Accession NumberP458Title (extended title only)USS WahooDescriptionWooden plaque with ships motif of USS Wahoo and presentation plate inscribed with ‘Presented to City of Fremantle by USS Wahoo (SS565). The rear of the plaque has the date visited and the Commanding officers name.Date28th May 1958ProvenanceUSS Wahoo (SS-238) was a Gato-class submarine, 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 aggressive and highly successful submarine after Lieutenant Commander Dudley Walker "Mush" Morton became her skipper. She was sunk by Japanese aircraft in October 1943 while returning home from a patrol in the Sea of Japan. The second USS Wahoo a Tang-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the wahoo, a fast-moving predatory sportfish found in oceans worldwide. Commissioned in 1952 she was in service through to 1980. It was the second USS Wahoo which visited FremantleRelevance to the CityHelps to show the long term relationship between Fremantle and the US Navy. The USS Wahoo visited Fremantle in 1958 when this plaque was gifted to the City - Gifted to the City of Fremantle by the Commanding Officer USS Wahoo Commander Tuffiths
