Early in World War II, Japanese forces sank the USS Wahoo submarine with 79 men on board. Vice Admiral Charles Lockwood, the Pacific Fleet Submarine Force commander, demanded retaliation.

USS San Francisco is a Los Angeles-class nuclear attack submarine. Submarine builder Newport News Shipyard began construction on it in 1977, and it was commissioned on April 24, 1981.

The USS Washington, a Navy fast-attack submarine, has been awarded a prestigious unit award for its work in securing key intelligence while deployed to the European theater, the service revealed ...

The Wahoo became one of the most-celebrated submarines of World War II. In a year and a half, Morton's crew sank at least 19 Japanese ships -- more than any other submarine of the time.

Remember the USS Wahoo. Sixty-five years after the loss of the submarine and her 80-member crew, Wahoo residents still pay tribute to the vessel which bears the same name as their community.

The Biggest Mass-Production Submarine of WWII . Brought into service just five months after Pearl Harbor, the USS Wahoo was built for size: 312 feet long by 27 feet across.

The newest Virginia-class submarine will be named the USS Wahoo in honor of the legacies of two previous submarines, including a storied World War II vessel that was sunk by a torpedo on Oct. 11 ...

Japanese submarine. O’Kane was promoted after his service on the USS Wahoo, and given command of the USS Tang which was under construction. The new submarine left the shipyards in 1943 and he ...

Graver said he suspects that is the origin of the torpedo because that’s how his grandfather obtained another torpedo for another memorial to a submarine lost at sea, the USS Wahoo, in Williamsport.

Because of his success with the USS Wahoo before the Tang, O'Kane was known as the Submarine Force's most outstanding officer. O'Kane, along with the ship, earned a number of accolades.

The USS Washington, a Navy fast-attack submarine, has been awarded a prestigious unit award for its work in securing key intelligence while deployed to the European theater. News Today's news ...

USS San Francisco is a Los Angeles-class nuclear attack submarine. Submarine builder Newport News Shipyard began construction on it in 1977, and it was commissioned on April 24, 1981.