Navy Says Wreck Found Off Japan is Legendary Sub USS Wahoo

Navy Newsstand ^ | 10/31/2006 7:01:00 PM | Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet Public Affairs

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

061030-N-0000X-002 File Photo (Feb. 14, 1942) - USS Wahoo (SS 238) is launched at Mare Island Navy Yard, Calif., just eight months after her keel was laid. The Gato-class submarine made seven patrols during World War II. On Oct. 11, 1943, nearly a month into Wahoo’s seventh patrol, a multi-hour combined sea and air attack involving depth charges and aerial bombs sunk the submarine. Adm. Gary Roughead, commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, declared that the sunken submarine recently discovered by divers in the Western Pacific is the World War II submarine USS Wahoo (SS 238). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. (RELEASED)

[Ramius]

Interesting.

and yes... there is something very warming about old adversaries working together to locate this sub and settle the mystery.

Patrol on, shipmates.

[GonzoGOP]

Welcome Home Mush.

[penelopesire]

God Rest Their Souls!

Interesting post...thanks for posting it!

[SmithL]

Steely-eyed heroes active ping.

[cmsgop]

Great News,Now please find the Dorado.

[doorgunner69]

I read quite a bit about Mush Morton and the Wahoo years ago. He did some crazy stuff. That guy had a large pair, no doubt about it.

[Dog Gone]

Anybody know why it was named the Wahoo? (I don't)

[rottndog]

The Wahoo is a fish.

[GonzoGOP]

"Anybody know why it was named the Wahoo?"
It is a type of fish. All of the early WWII boats were named after fish.

[doorgunner69]

Anybody know why it was named the Wahoo?

They named them after fish, like the "Tang".

[rottndog]

A Wahoo fish:

[JOE43270]

God Bless them ALL and their families.

[penelopesire]

Wonder if any of you Navy guys can help me find out a little more about a ship my late father served on called the USS Bairoko (CVE-115)?

I have googled it of course, but would love to find a fellow navyman that actually served with him somehow. Any ideas on how to go about it?

[Dog Gone]

Thanks all. I never heard of that fish. I thought it was something I yelled when jumping off the high diving board when I was ten.

[T-Bird45]

"Anybody know why it was named the Wahoo?" It is a type of fish. All of the early WWII boats were named after fish.

Thank goodness it wasn't named for the the Cleveland Indians mascot, Chief Wahoo -- the Navy probably would have had to backdate a name change to be PC.

[rottndog]

Anyone on a boat on war patrol during WWII had a large pair.

[tubebender]

WWW11 ping...

[snowsislander]

“I am very pleased to be part of an effort where old adversaries have joined together as friends to find the Wahoo,” said MacKinnon.

You can usually get to Mr. MacKinnon's Wahoo website here, but it seems to be having name resolution problems currently.

[ken5050]

Thanks for posting...IIRC, Morton was the inspiration for Cmdr Ed Beach's great novel of the silent service in WW II.."Run Silent, Run Deep"..and while we're at it, here's another well done to the guy who, IMHO, was really responsible for the victory in the Pacific..Charlie Lockwood..