The Wahoo Project Group is a multinational and multi-discipline

marine salvage Marine salvage is the process of recovering a ship and its cargo after a shipwreck or other maritime casualty. Salvage may encompass towing, re-floating a vessel, or effecting repairs to a ship. Today, protecting the coastal environment from ...

group formed to search for and identify the

USS Wahoo (SS-238) was a , the first United States Navy ship to be named for the wahoo. Construction started before the U.S. entered World War II, and she was commissioned after entry. ''Wahoo'' was assigned to the Pacific theatre. She gained fame as an aggres ...

. Established in 1995 by a relative of the Wahoo's famed skipper

Dudley Morton Dudley Walker Morton (July 17, 1907 – October 11, 1943), nicknamed "Mushmouth" or "Mush", was a submarine commander of the United States Navy during World War II. He was commander of the during its third through seventh patrols. ''Wahoo'' was ...

, the group claimed ultimate success when the Wahoo was positively located in 2006.

External links

USS Wahoo Project Group home page
{{Int-org-stub Marine salvage operations