Wreckage of Wahoo Reportedly Found
From Times Wire Reports
Russian divers have spotted the wreckage of a U.S. submarine that was lost in the Pacific in 1943, the Itar-Tass news agency reported.
It said a team from Far Eastern State Technological University in Vladivostok found the Wahoo in the La Perouse Strait and took pictures of it during an expedition. It gave no other details.
The Wahoo, which sank 19 Japanese ships, was sunk by the Japanese in October 1943. All 79 crewmen died.
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