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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.)
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To: 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.

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.

16 posted on 11/01/2006 4:46:45 PM PST by T-Bird45
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