USS Wahoo 11 October, 1943 In Memory

[Parche]

Wahoo has long been believed to be resting in the Soya (La Pérouse) Strait between Hokkaidō, Japan and Sakhalin, Russia. Since 1995, the Wahoo Project Group (an international team of Americans, Australians, Japanese, and Russians, and led by a relative of Commander Morton) has been searching for her based on the available evidence. Japanese Vice Admiral Kazuo Ueda, working with the Wahoo Project Group, examined the historical record and correctly predicted the location of Wahoo. In 2005, electronic surveys in the region yielded what turned out to be a U.S. Gato-class submarine in the Strait; in July, 2006, the Russian team "Iskra" investigated the site which contributed further evidence of location of the Wahoo.

On 31 October 2006, the United States Navy confirmed that the images provided by the “Iskra” team are of Wahoo, the wreckage lying in about 213 feet (65 m) of water in the La Pérouse (Soya) Strait.<12>

On 8 July 2007, the United States Navy conducted a wreath-laying ceremony at sea for the crew of Wahoo. The ceremony was held on the confirmed site of the sinking of the submarine as a joint exercise with the Navy of the Russian Federation.

On 11 October 2007, the United States Navy held an official remembrance ceremony for the crew of Wahoo, conducted at the USS Bowfin Museum and Submarine Park at Pearl Harbor, and followed by a presentation of the history of the Wahoo search and discovery by the Wahoo Project Group.


USS Wahoo Ship's bell during 2007 ceremony Sailors lost on Wahoo
Wahoo was declared overdue on 2 December 1943 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 6 December 1943.

A list of all those lost with her can be seen here.

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3 Years ago today, I was at Pearl Harbor for the memorial, it was something I will never forget

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[virgogal]

1. How fortunate you were to have been at that ceremony. A beautiful story.

[Loki]

2. My dad was Navy WWII

and served out of Pearl from 1942 until 1946. He was a MM 2nd Class and was on those class of submarines. He never talked much about it, but my mom and I both remember him saying that he served on the Wahoo for a short time, but transferred off to another sub. When we lost the USS Thresher, it really upset him. I so glad you could go for the memorial.

[Parche]

3. 3years ago today

i had dinner with one of the lucky ones who got off the wahoo Jim Allen and his lovely wife
it was incredible. the stories he told!!