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 | 3.53k | 25 page PDF showing General Plans for the Wahoo (SS-565). | USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 554k | NEW SUB LAUNCHED — Portsmouh, N. H. — The Wahoo (SS-565), the Navy’s newest Snorkle-equipped submarine, slides down the ways into the Piscataqua River. The 1,600-ton craft is described by the Navy as its most potent underseas vessel for offensive action against enemy surface ships. The launching was sponsored by Mrs. Harry W. Hill, wife of the superintendent of the Naval Acadamey. | USN photo courtesy of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum via Darryl L. Baker. Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo & text by Evening Star. Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 17 October 1951, Image 27, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
 | 55k | Wahoo (SS-565) slides down the ways at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME., 16 October 1951. | Courtesy of All Hands Magazine, January 1952, submitted by Stan Svec. | |
 | 190k | Forward port quarter view of Wahoo (SS-565) off East Coast on 14 July 1952. | USN photo # 1791-52, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker | |
 | 290k | Wahoo (SS-565) with McCoy Reynolds (DE-440) in background. Photo taken when his ship, the Bataan (CVL-29) which is in the background, stopped over in Pearl Harbor during the '52-'53 Far East Cruise. | Photo by Edward Boylan via John Boylan. | |
 | 291k | Electric Boat's Wahoo (SS-565) is pictured about 1955; her cockpit has been raised to the top of her sail. The white objects are messenger buoys. | USN photo & text courtesy of U.S. Submarines Since 1945, An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman & James L. Christley. Naval Institute Press. | |
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328k | Tang (SS-563), Wahoo (SS-565), Gudgeon (SS-567) & Blackfin (SS-322) at the sub base, Pearl Harbor. Circa 1958. Looks like a Change of Command for SubRon 7 is taking place. | Photo courtesy of Dan Craw ETC/SS Ret. Tang SS563, 1968-71. Text i.d. courtesy of Ken Wiltshire. |
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193k | Tang (SS-563),Wahoo (SS-565) & Gudgeon (SS-567) at Pearl Harbor. I believe this photo may be from late ‘50s to mid ‘60s. | Courtesy of Rick Rowe & Ed Kalinosk via Dan Craw ETC/SS Ret. Text i.d. via STS2(SS) Ed Misik. |
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 | 241k | This photo is of one of three Tang class (SS-563 / 568) boats: Tang (SS-563), Wahoo (SS-565),Gudgeon (SS-567). The rest of the Tang class boats had different sail configurations. | Photo courtesy of Ron Phillipi. Photo i.d. courtesy of David Johnston (USN, retired) & John Hummel, USN (Retired). Text i.d. courtesy of David Johnston. | |
 | 241k | This photo is of one of three Tang class (SS-563 / 568) boats: Tang (SS-563), Wahoo (SS-565),Gudgeon (SS-567). The rest of the Tang class boats had different sail configurations. | Photo courtesy of Ron Phillipi. Photo i.d. courtesy of David Johnston (USN, retired) & John Hummel, USN (Retired). Text i.d. courtesy of David Johnston. | |
 | 260k | Barbero (SSG-317), Wahoo (SS-565) and Aspro (SS-309) tied along dock in Hong Kong, November 1959. The destroyer Halsey Powell (DD-686) is behind the Aspro. | Photograph courtesy of Ron Phillipi. | |
 | 240k | Wahoo (SS-565) taken prior to the 1966 overhaul that lengthened her and added PUFFS. She went through at least 4 distinct sail configurations. I believe this one to be her third. It has the full height bridge, with the "pinched top" to the sail. But the boat has yet to receive PUFFS. At the very end of her career she had PUFFS and a full width sail. | Photo i.d. & text courtesy of David Johnston (USN, retired) USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. |
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 | 316k | During her 1966 western Pacific cruise, which began on 17 February and ended on 29 August, she returned to the combat zone off Vietnam as well as fulfilling a schedule of 7th Fleet exercises and port visits. Upon her arrival back to Oahu, the submarine began an extended period of operations in the islands, broken by a major overhaul of 17 months' duration. That overhaul included radical modifications to her hull structure during which she was lengthened by 15 feet. Wahoo (SS-565) is pictured here during that time period or after. | Text courtesy of DANFS. USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. |
