
Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945
SS-238 USS Wahoo
- Gato class Submarine:
- Displacement: 1,526 tons surfaced, 2,424 tons submerged
- Length: 311'
- Beam: 27'3"
- Draft: 16'10"
- Speed: 20 knots surfaced, 9 knots submerged
- Armament: 1 3"/50 or 1 4"/50 or 1 5"/50, 6 bow and 4 stern torpedo tubes, 24 21" torpedoes (loaded tubes plus reloads: 10 forward, 4 aft)
- Complement: 80
- Diesel engines, surfaced/electric motors, submerged
- Built at Mare Island Navy Yard, and commissioned 15 May 1942
: Air-dropped depth charges west of Japan on 7th war patrol, 11 October 43
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1 March 2008