One man finds closure after long-lost WWII US submarine found off Japanese coast

American WW2 submarine found off Japanese coast

Underwater archaeologists have found the wreck of the USS Albacore off the Japanese coast. USS Albacore (SS-218) was a Gato-class submarine, which served in the Pacific Theatre of Operations until she was lost at sea in 1944. Albacore′s keel was laid on 21 April 1941 by the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 17 February 1942, sponsored by Mrs. Elise Riles Cutts, and commissioned on 1 June 1942. During her two years…

One man finds closure after long-lost WWII US submarine found off Japanese coast

William Bower II feared he would never know where his father's final resting place was, but he hung on to hope for decades.

One man finds closure after long-lost WWII US submarine found off Japanese coast

William Bower II feared he would never know where his father's final resting place was, but he hung on to hope for decades.

One man finds closure after long-lost WWII US submarine found off Japanese coast

William Bower II feared he would never know where his father's final resting place was, but he hung on to hope for decades.

One man finds closure after long-lost WWII US submarine found off Japanese coast

William Bower II feared he would never know where his father's final resting place was, but he hung on to hope for decades.

One man finds closure after long-lost WWII US submarine found off Japanese coast

William Bower II feared he would never know where his father's final resting place was, but he hung on to hope for decades.