USS Albacore

Wreck of WWII Submarine Discovered Off Japan

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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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US Navy submarine lost in World War II found off Hokkaido, Japan

The US Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) has confirmed the identity of a wreck site off the coast of Hokkaido, Japan, as that of USS Albacore, a US Navy Gato-clas ..

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Wreck of WWII Submarine USS Albacore Discovered off Japan

USS Albacore shortly after its launch in 1942. US Navy Photo

The Navy has confirmed the discovery of the missing World War II submarine USS Albacore (SS-218) off Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost main island by a team of Japanese researchers.

On Thursday, Naval History and Heritage Command said its Underwater Archaeology Branch used imagery and information from Tamaki Uki, a University of Tokyo specialist in developing autonomous underwater vehicles to confirm the identity of a submarine discovered...

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