Sunken WWII Submarine Found - USS Wahoo

In September and October 1943, the USS Wahoo (SS-238), skippered by Cmdr. Dudley "Mush" Morton, was on station in the Sea of Japan and the La Perouse Strait on her seventh combat patrol.

From FleetSubmarine.com:

Japanese records showed an aerial attack on a surfaced submarine in the La Perouse Strait on 11 October. With Japanese surface vessels joining the attack, the submarine -- presumed to be Wahoo, as no other American submarine was in that area at that time -- never regained the surface.

Last week, Russian divers from the Far Eastern State Technological University of Vladivostok reported that they had spotted the sunken sub.


USS Wahoo (SS-238)
The USS Wahoo is believed to be in about 200 feet of water in an area of strong currents. The wreckage is considered a war grave site and, therefore, it cannot be disturbed. The remains of 79 brave American submarine sailors are on board.