October 11, 1943 - A submarine, later dedicated to the city of Wahoo, was sunk by Japan on Oct. 11, 1943. The submarine was under the command of Lieutenant Commander DW. Morton and 79 other crew ...

Maerten said the USS Wahoo submarine was sunk off Wakkanai on the island of Hokkaido at the north end of Japan in 1943. Twelve years later, Maerten, who was serving in the U.S. Air Force, was ...

WAHOO — The men who served on the submarine Wahoo SS565 have held reunions every two years all over the country. But they had never gathered in the community that bears the same name as their beloved ...