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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.
Dudley Walker Morton (July 17, 1907 – October 11, 1943), nicknamed "Mushmouth" or "Mush", was a submarine commander of the United States Navy during World War II.He was commander of the USS Wahoo (SS-238) during its third through seventh patrols.
In the film, the submarine does not ram Japanese lifeboats to ensure that Bungo Pete is killed. The US Navy, which helped with the film's production, may have been concerned with reviving memories of a 1943 incident in which Dudley W. Morton fired on Japanese shipwreck survivors while commanding USS Wahoo (SS-238).
Technical advisors to the film included the captain of the USS Wahoo, Dudley Walker Morton, and crewmember Andy Lennox. [6] The Wahoo was reported as missing in action after production on Destination Tokyo completed, sunk by Japanese aircraft in October 1943 while returning home from a patrol in the Sea of Japan. Commander Morton and all aboard ...
Seventy-seven Gato-class submarines were built during World War II, commissioned from November 1941 through April 1944. [1] The class was very successful in sinking Japanese merchant ships and naval vessels: the top three US submarines in tonnage sunk were Gatos, along with three of the top seven in number of ships sunk. [2]
The board used aboard Kamehameha was a gift given to then-Admiral O'Kane in 1957, by his crew from USS Tang (SS-563), to replace the board that was lost when the first Tang sunk in 1944. [11] The second Tang was in commission with the US Navy until 1980 when she was transferred to Turkey.
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; USS Wahoo (SS-518), also a Tench-class submarine, was laid down, but she was cancelled before being launched
Subsequently, Grider was assigned to the USS Wahoo (SS-238) as Engineering Officer, serving behind Dudley W. Morton and Richard O'Kane, [1] and then to two billets as executive officer, on the USS Pollack (SS-180), and the USS Hawkbill (SS-366). After this, he was given command of the USS Flasher (SS-249), and then USS Cubera (SS-347).