To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Anybody know why it was named the Wahoo? (I don't)
8 posted on
11/01/2006 4:39:25 PM PST by
Dog Gone
To: Dog Gone
9 posted on
11/01/2006 4:42:11 PM PST by
rottndog
(WOOF!!!)
To: Dog Gone
"Anybody know why it was named the Wahoo?"
It is a type of fish. All of the early WWII boats were named after fish.
10 posted on
11/01/2006 4:42:25 PM PST by
GonzoGOP
(There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
To: Dog Gone
Anybody know why it was named the Wahoo? They named them after fish, like the "Tang".
To: Dog Gone
A Wahoo fish:
12 posted on
11/01/2006 4:44:12 PM PST by
rottndog
(WOOF!!!)
To: Dog Gone
The U-boat in "Shadow Divers" was nicknamed the "U-who?" up until they finally positively identified it.
To: Dog Gone
Other's have pointed out that it was a fish. I've always thought that it yielded all kinds of interesting names, like the USS Cod (docked in Cleveland, OH) and the USS Albacore (dry-docked in Portsmouth, NH).
To: Dog Gone
All WWII and earlier Subs were named after sea creatures.
To: Dog Gone
Wahoo is a fish found offshore; imagine a supercharged King Mackerel
53 posted on
11/01/2006 6:28:39 PM PST by
Atchafalaya
(When you are there thats the best)
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