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USS Wahoo (SS 518)

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Name
  
USS Wahoo

Laid down
  
Never

Namesake
  
The wahoo

Length
  
95 m

Fate
  
Construction contract cancelled 29 August 1945

Class and type
  
Tench-class diesel-electric submarine

Displacement
  
1,570 tons (1,595 t) surfaced 2,416 tons (2,455 t) submerged

USS Wahoo (SS-518), a Tench-class submarine. Her construction was authorized but the contract for her construction was cancelled on 29 August 1944. The name Wahoo was reassigned to SS-516, which had already been laid down.

References

USS Wahoo (SS-518) Wikipedia