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USS Wahoo (SS-238) was a Gato-class submarine, the first United States Navy ship to be named for the wahoo, a dark blue food fish of Florida and the West Indies.
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Like most subs in the US WWII NAVY, they where named after fish, nothing to do with "Yahoo"
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Wahoo_%28SS-238%29