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NavSource Online: Submarine Photo Archive

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Wahoo (SS-238)

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	44k	Wahoo (SS-238) under construction on 14 June 1941 at Mare Island.		Courtesy of Leeward Publications Ships Data #4, USS Bowfin, submitted by Aryeh (Lee) Wetherhorn.
	42k	Wahoo (SS-238) under construction on 14 June 1941 at Mare Island.		Courtesy of Leeward Publications Ships Data #4, USS Bowfin,submitted by Aryeh (Lee) Wetherhorn.
0823839k	412k	29 June 1941 Vallejo Times Herald article and photo of the keel laying of Wahoo (SS-238) and Whale (SS-239) at Mare Island 28 June 1941.		PDF via R. H. Triece's 1941 scrapbook, a Mare Island shipfitter, courtesy of Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum via Darryl L. Baker.
	988k	Photo of ways 3 and 4 at Mare Island on 30 June 1941. To the left of the staging is a hull section for the Wahoo (SS-238).		USN photo # MINSY 8412-6-41, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
	96k	View of the Ballard's (AVD-10) after portion, taken at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 5 January 1942. Note motor launch stowed above the main deck between the smokestack and the after deckhouse, with life rafts nearby; 3"/50 dual-purpose gun atop the after deckhouse; large propeller guards at her stern. Two submarines under construction in the background are probably Wahoo (SS-238) and Whale (SS-239).		Photograph # 19-N-26638 from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
0823886	630k	View of the launching trigger for the Wahoo (SS-238) at Mare Island on 14 February 1942.		USN photo # 762-42, via Darryl L. Baker.
0823886a	645k	View of the launching cradle of the Wahoo (SS-238) at Mare Island on 14 February 1942.		USN photo # 767-42, via Darryl L. Baker.
	489k	The Wahoo (SS-238) is ready for launching at Mare Island Navy Yard on 14 February 1942. The Whale (SS-239) is on the building ways on the left and a hull section for Tinosa (SS-283) is just visible on the lower left corner of the photo. Her keel would be laid on the same ways on 21 February 1942. The large building in the rear of the photo is the Naval Hospital. Note: RADM Richard O'Kane has autographed the photo in the upper left corner.		USN photo # 764-42, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
	169k	The Wahoo (SS-238) is ready for her launching at Mare Island on 14 February 1942. The Whale (SS-239) is on the building ways to the right.		USN photo # 771-42, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
	256k	The Wahoo (SS-238) is ready for her launching at Mare Island on 14 February 1942. The Whale (SS-239) is on the building ways to the right.		USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com.
	175k	The Wahoo (SS-238) is at the end of the building ways during her launching at Mare Island on 14 February 1942.		USN photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
	451k	The stern of Wahoo (SS-238) is entering the water during her launching at Mare Island Navy Yard on 14 February 1942. The Whale (SS-239) is on the building ways on the left.		USN photo # 772-42, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
	120k	The Wahoo (SS-238) is seen immediately after her launching at Mare Island on 14 February 1942.		USN photo # 779-42, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
	61k	Wahoo (SS-238) is waterborne following her launching.		USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.
	92k	The Wahoo (SS-238) is seen in mid channel after her launching at Mare Island on 14 February 1942.		USN photo # 780-42, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
	156k	Mrs. A. F. Huntington (Matron of Honor) left and Mrs. William C. Barker (Sponsor) pictured after the launching of the Wahoo (SS-238) at Mare Island on 14 February 1942.		USN photo # 787-42, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
7	111k	Mrs. William C. Barker (Sponsor) pictured after the launching of the Wahoo (SS-238) at Mare Island on 14 February 1942.		USN photo # 789-42, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
	176k	Distinguished guest of the launching of the Wahoo (SS-238) at Mare Island on 14 February 1942. From left to right are: Col. Maurice E. Shearer, Mayor John Stewart, Mrs. A. F. Huntington (Matron of Honor), RADM Wilhelm L. Friedell (Shipyard Commandant), Mrs. William C. Barker (Sponsor), RADM Hugo W. Osterhaus, USN (Retired), Mrs. W. L. Friedell, RADM A, F, Huntington, Mrs. A. D. Denney, Capt. A. D. Denney, Mrs. John Stewart, Mrs. C. B. Lipman, Dean C. B. Lipman, Capt. F. G. Crisp.		USN photo # 793-42, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
	377k	Broadside view of the Wahoo (SS-238) after her launching at Mare Island Navy Yard on 14 February 1942. Note: RADM Richard O'Kane has autographed the photo in the upper left corner.		USN photo # 781-42, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
	120k	Postal cover marking the launching of the Wahoo (SS-238) on 14 February 1942 at Mare Island.		Courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
	150k	Wahoo (SS-238) at sea on 19 June 1942.		USN photo # MI-3397-42 courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com.
