061030-N-0000X-002 File Photo (Feb. 14, 1942) - USS Wahoo (SS 238) is launched at Mare Island Navy Yard, Calif., just eight months after her keel was laid. The Gato-class submarine made seven patrols during World War II. On Oct. 11, 1943, nearly a month into WahooÕs seventh patrol, a multi-hour combined sea and air attack involving depth charges and aerial bombs sunk the submarine. Adm. Gary Roughead, commander, Pacific Fleet, declared that the sunken submarine recently discovered by divers in the Western Pacific is the World War II submarine USS Wahoo (SS 238). Official Navy Photogr
061030-N-0000X-002 File Photo (Feb. 14, 1942) - USS Wahoo (SS 238) is launched at Mare Island Navy Yard, Calif., just eight months after her keel was laid. The Gato-class submarine made seven patrols during World War II. On Oct. 11, 1943, nearly a month into WahooÕs seventh patrol, a multi-hour combined sea and air attack involving depth charges and aerial bombs sunk the submarine. Adm. Gary Roughead, commander, Pacific Fleet, declared that the sunken submarine recently discovered by divers in the Western Pacific is the World War II submarine USS Wahoo (SS 238). Official Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. (RELEASED) USS Wahoo (SS 238) is launched
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