• (n.) A hardy garden chrysanthemum having buttonlike heads of flowers. • (n.) Any of several dwarf varieties of the Provence rose. • (n.) A tuft or ball of wool, or the like, sometimes worn by soldiers on the front of the hat, instead of a feather. • (n.) Any trifling ornament for a woman`s dress or bonnet.Pompon: words in the ... Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/pompon/
Pom'pon noun [ French] 1. Any trifling ornament for a woman's dress or bonnet. 2. (Mil.) A tuft or ball of wool, or the like, sometimes worn by soldiers on the front of the hat, instead of a feather. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/126
The USS Pompon was an American Gato Class submarine of 1525 tons displacement launched in 1942. The USS Pompon had a top speed of 21 knots surfaced and carried a complement of between 65 and 74. She was armed with one 3 inch dual-purpose gun; two 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns; six 21 inch bow torpedo tubes and four 21 inch stern torpedo tubes. Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/RP.HTM