	101k	This and the next 3 photos appear either to be at San Diego or in Alameda in early August 1942. By 10 August 1942 the aft portion of her conning tower had been cut down (See bottom photo, #082304). She returned to Mare Island on the 3rd of August & put into dry dock #3 on the 4th and removed from dock the same day. She finally departed the yard on 10 August 1942.		Photo courtesy of ussubvetsofworldwarii.org. Photo i.d. & text courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
	158k	Linehandlers aboard the Wahoo (SS-238) make ready to secure the boat to the dock in early August 1942.		Photo courtesy of ussubvetsofworldwarii.org. Photo i.d. courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
	47k	The Wahoo (SS-238) dockside in early August 1942.		Photo courtesy of ussubvetsofworldwarii.org.
	47k	Bow view of the Wahoo (SS-238) at Mare Island Navy Yard, CA., possibly circa August 1942.		Photo courtesy of ussubvetsofworldwarii.org.
	46k	The Wahoo (SS-238) departs Mare Island for San Diego for work-ups for joining the fleet on 10 August 1942.		USN photo # 4771-42, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. The photo is off a negative from the Vallejo Naval Historic Museum.
	78k	Wahoo (SS-238), off Mare Island Navy Yard, CA., 10 August 1942. The ship behind Wahoo is the Shasta (AE-6), loading ammunition at the Naval Ammunition Depot Mare Island.		USN photo # 19-N-33836, from the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives, courtesy of the US Naval Historical Center. Photo i.d. courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
	87k	Wahoo (SS-238), view from astern, taken off Mare Island Navy Yard, CA., 10 August 1942.		USN photo # 19-N-33837, from the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives, courtesy of the US Naval Historical Center.
	101k	Wahoo (SS-238), at Mare Island Navy Yard, CA., 10 August 1942. Circles and associated text mark recent alterations to the submarine. The lighter YF-239 is alongside the submarines in the right background. Note the antenna for an SJ radar mounted on the light mast in front of Wahoo's periscope shears.		USN photo # 19-N-33839, from the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives, courtesy of the US Naval Historical Center.
	108k	Wahoo (SS-238), at Mare Island Navy Yard, CA., 10 August 1942. Circles and associated text mark recent alterations to the submarine. Note: Target bearing transmitter on the after bridge deck; antennas for SD radar (mounted atop the after mast on the periscope shears) and SJ radar (in front of the shears).		USN photo # 19-N-33840, from the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives, courtesy of the US Naval Historical Center.
War Patrols
	692k	The Wahoo (SS-238) provides food and water to the crew of a becalmed fishing boat, circa January 1943. The original caption, released with this photograph on 3 March 1943, reads: "Act of Mercy -- While on the war patrol during which she sank a Japanese destroyer and a convoy of four ships, the submarine Wahoo, commanded by LCdr. Dudley W. Morton, USN, of Miami, Fla., came across a small fishing boat, becalmed. Three of the crew of nine aboard the fishing vessel had died when the submarine found her. Three remaining crew members were without food and water. This picture shows members of the submarine's crew handing water and food to the men in the fishing vessel. A few days later the Wahoo destroyed the Japanese destroyer and convoy." View looks forward from Wahoo's machinegun platform.		Text from USN photos # 09-7921-47 & NH 42275 & from the collections of the Navy Bureau of Medicine via Bill Gonyo. Photo # 80-G-35724, from National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), College Park, Maryland, courtesy of Sean Hert.
	83k	The Japanese destroyer Harusame shown in this periscope photograph, taken from Wahoo (SS-238) after she had been torpedoed by the submarine near Wewak, New Guinea, on 24 January 1943. Harusame's back is clearly broken, but she was repaired and returned to service despite this heavy damage. Wartime intelligence evaluated this photo as showing one of the Asashio class (see Photographic Intelligence Report # 82, 17 March 1943). However, the ship's bridge structure identifies her as a Shiratsuyu class destroyer, with the # 2 (single) 5" gun mount removed.		Official USN photo # 80-G-35738, now in the collections of the National Archives.
