31 Oct 2006
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- US Navy confirmed that the wreck discovered in 2005 in the La Pérouse Strait between Hokkaido, Japan and Sakhalin, Russia was that of USS Wahoo. The wreck was observed to have suffered a direct bomb hit in the conning tower. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
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