Credited with sinking at least 20 large enemy vessels in just over a year, the submarine made seven historic patrols before it was sunk on Oct. 11, 1943. So ferocious were the vessel’s assaults that ...

A dockside memorial service will be held on Mare Island on Sunday to honor the 575 crew members that were lost at sea after two Mare Island-made submarines were reported missing during World War II.

There were 569 crewmen of Mare Island submarines lost during World War II, including USS Wahoo and USS Tang. Thanks to Myrna Hayes and Larry Maggini, they won’t be forgotten. For the 19th time, a ...

A memorial event was held on Mare Island this weekend to honor the submariners lost during World War II. The event, organized for the 19th year by Myrna Hayes and ...

The cold winds blew papers, microphones, speakers, flowers and other items off a table into the dirt. The rains had people shivering and breaking out their umbrellas. However, Myrna Hayes and about ...

When Myrna Hayes first moved to Vallejo she didn’t even know that a Navy base had been there for years. “Around 1986 I noticed submarines in the strait and I took my dad to see them,” Hayes said. “At ...

The new skipper of the Wahoo was the formidable Dudley Morton--a broad-shouldered Kentucky Baptist with an aggressive philosophy on how submarine warfare should be waged. Astrophysicist Michelle ...

Trost, Charles Edward “Charlie”, age 82, passed away September 21, 2014 in River District Hospital after a long illness with pancreatic cancer. Charlie was a submariner on board of the USS Wahoo and ...

On a class trip to New Orleans to study the War of 1812, a LaGrange College History Major’s plea for a day of research at the World War II Museum led us to learn about some of the greatest unsung ...

"No man above or below the waves was as admired-or feared-as this determined naval commander... Among submariners in World War II, Dudley "Mush" Morton stood out as a warrior without peer. At the helm ...