	274k	Japanese transport Buyo Maru beginning to sink after being struck by Wahoo's (SS-238) torpedo north of New Guinea, 26 January 1943; as seen from Wahoo's periscope.		United States Navy photo from the collections of the United States Navy Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo # 80-G-39746 courtesy of Robert Hurst.
	87k	Scene in the control room during Wahoo's (SS-238) 27 January 1943 action with a Japanese destroyer. When the photo was taken the submarine was at 300 feet, rigged for depth charges. Six charges had just gone off and the crew was awaiting more. Lieutenant Commander Dudley W. Morton, Wahoo's Commanding Officer, reported this action as: "Another running gun fight ... destroyer gunning ... Wahoo running". Shaved head on crewman at right is a product of an Equator crossing ceremony three days previously.		USN photo courtesy of Tracy White @ Researcher @ Large. Text from USNHC photograph # 80-G-38602.
	258k	The commanding officer and executive officer of the submarine Wahoo (SS-238) are shown on the bridge of their ship as it entered Pearl Harbor after a patrol during which she sank one enemy destroyer and an entire convoy of four Japanese ships. At left is Lt. Richard H. O'Kane, USN, of Durham N.H., Executive Officer. At right, LCdr. Dudley W. Morton, USN, of Miami, Fla., Commanding Officer.		Official USN photo courtesy of Gene Byrnes and entitled "Reg'lar Fellers" in the NAVY submitted by Tom & Harold Kermen.
	425k	The Wahoo (SS-238) is shown arriving at Pearl Harbor on 7 February 1943. She is flying Captain Morton's hand made "Shoot The Sun Za-Bitches" pennant. She is also flying eight victory pennants. This number matches SUBPAC's credit sinking for her first three war patrol. She also has a broom attached to her attack scope.		USN photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
	659k	The Wahoo (SS-238) arrives at Pearl Harbor at the end of her third war patrol, circa 7 February 1943. The original caption, released with this photograph on 3 March 1943, reads: "Hero's Wecome -- A Navy band is on hand to greet the submarine Wahoo on her return to Pearl Harbor following a patrol during which she sank a Japanese destroyer and an entire enemy convoy of four ships. The battle with the convoy lasted for a period of 14 hours." Note that Wahoo's radar antennas have been crudely censored out of the image.		Text from Official USN photo # NH 42274, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Photo # 80-G-35723, from National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), College Park, Maryland, courtesy of Sean Hert.
	94k	Lieutenant Commander Dudley W. Morton, USN,Commanding Officer, Wahoo (SS-238), describes his submarine's successful third war patrol, during a press conference at Pearl Harbor, circa mid-February 1943. He is holding a rough chart of what appears to be a small part of the northern New Guinea coast. On the wall at right are charts of western New Guinea and of the Iron Bottom Sound area between Guadalcanal and Tulagi.		US National Archives photo # 80-G-35733, a USN photo from the US Naval Historical Center.
	232k	Japanese cargo ship Nittsu Maru sinking in the Yellow Sea, off China, after being torpedoed by Wahoo (SS-238), 23 March 1943; photo taken from Wahoo's periscope.		United States National Archives Photo # 80-G-60948 courtesy of Robert Hurst.
