"On Eternal Patrol," through USS Bowfin Submarine
Museum & Park, is honored to be associated with The Wahoo
Project.
The
Wahoo Project
is an independent, multinational project
created and developed by Bryan MacKinnon, grandnephew of Dudley "Mush"
Morton, last Commanding Officer of USS Wahoo (SS-238).
The Wahoo
Project's mission is to locate and identify America's most
famous
World War II submarine, the USS Wahoo. The
objective is a non-intrusive search
at the site where she is
believed to rest with her gallant crew of eighty men in Soya (La
Perouse) Strait between Hokkaido, Japan and Sakhalin, Russia.
With the successful search accomplished, these are some of the desired outcomes:
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Remembrance of the combatants on all
sides who gave their lives for their countries
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The bringing of closure to the families
of the men who were lost
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The ascertainment of the final hours of the submarine and her crew
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Acknowledgement of the teamwork over the
decades it took to find her
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The assurance of adequate protection against inappropriate salvage operations
Many other people have played
major roles in the search for Wahoo, a few of whom are:
George Logue, brother of Robert B. Logue, who was lost on USS
Wahoo
Satuoru Saga, Ensign, Imperial Japanese Navy, Retired
Vice Admiral Kazuo Ueda, Japan Maritime
Self-Defense Force, Retired
Paul Crozier, Wahoo researcher
and creator of the website,
Legends of the Deep
Wayne Sampey, Executive Director
of Ocean Wilderness Group
Please visit
The
Wahoo Project for further information.
See the
U.S. Navy Press Release
regarding the wreck of USS Wahoo.
If you are a relative or a
friend of any man lost on this boat, please
contact us.