October 11

  • U.S. SUB WAHOO MISSING ON PATROL

    ByNorm Haskett Reading Time: 5 minutes

    Honolulu, Hawaii • October 11, 1943 On this date in 1943 the USS Wahoo, a Gato-class (early World War II) sub­ma­rine under Com­mand­er Dudley “Mush” Morton, was sunk in the La Pérouse (Soya) Strait, the chan­nel that sepa­rates the north­ern Japa­nese island of Hokkaidō and the Japanese-held southern half of Sakha­lin Island (today’s Sakha­lin Oblast…

  • U.S. SUB WAHOO MISSING ON PATROL

    ByNorm Haskett Reading Time: 4 minutes

    Honolulu, Hawaii · October 11, 1943 On this date in 1943 the USS Wahoo, a Gato-class (early World War II) sub­ma­rine under Com­mand­er Dudley “Mush” Morton, was sunk in the La Pérouse (Soya) Strait, the chan­nel that sepa­rates the north­ern Japa­nese island of Hokkaidō and the Japanese-held southern half of Sakha­lin Island (today’s Sakha­lin Oblast in Russia’s…