	345k	The Wahoo (SS-238) is shown returning from her 4th war patrol on 6 April 1943. The photo was been censored. Wahoo's SD mast and two ships have been marked out. She could be entering Midway. She is now showing 16 victory pennants and this matches SUBPAC's sinking credit for her first four war patrol.		USN photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
	115k	The Wahoo (SS-238) at Midway 6 April 1943 with battle flags flying. Foreground: BM3c (later BM1c) Donald O. Smith who was lost with Wahoo the following October.		USN photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
	757k	THEY GOT 250,000 TONS. Photo taken on 22 May 1943 at Pearl Harbor and run in the Vallejo Times Herald on 25 May 1943. Awards are for CDR Fenno in Runner (SS-275), LCDR Morton in Wahoo (SS-238), LCDR Donaho in Flying Fish (SS-229) and LCDR Taylor in Haddock (SS-231).		Photo from the Vallejo Times Herald, Vallejo, California, 25 May 1943, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
	118k	RADM W. L. Friedell, Commandant Mare Island Navy Yard, welcomes LCDR Mush Morton, Commanding Officer of the Wahoo (SS-238), back to Mare Island for an overhual on 29 May 1943. Morton is flanked by his father and his wife Harriet.		USN photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
	94k	RADM W. L. Friedell, Commandant Mare Island Navy Yard, welcomes LCDR Richard O'Kane, Executive Officer, Wahoo (SS-238) back to Mare Island for an overhual on 29 May 1943. O'Kane's family are with him.		USN photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
	285k	A sign at Mare Island Navy Yard welcomes the Wahoo (SS-238) back from the war for an overhaul. Wahoo was in overhaul from 29 May to 21 July 1943.		USN photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
	287k	Wahoo's (SS-238) crew line the deck on 29 May 1943.		USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com.
	691k	Best show in town: Crowds gather around the Wahoo (SS-238) on 29 May 1943.		USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com.
	546k	Wahoo (SS-238), off Mare Island Navy Yard, CA., 14 July 1943.		US National Archives photo # 19-N-50192, a USN photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection, courtesy of the US Naval Historical Center.
	102k	Wahoo (SS-238), off Mare Island Navy Yard, CA., 14 July 1943.		US National Archives photo # 19-N-48940, a USN photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection, courtesy of the US Naval Historical Center.
	176k	Broadside view of Wahoo (SS-238) off Mare Island ready for her sixth war patrol on 14 July 1943.		USN photo # 5149-43, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
	137k	Wahoo (SS-238) departing Mare Island Navy Yard on bay trials on 14 July 1943. This was during her overhaul which ran from 29 May to 21 July 1943.		USN photo # 5152-43, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
	116k	Wahoo (SS-238), at Mare Island Navy Yard, CA., 16 July 1943. Circles mark recent alterations to the submarine. The lighter YC-312 is alongside. YF-239 and YF-200 are in the left-center distance.		US National Archives photo # 19-N-48941, a USN photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives, courtesy of the US Naval Historical Center.
	122k	Wahoo (SS-238), at Mare Island Navy Yard, CA., 16 July 1943. White outlines mark recent alterations to the submarine. The lighter YC-312 is alongside.		US National Archives photo # 19-N-48942, a USN photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection courtesy of the US Naval Historical Center.
	34k	Wahoo (SS-238) July 1943 wearing the Ms 9 overall black camoflage.		Photo and text courtesy of The Floating Drydock, "Fleet Subs of WW II" by Thomas F. Walkowiak.
	244k	View of the starboard side of the bridge of the Wahoo (SS-238) taken from the periscope shears on 20 July 1943. Wahoo was in berth at Mare Island Navy Yard.		USN photo # 5276-43, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
	202k	View of the port side of the bridge of the Wahoo (SS-238) taken from the periscope shears on 20 July 1943.		USN photo # 5277-43, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
	284k	Delmar Daves, Cary Grant, Mush & Mrs. Harriet Morton appear in Destination Tokyo		Photo courtesy of Christopher Balch.
	27k	Painting of the Wahoo (SS-238) surfaced and attacking a ship.		Courtesy of community.webshots.
