Keywords: US Navy 061030-N-0000X-005 USS Wahoo (SS 238) gets underway for her seventh war patrol after refueling at Midway Island Sept. 13, 1943.jpg en File Photo Sept 30 1943 - USS Wahoo SS 238 gets underway for her seventh war patrol after refueling at Midway Island Sept 13 1943 According to USS Bowfin Submarine Museum Park representatives in Pearl Harbor the photo is the last known of the Gato-class World War II submarine On Oct 11 1943 nearly a month into the seventh patrol a multi-hour combined sea and air attack involving depth charges and aerial bombs sunk the submarine Adm Gary Roughead commander U S Pacific Fleet declared that the sunken submarine recently discovered by divers in the Western Pacific is the World War II submarine USS Wahoo SS 238 Official U S Navy Photograph now in the collections of the Naval Historical Center RELEASED 1943-09-13 061030-N-0000X-005 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 40453 U S Navy photo PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Wahoo SS-238 |