USS Wahoo

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. Wahoo was assigned to the Pacific theatre. She gained fame as an aggressive and highly successful submarine after Lieutenant Commander Dudley Walker "Mush" Morton became her skipper. She was sunk by Japanese aircraft in October 1943 while returning home from a patrol in the Sea of Japan.

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Gato-class submarine, attack submarine, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, United States Navy, United States, 

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  USS Wahoo ⓘ
  1942 Gato-class submarine

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

World War II Q362

1942-02-14T00:00:00Z

1942-02-14T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1941-06-28T00:00:00Z

1941-06-28T00:00:00Z

keel laying

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Frameless

USS Wahoo (SS 238)

Wahoo-periscope-view

USS Wahoo (SS-238) off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California (USA), on 14 July 1943 (19-N-48937)

Morton and OKane 1943

Sail of USS Wahoo (SS-238) at Pearl Harbor with broom, in February 1943

Buyo Maru sinking

The Tower of USS Wahoo (SS 238)

USS Wahoo (SS 238) is launched

Wahoo-10-08-42

Devastating damage inflicted to the Japanese destroyer Harusame by a torpedo from the submarine USS Wahoo

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
object	watercraft		USS Wahoo	attack submarine, Gato-class submarine	Wikidata
commons	image		USS Wahoo (SS 238)		Commons
commons	image		Wahoo-periscope-view		Commons
commons	image		USS Wahoo (SS-238) off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California (USA), on 14 July 1943 (19-N-48937)		Commons
commons	image		Morton and OKane 1943		Commons
commons	image		Sail of USS Wahoo (SS-238) at Pearl Harbor with broom, in February 1943		Commons
commons	image		Buyo Maru sinking		Commons
commons	image		The Tower of USS Wahoo (SS 238)		Commons
commons	image		USS Wahoo (SS 238) is launched		Commons
commons	image		Wahoo-10-08-42		Commons
commons	image		Devastating damage inflicted to the Japanese destroyer Harusame by a torpedo from the submarine USS Wahoo		Commons