	540k	Wahoo (SS-238) surfaced and attacking a ship in this colored post card from a series published by Mare Island in 1946.		Courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
0823885a	NR	SUBMARINE: By Comdr. Edward L. Beach, USN Daring Skipper Slips Into Enemy Staging Area And by Nerve and Luck Gets Out Again. WAHOO (SS-238) SHOWED THE WAY —This is Wahoo, the submarine which gave the Navy a dramatic lesson in the way to dispose of enemy destroyers.		USN photo Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo & text by Evening Star.[volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 12 November 1952, Image 4, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
0823885	NR	SUBMARINE: By Comdr. Edward L. Beach, USN Wahoo's (SS-238) Battle With Four Japanese Ships Ends After 13 Hours With All Four Sunk COMMANDER IN ACTION—This picture was taken in the conning tower of Wahoo during the battle described in today’s episode of “Submarine.” At left is Lt. Comdr. Dudley W. Morton, commanding officer of Wahoo.		USN photo Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo & text by Evening Star.[volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 13 November 1952, Image 5, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
0823885b	NR	SUBMARINE: By Comdr. Edward L. Beach, USN Wahoo (SS-238) Rides Into Dangerous Japanese Waters On a Heart-Breaking and Tragic Mission ASLEEP IN THE DEEP—This scene through the periscope of the submarine Wahoo shows another Japanese freighter as it heads for the bottom, a victim of the sub’s torpedoes.		USN photo Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo & text by Evening Star.[volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 14 November 1952, Image 5, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Loss & Memorium
	430k	Drawing by an unknown artisit of the Wahoo (SS-238) which appeared in the 10 December 1943 edition of the Mare Island newspaper Grapevine, right after Wahoo was reported over due.		USN photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
	203k	A watercolor by the famous naval artist Ike R. Lloyd who was working in the design section of Mare Island at the time he painted this painting. The drawing appeared in the Mare Island newspaper Grapevine, 16 June 1944.		USN photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
	906k	Undated painting by Lloyds of Vallejo. Although the Mare Island built Gato class submarine accompanying the Proteus (AS-19) is unnumbered, it is possible it is the Wahoo (SS-238), and the painting was made to memorialize her sinking in October 1943 along with the commissioning of Proteus in January 1944.		Text i.d. courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com.
	NR	Navy Reports Morton,U. S. Submarine Ace, Missing in Action. LT. COMDR. DUDLEY W.(MUSH) MORTON, Skipper of Wahoo (SS-238), reported missing in action.		A. P. Wirephoto. Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 01 December 1943, Image 7, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	79k	Commemorative postal cover marking the 100 anniversary of the submarine service on 11 April 2000, picturing the Wahoo (SS-238) and listing all the Mare Island Navy Yard, CA. built submarines constructed before the Korean War.		Courtesy of The Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum and submitted by Darryl L. Baker.
	11k	Verne Leslie Skjonsby, Lieutenant Commander (Executive Officer) of the Wahoo (SS-238) at the time of her loss.		USN photo courtesy of oneternalpatrol.com.
	138k	Color drawing of the Subchaser No-46 (left) (indicative of the class of submarine chasers Ch-15 and Ch-43, which helped to sink the Wahoo (SS-238), according to Submarines Lost Through Enemy Action. On the right is the destroyer Shimakaze, as depicted by Takeshi Yuki, "Color Paintings of Japanese Warships").		Photo courtesy of combinedfleet.com.
	104k	Commemorative photo in honor of the memory of the crew of the Wahoo (SS-238).		Photo courtesy of Tom Kermen. Dante's Prayer courtesy of Loreena McKennitt via loreenamckennitt.com
	48k	Google Earth satellite photo of the general area in which Wahoo's (SS-238) final resting place.		View courtesy of Google Earth.
	134k	The Wahoo (SS-238) under attack on 11 October 1943 at 14:30 off Cape Soya, Hokkaido, Japan. The tell-tale oil slick from the Wahoo can be seen strtching from right (West) to left (East). Three attacking Japanese ships are on the surface.		Photo courtesy of the Japanese National Institute for Defense Studies via the MacKinnon Organization. Text courtesy of the MacKinnon Organization.
	318k	Port side view of the Wahoo (SS-238) float and port bow view on 11 March 1948 on Mare Island.		USN photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
	48k	Wahoo (SS-238) Peace Memorial, dedicated 9 September 1995 at Wakkanai, Cape Soya, Hokkaido, Japan. Standing only a few miles from where the Wahoo lies on the bottom, at 45.42'N, 142.24'E, with 80 men.		Courtesy of ussubmarinevetsofwwii.
	74k	Rear Adm. Douglas McAneny, Commander Submarine Squadron 7, helps lay a wreath into the ocean at La Perouse Strait in remembrance of the Sailors aboard Wahoo (SS-238) from aboard submarine tender Frank Cable (AS-40) on 8 July 2007. The submarine sunk in October 1943 and was found in June 2006 by a Russian diving team.		USN photo # N-5621B-017 by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Stefanie Broughton.
	259k	Wahoo (SS-238) Memorial appropriatley in Wahoo, Nebraska. One of Wahoo's crewmen, Robert Lee Jasa, was from Wahoo.		Photo courtesy of Theodore Leverett.
