Wreck of WWII Submarine Discovered Off Japan

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Credits: National Archives

The US Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) has confirmed the identity of a submarine wreck located off the coast of Hokkaido, Japan, as that of the Gato-class USS Albacore (SS 218), lost at sea on 7 November 1944 with her crew of 60 men, reports Dive Magazine.

USS Albacore

The second vessel of her name, Albacore, was one of the US Navy’s most successful combat submarines during the Second World War. Built by the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut,...

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