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The Submarine Japan Would Stop at Nothing to Destroy

After two months patrolling the Pacific, the Gato-class USS Wahoo submarine had exhibited an underwhelming performance. She had missed an opportunity to engage a Japanese seaplane tender and an ...
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Operation Barney - Submarines Sent for Pearl Harbor Revenge

Early in World War II, Japanese forces sank the USS Wahoo submarine with 79 men on board. Vice Admiral Charles Lockwood, the Pacific Fleet Submarine Force commander, demanded retaliation. However, the ...
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The Biggest Mass-Production Submarine of WWII

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Brought into service just five months after Pearl Harbor, the USS Wahoo was built for size: 312 feet long by 27 feet across. This would allow it ...
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ISLAND HISTORY: Tsunami swamped submarine ‘USS Wahoo’ at Nawiliwili in 1957

On Friday, March 8, 1957, a tsunami that originated in the Aleutian Islands and generated 32 foot waves hit Kauai and destroyed or damaged 75 homes and left 250 people homeless, while washing out six ...
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Undersea warrior : the World War II story of "Mush" Morton and the USS Wahoo / Don Keith

"No man above or below the waves was as admired-or feared-as this determined naval commander... Among submariners in World War II, Dudley "Mush" Morton stood out as a warrior without peer. At the helm ...