	314k	Wahoo (SS-238) Memorial with a bit of a view of downtown Wahoo.		Photo courtesy of Theodore Leverett.
	117k	Joyce DaSilva, the wife of Jesse DaSilva of the Tang (SS-306), one of the nine survivors of the boat, tosses a flower into a reflecting pool to honor the memory of one of the 52 submarines lost during World War II at the National Submarine Memorial-West on board Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach, Calif. On this Veterans Day, the Submarine Veterans of World War II transferred ownership of the memorial to the U.S. Navy. The following text is from The Coming Fury by Bruce Catton., pg. 478. "Major Sullivan Ballou of Rhode Island was killed in the battle, and just before it he had wrote to his wife, Sarah, to tell her that he believed he was going to be killed and to express a tremulous faith that could see a gleam of light in the dark: "But O Sarah! If the dead can come back to this earth and float unseen around those they loved, I shall always be near you in the gladdest days and in the gloomiest nights, always, always, and if there be a soft breeze upon your chest it shall be my breath, as the cool air fans your throbbing temple it shall be my spirit passing by. Sarah, do not mourn me dead; think I am gone and wait, for we shall meet again!"		Text i.d. courtesy of Marlynn Starring. Photo i.d. courtesy of Chuck Senior, Vice Commander, Los Angeles-Pasadena Base, USSVI. USN photo # N-1159B-021 by Journalist 2nd Class Brian Brannon, courtesy of news.navy.mil.
	106k	Last moments of the Wahoo (SS-238) under attack on 11 October 1943 at 14:30 off Cape Soya, Hokkaido, Japan. The tell-tale oil slick from the Wahoo can be seen strtching from the distance (West) to foreground (East). Three attacking Japanese ships are on the surface. In Memorium: In the Second Book of Shmuel (Samuel), 22nd chapter, 5th through the 20th verses, translated from the original in Hebrew and published by the Koren Publishers of Jerusalem, Israel, 1982, can perhaps aptly describe the fate of the crew and all other U.S. submariners who died defending their county: "When the waves of death compassed me / the floods of ungodly men made me afraid; / the bonds of She'ol encircled me; / the snares of death took me by surprise; / in my distress I called upon the Lord, / and cried to my G-D: / and he heard my voice out of his temple, / and my cry entered into his ears. / Then the earth shook and trembled; /the foundations of heaven moved / and shook because of his anger /...the heavy mass of waters, and thick clouds of the skies /... And the channels of the sea appeared, / the foundations of the world were laid bare, / at the rebuking of the Lord, at the blast at the breath of his nostrils. / He sent from above, he took me; / he drew me out of many waters; / he delivered me from my strong enemy, and from those who hated me; for they were too strong for me. / They surprised me in the day of my calamity: / but the Lord was my stay / He brought me forth also into a large place: / he delivered me because he delighted in me./"		Photo courtesy of the Japanese National Institute for Defense Studies via the MacKinnon Organization. Text courtesy of the MacKinnon Organization.
Discovery
	25k	View from the top of the bow section of what is believed to be the Wahoo (SS-238) lying in approximatley 185 feet of water. Until the U.S. Navy makes an official dive to the site to determine the actual identity of the submarine (following the proceedures that were used on the dive on the Lagarto (SS-371) , the Wahoo Project has released these photos with the reservation that they are of a sunken submarine taken in the general area where Wahoo is assumed to have been lost.		Photo courtesy of Vladimir Kartashev. Photo & partial text submitted by Charles R. Hinman, Director of Education & Outreach,USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park, & On Eternal Patrol. Imaging and annotation by the Wahoo Project Group.
	35k	View aft from the forward 4"/50 deck gun.		Photo courtesy of Vladimir Kartashev. Photo submitted by Charles R. Hinman, Director of Education & Outreach,USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park, & On Eternal Patrol. Imaging and annotation by the Wahoo Project Group.
	23k	View forward from the forward deck gun covered in 63 years of marine growth.		Photo courtesy of Vladimir Kartashev. Photo submitted by Charles R. Hinman, Director of Education & Outreach,USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park, & On Eternal Patrol. Imaging and annotation by the Wahoo Project Group.
	27k	View aft - starboard propeller.		Photo courtesy of Vladimir Kartashev. Photo submitted by Charles R. Hinman, Director of Education & Outreach,USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park, & On Eternal Patrol. Imaging and annotation by the Wahoo Project Group.
