The Lost USS Wahoo / SS-238

nattydread · 04-06-07, 02:35 PM

It wasnt just the lose of O'kane. He seemed to be good trigger man on the periscope, but I think the heart and soul of the Wahoo was Mush. O'Kane himself thinks it was the heavy lose of skilled crew before they left out that patrol...or maybe the patrol before. The Wahoo had about 25% of its crewed removed, with a larger number of them being skilled/specialized crew and officers.

Mush was basically commanding a "greenish" crew when he was likly war fatigued, used to the crew running smoother with less over-sight and IJN ASW improving.

04-06-07, 02:35 PM	#16
nattydread Captain Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 498 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	It wasnt just the lose of O'kane. He seemed to be good trigger man on the periscope, but I think the heart and soul of the Wahoo was Mush. O'Kane himself thinks it was the heavy lose of skilled crew before they left out that patrol...or maybe the patrol before. The Wahoo had about 25% of its crewed removed, with a larger number of them being skilled/specialized crew and officers. Mush was basically commanding a "greenish" crew when he was likly war fatigued, used to the crew running smoother with less over-sight and IJN ASW improving.