She was last accounted for refuelling at Midway on 28 October 1944. Her fate, however, was mysterious until now. Before being lost in late 1944, she conducted 11 war patrols and is credited with ten confirmed enemy vessel sinkings, with another three sinkings unconfirmed.Īlbacore earned nine battle stars and four Presidential Unit Citations during her career, and was one of the most successful submarines against enemy combatants during the war. The find was announced in mid-February this year.Ī Gato-class submarine that served in the Pacific Theatre during World War II, Albacore was constructed by the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut, and commissioned on 1 June 1942 – around the time of the decisive Battle of Midway. The discovery was made by the underwater archaeology team of Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC), a Washington DC-based institution tasked with preserving American naval history. Poor visibility at the site made her identification challenging. A screenshot of the wreck site of USS Albacore, which was lost at sea on 7 November 1944.
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