	46k	View of the stern diving planes, propellers, and rudder.		Photo courtesy of Vladimir Kartashev. Photo submitted by Charles R. Hinman,Director of Education & Outreach,USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park, & On Eternal Patrol. Imaging and annotation by the Wahoo Project Group.
	26k	View of a member of the dive team swimming by what looks to be the hull of the Wahoo (SS-238).		Photo courtesy of Vladimir Kartashev. Photo submitted by Charles R. Hinman, Director of Education & Outreach,USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park, & On Eternal Patrol. Imaging and annotation by the Wahoo Project Group.
	46k	View forward from the aft main deck.		Photo courtesy of Vladimir Kartashev. Photo submitted by Charles R. Hinman, Director of Education & Outreach,USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park, & On Eternal Patrol. Imaging and annotation by the Wahoo Project Group.
	36k	View of main deck gun, looking aft.		Photo courtesy of Vladimir Kartashev. Photo submitted by Charles R. Hinman, Director of Education & Outreach,USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park, & On Eternal Patrol. Imaging and annotation by the Wahoo Project Group.
	30k	View of port stern plane and propeller, looking forward.		Photo courtesy of Vladimir Kartashev. Photo submitted by Charles R. Hinman, Director of Education & Outreach,USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park, & On Eternal Patrol. Imaging and annotation by the Wahoo Project Group.
	48k	View of main deck supports.		Photo courtesy of Vladimir Kartashev. Photo submitted by Charles R. Hinman, Director of Education & Outreach,USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park, & On Eternal Patrol. Imaging and annotation by the Wahoo Project Group.
	40k	View of 20mm gun mount.		Photo courtesy of Vladimir Kartashev. Photo submitted by Charles R. Hinman, Director of Education & Outreach,USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park, & On Eternal Patrol. Imaging and annotation by the Wahoo Project Group.
	35k	View aft from main deck gun.		Photo courtesy of Vladimir Kartashev. Photo submitted by Charles R. Hinman, Director of Education & Outreach,USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park, & On Eternal Patrol. Imaging and annotation by the Wahoo Project Group.
	70k	View of antenna insulator.		Photo courtesy of Vladimir Kartashev. Photo submitted by Charles R. Hinman, Director of Education & Outreach,USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park, & On Eternal Patrol. Imaging and annotation by the Wahoo Project Group.
	40k	View of main deck gun, looking aft.		Photo courtesy of Vladimir Kartashev. Photo submitted by Charles R. Hinman, Director of Education & Outreach,USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park, & On Eternal Patrol. Imaging and annotation by the Wahoo Project Group.
	49k	View of fairwater and conning tower, looking forward.		Photo courtesy of Vladimir Kartashev. Photo submitted by Charles R. Hinman, Director of Education & Outreach,USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park, & On Eternal Patrol. Imaging and annotation by the Wahoo Project Group.
	54k	View of deck.		Photo courtesy of Vladimir Kartashev. Photo submitted by Charles R. Hinman, Director of Education & Outreach,USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park, & On Eternal Patrol. Imaging and annotation by the Wahoo Project Group.
	51k	View of port propeller.		Photo courtesy of Vladimir Kartashev. Photo submitted by Charles R. Hinman, Director of Education & Outreach,USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park, & On Eternal Patrol. Imaging and annotation by the Wahoo Project Group.
	547k	This photo was taken at the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum and Park at Pearl Harbor on the event of the ceremony commemorating Wahoo's (SS-238) loss and subsequent locating, 11 October 2007.		Photo courtesy of Bryan Mackinnon via Robert Hurst.

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View the Wahoo (SS-238)
DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.

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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Sailors cheering aboard USS Wahoo at the submarine base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.
Sailors and officers aboard USS Wahoo which is approaching the submarine base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.
On Eternal Patrol
History of Wahoo by David Laing
Legends of the Deep
ComSubPac Report of loss of USS WAHOO (SS 238) October 11, 1943 - 80 Men Lost
Sonar and photographic images from 1994 - Present
MacKinnon Organization / USS Wahoo Home Page
A WWII Submarine Finally Comes Home
Ships and Tonnage Sunk or Damaged in WW II by U.S. Submarines
Ep-21 (1) - Victory At Sea ~ Full Fathom Five - HQ

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