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USS Wahoo (SS-238) was a Gato-class submarine, the first United States Navy ship to be named for the wahoo. Construction started before the U.S. entered World War II, and she was commissioned after entry.
USS Wahoo (SS-565), a Tang-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the wahoo, a fast-moving predatory sportfish found in oceans worldwide. Construction and commissioning
USS Wahoo (SSN-806), a Block V Virginia-class submarine for the United States Navy, will be the fifth United States Navy submarine to bear the name, beginning with the World War II-era USS Wahoo (SS-238). It was ordered on 2 December 2019. Secretary of the Navy Kenneth Braithwaite officially announced the name on 17 November 2020, in a press ...
Five submarines of the United States Navy have been named USS Wahoo, named after the fish, may refer to: USS Wahoo (SS-238), a Gato-class submarine, commanded by "Mush" Morton, which became famous during World War II; USS Wahoo (SS-516), a Tench-class submarine, was assigned the name, but was canceled before her keel was laid down
A magnetometer gives serious evidence that the Alligator Jr., a prototype craft that led to the U.S. submarine fleet, may have been found.
Date found USS S-36 21 January 1942 Scuttled after striking Taka Bakang reef near Sulawesi 13 May 2001 USS Lagarto: 4 May 1945 Depth charged by Japanese escort ships while attacking a convoy in the Gulf of Thailand: May 2005 USS Grunion: 30 July 1942 Sank after torpedo and dive plane malfunction near Kiska: August 2006 USS Wahoo: 11 October 1943
The wreck of one of the most storied US Navy submarines of World War II has been found in the South China Sea eight decades after its last patrol, the Navy’s History and Heritage Command said ...
In World War II, the United States Navy used submarines heavily. Overall, 263 US submarines undertook war patrols, [2] claiming 1,392 ships and 5,583,400 tons during the war. [3] [a] Submarines in the United States Navy were responsible for sinking 540,192 tons or 30% of the Japanese navy and 4,779,902 tons of shipping, or 54.6% of all Japanese shipping in the Pacific Theater.