Image:Morton and OKane 1943.jpg

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English: File Photo (Feb. 7, 1943) - USS Wahoo (SS-238) Commanding Officer Lt. Cmdr. Dudley W. “Mush” Morton speaks with his Executive Officer Lt. Richard H. O’Kane on the open bridge at Pearl Harbor after the Gato-class submarine’s third war patrol circa Feb. 7, 1943. 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.
Source

Navy NewsStand Photo ID: 061030-N-0000X-003
Navy NewsStand Home

Date

February 7, 1943

Author

United States Navy, photographer unknown

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Public domain This image is a work of a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy, taken or made during the course of the person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.


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