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September 29th, 2006
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| Tribunus Laticlavius | Post; On Eternal Patrol...USS WAHOO wreck DiscoveredAfter she Dissappeared in 1943 the Wreck of the USS Wahoo has been discovered in the La Perouse Strait. She was commanded by one of the best US Sub commanders in the Fleet, Dudley 'Mush' Mortona and was responsible for the destuction of 21 enemy ships (60,000 tons) making her one of the highest ranking American Sub aces in the Pacific. Among her exploits was the complete, single handed destruction of an entire Japanese Convoy in which she sunk 20000 tons on a single patrol. She was sunk with all hands by Japanese patrol boats and ASW aircraft. Photos of USS Wahoo by Russian Diver team... http://www.oneternalpatrol.com/uss-w...ble-photos.htm
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September 29th, 2006
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| Chief Engineer  | Nice find, mmarsh.
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September 30th, 2006
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| Milforum's Postmaster | pretty cool
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October 3rd, 2006
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| Tribunus Laticlavius | UPDATE: Another sunken WWII Submarine believed found - USS GRUNION. A shadowy object has been found on the ocean floor maybe the final resting place of USS Grunion. The USS Grunion dissappeared with all hands in the Aleutians Islands after being sunk in a surface engagement with a armed Japanese freighter. USS Gruinon is credited with sinking 2 Japanese Sub Chasers and damaging a third. http://www.azcentral.com/news/articl...stsub1001.html |
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November 3rd, 2006
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| Tribunus Laticlavius | (Mods -Please forgive double post The last was over a month ago). UPDATE The sunken sub I mentioned in the thread starter has been positively identified as the USS Wahoo by the US Navy's Central Pacific Command. May they Rest in Peace. http://www.upi.com/SecurityTerrorism...1-120208-4854r Last edited by mmarsh; November 3rd, 2006 at 16:32. |
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November 3rd, 2006
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| Can you hear me now?  | Okay, why named USS Wahoo???
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November 4th, 2006
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| Centurion | Many US subs were named after gamefish. The Wahoo is a gamefish. It's that simple. |
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November 4th, 2006
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| Canuckus Maximus  | i'm taking a wwii in the pacific class, and one of our required readings was on the USS Wahoo. my professor will definitly want to hear about this.
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