| Year | Date | Historical Events |
| 1936 | Jan 14 | Keel laid down by the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA. |
| 1937 | Mar 11 | Launched. |
| | Jun 12 | Commissioned with LCDR. Lewis S. Parks in command. In the years preceding World War II, Pompano operated out of Mare Island, CA., off the West Coast of the United States, training her crew and patrolling in a constant state of readiness.
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| 1941 | Dec 10 | Pompano arrived at Pearl Harbor, HI. |
| | Dec 18 | Pompano departed on her 1st war patrol, devoted mainly to reconnoitering the Eastern Marshall Islands for an aircraft carrier strike in January. |
| | Dec 20 | Friendly (or, at least, American) planes from the USS Enterprise bombed Pampano in error, an experience which would become familiar to U.S. submarines, but she escaped damage.
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| 1942 | Jan 1 | Pompano arrived off Wake Island to gather intelligence. |
| | Jan 12 | Pompano sank the 16,000 tom Yawata, as she came out of Wotje Harbor. |
| | Jan 24 | After thoroughly reconnoitering Maloelap, Pompano departed her patrol area for Pearl Harbor, HI. |
| | Jan 31 | Pompano arrived at Pearl Harbor, HI. |
| | Apr 20 | Pompano departed Pearl Harbor, HI. on her 2nd war patrol undertaken in Japanese home waters. |
| | May 7 | Pompano arrived in her patrol area after refueling at Midway, Island. She patrolled the sea lanes West of Okinawa and in the East China Sea. |
| | May 24 | Pompano sank a large sampan with gunfire. |
| | May 25 | Pampano torpedoed the 900 ton tanker Tokyo Maru, which exploded and sank.
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| | May 30 | Pompano sank the 7,983 ton transport, Atsuta Maru. |
| | Jun 3 | Pompano set a small steamer on fire with gunfire. |
| | Jun 5 | Pompano sank a trawler with gunfire. |
| | Jun 13 | Pompano stopped at Midway for refueling. |
| | Jun 18 | Pompano arrived at Pearl Harbor, HI. |
| | Jul 19 | Pompano sailed on her 3rd war patrol. |
| | Aug 3 | Pompano arrived in her patrol area patrolling within 4 miles of the Japanese coast. |
| | Aug 7 | Pompano fired four torpedoes at a large freighter, but all missed.
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| | Aug 12 | Pompano fired 2 torpedoes at a destroyer and a freighter and sank the freighter. |
| | Sep 3 | While enroute to Midway, Pompano sank a patrol craft with gunfire. |
| | Sep 8 | Pompano stopped at Midway Island for refueling. |
| | Sep 12 | Pompano arrived at Pearl Harbor, HI. |
| | Dec 18 | Pompano departed the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA., after a yard overhaul which included the installation of new main engines. |
| | Dec 25 | Pompano arrived at Pearl Harbor, HI. |
| 1943 | Jan 16 | Pompano departed on her 4th war patrol. |
| | Jan 30 | Pompano damaged a tanker with torpedoes. |
| | Feb 4 | Pompano damaged another tanker with torpedoes. |
| | Feb 18 | Pompano sighted another tanker.Two hits slowed the Japanese down, but depth charging held Pompano down until her target had escaped. |
| | Feb 28 | Pompano returned to Midway Island after reconnoitering Rongerik, Rongelap, and Bikini, |
| | Mar 19 | Pompano departed Midway Island on her 5th war patrol. |
| | May 5 | Pompano stopped at Midway Island. |
| | May 10 | Pompano arrived at Pearl Harbor, HI. |
| | Jun 6 | Pompano departed Pearl Harbor, HI. on her 6th war patrol for the Nagoya, Japan. |
| | Jul 17 | Pompano sank a sampan with gunfire. |
| | Jul 28 | Pompano ended the unsuccessful patrol at Midway Island. |
| | Aug 20 | Pompano departed from Midway Island bound for Hokkaido and Honshu, and was never heard from again. |
| | Sep 1 | Sunk, probably by Japanese mines in the Western Pacific, Sept. 1943. 76 men lost |
| 1944 | Jan 12 | Struck from the Naval Register. |