Russians find wreckage of U.S. submarine (USS Wahoo)

Yahoo News ^ | August 17, 2006

[Stonewall Jackson]

Yes, fifty-two US subs are listed on eternal patrol. Two were sunk by friendly fire, two were lost in training accidents, one was accidentally rammed and sunk by her escort, four were lost due to grounding, and forty-three were lost due to enemy action.

[Craigon]

Awesome! RIP. That's a great relief to their families. Here’s hoping someone runs across the USS Growler which is the final resting place of my uncle Eugene (grandfather’s brother)

http://www.oneternalpatrol.com/rothenberger-e-w.htm

[ScudBud]

Thanks for that! I had to sing along while I read it, can never remember all the verses. One of my favorite hymns. Scared the cat, but I enjoyed it! ;}

[Cheburashka]

From Wikipedia:

La Perouse Strait (Japanese: Soya Strait is a strait dividing the southern part of the Russian island of Sakhalin from the northern part of the Japanese island of Hokkaido, and connecting the Sea of Japan on the west with the Sea of Okhotsk on the east. It is 40km (25 miles) long and 20 to 40m deep.

The strait is named for Jean-Francois de La Perouse, who explored the channel in 1787.



The sub may be in Russian territorial waters. Of course they were Japanese territorial waters in 1943.

[75thOVI]

My cats start hiding as soon as I start tuning up.

[Central Scrutiniser]

La Perouse got around, there is a series of NW Hawaiian islands named after him, and a beach on Maui.

[ryan71]

That model is unbelievable. Torpedoes? Diesel engine sounds?

[19th LA Inf]

Two were sunk by friendly fire

One WW2 submarine officer told me that the most dangerous cruise he ever made was the one from New London to the Panama Canal.

[Jack Hammer]

R.I.P....

[mad_as_he$$]

They were all just looking for someplace else to live.

[mad_as_he$$]

Great boat and crew. On eternal patrol. RIP heroes.

[Tallguy]

Kane had the "Tang", right?

[Tallguy]

He (Kane) theorizes that the Wahoo was crippled by just such a circular run, had to run the Strait on the surface, was spotted, and was sunk.

Interesting! I would also suggest the possibility that the Wahoo was deliberately running the strait on the surface. There was a US wolfpack that did just that in 1945. They figured the best way out of the Japanese ASW net was a night run @ flank speed. Every sub made it through. The commodore figured that crawling submerged on depleted batteries there was a good chance they'd be trapped.

Pictures of the wreck might suggest a cause for the sinking. We'll probably never have more than a informed guess, however.

[VOA]

Still On Patrol

[VOA]

US Navy history site on the Wahoo:
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-w/ss238.htm

[Chuckster]

Hey! I recognize that boat!. I worked on the restoration of the Bowfin in the late seventies.

[Last Dakotan]

Say what you will about the French, but their explorers were world-class...

Their Jesuits were in a class of their own for the risks and advancements they were willing to make.

[blau993]

I agree. Even if there was torpedo damage, the undisputed Japanese ASW recods show that the Wahoo was worked over pretty thoroughly. I'm not sure the truth would ever be known short of raising her, which is never going to happen.

[blau993]

Yes. It's in my library.

[SmithL]

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