat! I wonder if the people responsible for restoring it are able to use the boat to its full abilities. They have another stage of restoration coming up they are trying to get her to dry dock once again. This is truly the holy grail of WWII subs. So far ive seen the Torsk and the boats at pearl harbor. this one outshines them all. She has quite a history and a dedicated volunteer staff. Surprisingly the sounds that played through the personal headset tour are identical to that of the ROW sound pack, especially the ambient sounds. It was pouring and windy out, so as i was working my way through the boat there was lots of ambient noises of water trickling, pumps activating and so on, it really added to the immersion factor. The sound of water in the bilge sounds a lot like water dripping in a cave. The control room and lower pump room had a pungent smell of diesel, it was awesome! Note the paint job and the fade... Nice work Foo Forward AA gun Aft AA gun note the Ammo lockers at the foot of the tower... Aft torpedo room moving forward from aft torpedo room here in this bulkhead. Last edited by ATR-42; 02-06-08 at 02:11 AM.