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Russians find wreckage of U.S. submarine (USS Wahoo)
Yahoo News ^ | August 17, 2006

Posted on 08/17/2006 2:06:15 PM PDT by knighthawk

MOSCOW - Russian divers have spotted the wreckage of a legendary U.S. submarine that was lost in the Pacific in 1943, a Russian news agency reported Thursday.

The ITAR-Tass news agency said that a diving team from the Far Eastern State Technological University in Vladivostok found the USS Wahoo in the La Perouse Strait and took pictures of it during a recent expedition. It didn't give further details.

Under the command of Dudley "Mush" Morton, the Wahoo became one of the most famous U.S. submarines of World War II. With 19 Japanese ships sunk, Morton was ranked as one of the war's top three sub skippers.

The Wahoo was sunk by the Japanese navy as it returned from its seventh patrol on Oct. 11, 1943. All 79 crewmen died.


TOPICS: Japan; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: dudleywmorton; dudleywmushmorton; mushmorton; shipwreck; ss238; submarine; usn; usswahoo; vonage; wwii
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To: Doohickey; judicial meanz; submarinerswife; PogySailor; chasio649; gobucks; Bottom_Gun; Dog Gone; ..
FYI


Wahoo Website: http://www.emackinnon.com/wahoo-home-frame.html

61 posted on 08/18/2006 10:19:27 AM PDT by SmithL (The fact that they can't find Hoffa is proof that he never existed.)
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To: Peanut Gallery; SAMWolf; snippy_about_it; alfa6

ping


62 posted on 08/18/2006 10:25:31 AM PDT by Professional Engineer (On issues relating to my daughter, I am the all-knowing, merciless god of your universe.)
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To: Tallguy
Correct. O'Kane was the skipper of the USS Tang. He was the most succesful US Sub skipper of the war. The only thing that finally stopped him was a malfunctioning torpedo that had a circular run and sank the Tang. O'Kane survived though and saw the end of the war as a POW.

Great story if you ever get a chance to read it. The Bio I recommend is The Bravest Man by William Tuohy

O'Kane himself wrote a great book called Wahoo: The Patrols of America's Most Famous World War II Submarine

63 posted on 08/18/2006 10:31:02 AM PDT by Gator101
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To: Last Dakotan
La Perouse was one hell of a famous explorer and a very accurate chartist.

Freeperfrancophobes ought to remember that the French of Yesterday were not always the Cheese Eating Existentialist Surrender Monkeys of Today. Napoleon I, and Napoleon III, and WWI dinged the cojones segment of their gene pool. Take a while for it to come back, is all.

64 posted on 08/18/2006 10:32:05 AM PDT by Kenny Bunk (Don't get excited. Our historical imperative is to turn back Islam. Again.)
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To: knighthawk; All
From knighthawk's link:

The Submarine USS Wahoo

Cool links, k-hawk.

65 posted on 08/18/2006 10:34:41 AM PDT by GretchenM (What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? Please meet my friend, Jesus.)
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To: knighthawk
I have had the honor of visiting aboard the U.S.S. Batfish at War Memorial park in Muskogee OK.
66 posted on 08/18/2006 10:40:14 AM PDT by BigCinBigD (Merry Christmas!)
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To: Gator101

I remember a loooong time ago reading about the submarine offensive in the Pacific. I can't even remember the title of the book it's been that long. IIRC, Capt. Morton of the Wahoo used to allow his exec to conn the sub during the attack while he sat (probably visualizing the attack or estimating the attack numbers). Whatever the reason, he had more than one exec who went on to be an excellent commander in his own right.


67 posted on 08/18/2006 10:51:33 AM PDT by Tallguy (The problem with this war is the name... You don't wage war against a tactic.)
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To: Axhandle
Ah, but this being WW2, the Left now can claim it was Poppy (GHW) Bush's fault.
68 posted on 08/18/2006 10:52:28 AM PDT by GretchenM (What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? Please meet my friend, Jesus.)
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bump


69 posted on 08/18/2006 10:52:40 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: Rb ver. 2.0
Heyyyy Newbie!

Had to say it.

I missed the Turn Papers deal.

70 posted on 08/18/2006 10:54:32 AM PDT by GretchenM (What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? Please meet my friend, Jesus.)
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To: tryon1ja
Everything on her still worked except the screws were removed in accordance with our treaty with Canada. No war ship can be stationed on the great lakes.

I learn something new here all the time.

71 posted on 08/18/2006 10:57:58 AM PDT by GretchenM (What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? Please meet my friend, Jesus.)
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To: 75thOVI

Song always makes me cry. It was sung beautifully in Hunt for Red October.


72 posted on 08/18/2006 11:01:03 AM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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To: mad_as_he$$
They were all just looking for someplace else to live.

You got a chuckle out of me.

Reminded me of a Garrison Keilor moment there ... the émigrés traveling halfway around the world to find a new country, and finally settling in the hardscrabble life of the upper Midwest because it reminded them so much of (the rotten conditions at) home.

73 posted on 08/18/2006 11:11:28 AM PDT by GretchenM (What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? Please meet my friend, Jesus.)
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To: Tallguy
You have a good memory. Yes, Morton's method differed from the normal procedure in that he had his XO man the periscope while he sat and plotted the bigger picture down below. Not only did it make for a better overall attack but it allowed his XO to get some good experience.
74 posted on 08/18/2006 11:16:48 AM PDT by Gator101
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To: Axhandle
"Bush's fault."

This is not funny! There are too many such references to "Bush's Fault" that it is getting to be burned in the minds!

So knock it off already!

75 posted on 08/18/2006 11:19:20 AM PDT by Sen Jack S. Fogbound
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To: Tallguy

I think you're talking about a book named "Silent Victory" by Clay Blair, Jr. which is almost a complete history of every WWII patrol of any signifigance.

It later became a reference book for the DoD and was, at one time, required reading in Submarine School.

I lent it to my BIL and never saw it again. Rat fink BIL! It's still available on Amazon, etc.


76 posted on 08/18/2006 11:35:30 AM PDT by El Gran Salseron (The FR Canteen's World Famous Resident Equal Opportunity Male Chauvinist Pig! Got it? :-))
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To: knighthawk

Eternal Patrol BTTT


77 posted on 08/18/2006 1:43:46 PM PDT by antisocial (Texas SCV - Deo Vindice)
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To: El Gran Salseron

I'll look it up. Thanks!


78 posted on 08/18/2006 2:04:44 PM PDT by Tallguy (The problem with this war is the name... You don't wage war against a tactic.)
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To: Professional Engineer; bkwells; Diver Dave; aomagrat; alfa6; colorado tanker
I hope they have found her. Here's our old thread on her and her skipper

The FReeper Foxhole Profiles Commander "Mush" Morton and the USS Wahoo - Nov. 8th, 2004

79 posted on 08/18/2006 2:49:29 PM PDT by snippy_about_it (Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
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To: knighthawk

Amazing Americans in WWII...today, we have more amazing Americans in the WOT...we are a very blessed nation...


80 posted on 08/18/2006 2:55:17 PM PDT by shield (A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand; but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
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