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USS Wahoo (SS-238)

On 5 October 1943, the Japanese news agency, Domei, announced to the world that a steamer was sunk by an American submarine off the west coast of Honshu near Tsushima Strait, with the loss of 544 lives. This was the 8,000-ton KONRON MARU. In addition, JANAC showed that Morton sank three other ships for 5,300 tons, making the total for this last patrol, four ships amounting to about 13,000 tons. Japanese records also reported that, on 11 October, the date WAHOO was due to exit through La Perouse Strait, an antisubmarine aircraft found a surfaced submarine and attacked, dropping three depth charges. SAWFISH had been depth charged by a patrol boat while transiting the strait two days before, and the enemy's antisubmarine forces were obviously on the alert in that area. There could be little doubt that this attack fatally holed WAHOO, and that she sank, taking down the submarine and all hands. WAHOO was announced overdue on 2 December 1943 and stricken from the Navy list on 6 December 1943.
 
 
 

MM3 Floyd Anders

EM1 Joseph S. Andrews

SC3 Robert E. Bailey

TM3 Arthur I. Bair

MM3 Jimmie C. Berg

ENS D.R Brown

MoMM2 Chester . Browning

MoMM1 Clifford L. Bruce

RM1 James P. Buckley

LT Williiam W. Burgan

ENS J.S. Campbell

GMC William J. Carr

RM2 James E. Carter

MoMM1 William E. Davison

TM1 Lynwood M. Deaton

EM3 Joseph S. Erdey

LT(jg) E.F. Fiedler

TM3 Oscar Finkelstein

TM3 Walter O. Galli

MoMM2 Cecil E. Garmon

MoMM2 George C. GarrettJr.

S2 Wesley L. Gerlacher

MoMM1 Richard P. Goss

LT Hiram M. Greene

EM2 William R. Hand

MM3 Leon M. Hartman

EM2 Dean M. Hayes

LT R.N. Henderson

EM1 William H. Holmes

S1 Van A. House

EM3 Howard J. Howe

MoMM1 Olin Jacobs

MM3 Robert L. Jasa

CK3 Juan O. Jayson

TM1 Kindred B. Johnson

MoMMC Dalton C. Keeter

GM1 Wendell W. Kemp

F1 Paul Kessock

S1 Eugene T. Kirk

SM3 Paul H. Krebs

F1 Arthur D. Lape

S1 Clarence A. Lindemann

FC1 Robert B. Logue

F1 Walter L. Lynch

PhM1 Stuart E. MacAlman

MoMM1 Thomas J.K. MacGowen

MM3 Albert J. Magyar

SM3 Jesus C. Manalisay

MM3 Paul A. Mandjiak

S1 Edward E. Massa

SM3 Ernest C. Maulding

TM3 George E. Maulding

MoMMC Thomas J. McGill

TM3 Howard E. McGilton

TM1 Donald J. McSpadden

RT1 Max L. Mills

LT(jg) G.A. Misch

CDR(CO) Dudley W. Morton

TM2 Percy Neel

EM1 Forest L. O'Brien

EM3 Roy L. O'Neal

MM3 Edwin E. Ostrander

SC1 Paul F. Phillips

SC2 Juano L. Rennels

S1 Henry Renno

TM2 Enoch H. SealJr.

SM2 Alfred R. Simonetti

LCDR(XO) Verne L. Skjonsby

EM1 Donald O. Smith

MoMM2 George V. Stevens

QM3 William C. Terrell

S1 William Thomas

TM3 Ralph O. Tyler

EM2 Joe Vidick

COX Ludwig J. Wach

RM3 Wilbur E. Waldron

EMC Norman C. Ware

MM2 Kenneth L. Whipp

YN2 William T. White

MM3. Roy L. Whiting