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 | 819k | Wahoo (SS-565) circa late 1960's. | USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 373k | Wahoo (SS-565) away. | USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 258k | Devilfish (SS-292), being sunk as a target by Wahoo (SS-565) at San Francisco, CA., 14 August 1968. | USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofworldwarii. | |
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3.03k | 1972 copy of Tang's (SS-563) "Booklet of General Plans". | Photos courtesy of Tracy White @ Researcher @ Large. | |
 | 842k | Wahoo (SS-565) at sea sometime prior to June 1974. | USN photo courtesy of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum via Darryl L. Baker | |
 | 882k | Mayor Florence E. Douglas presents Key to the City of Vallejo on 31 July 1974 to commanding officers undergoing overhaul at Mare Island: Left to right are: LCDR Ronald Doyle, [CO, Wahoo (SS-565)], CDR John Hummer [CO, Barb (SSN-596)], Mayor Florence E. Douglas and CDR Russell Knowles [CO, Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618)]. | Photo MINSY 123X01-7-74 TH, from the files of the Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum, via Darryl L. Baker. | |
 0861821 | 2.34k | Eight submarines plus a deep-diving submersible were at Mare Island during March 1975. Skippers of the submarines are from the left CDR Noel B. Henderson, Flasher (SSN-613); LCDR Ronald J. Doyle, Wahoo (SS-565); CDR Russell Knowles, Jr., Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618); CDR Charles R. Larson, Halibut (SSGN-587) ; CDR John A. Webster, Jr., Seawolf (SSN-575); CDR Thomas H. Bond, John Marshall (SSN-611); CDR John J. Hummer, Barb (SSN-596); LCDR Roger B. Whitaker; Trieste II and CDR James D. Cossey, Snook (SSN-592). All vessels were under overhaul at the yard. | Photo MINSY 128732-3-75, via Darryl L. Baker. | |
 0856322 | 330k | Two image PDF of Tang's (SS-563) inboard profile, main deck and platforms during her 76/77 overhaul at Mare Island. | USN photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. | |
 | 101k | Visitors explore submarine Wahoo (SS-565) on holiday, 1 July 1978. "The submarine Wahoo is here in Philadelphia to undergo an extensive overhaul at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (starting July 5th) today and through the holiday she will be open to the public for inspection." | Photo courtesy of the George D. McDowell Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Photographs @ digital.library.temple.edu | |
 | 506k | "Big day for Tony", 3 July 1978. "Anthony Calderazzi, 7, of Marlton, swings through a hatch and into the crew's messhall aboard the submarine Wahoo (SS-565), at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. The Vessel is open to the public for inspection today and tomorrow. Repair work will start the follow day." | Photo courtesy of the George D. McDowell Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Photographs @ digital.library.temple.edu | |
 | 1.58k | 24 page PDF showing assorted photos of the Wahoo (SS-565). | USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 50k | Wahoo (SS-565), Trout (SS-566) & Albacore (AGSS-569) at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Trout has been overhauled for Iran. Wahoo had not, and wasn't overhauled due to the revolution in Iran in 1979. | Photo courtesy of John Hummel, USN (Retired). | |
 | 87k | Wahoo (SS-565), at the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Navy Yard, 1980. | Photo by PH1 Frank Jankowski, courtesy of John Hummel, USN (Retired). | |
 | 98k | Wahoo (SS-565) decommissioning cachet, 27 June 1980. | USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 149k | Wahoo (SS-565) decommissioned with the Newport News (CA-148) in background. | Photo courtesy of John Hummel, USN (Retired). | |
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