Welcome to the NUMA Japan Home Page
TheThe Wahoo Project's mission is to locate and identify America's most famous World War II submarine, the USS Wahoo (SS 238). The objective is a non-intrusive search where she is believed to rest with her gallant crew of eighty in Soya (La Perouse) Strait between Hokkaido, Japan and Sakhalin, Russia.
Founded in 1979 by author Clive Cussler, the National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA) is a 501C3 nonprofit, volunteer foundation dedicated to preserving our maritime heritage through the discovery, archaeological survey and conservation of shipwreck artifacts.
NUMA Japan was established in 2001 and is an affiliate of NUMA
Australia. Our purpose in Japan is to facilitate research into Japan
based archives for NUMA missions and to assist with NUMA missions. NUMA
Japan works in conjunction with the MacKinnon
Organization which has been conducting research into the USS Wahoo
(SS-238) since 1995. We operate with the assistance from primarily Japanese
staff who volunteer their time and resources to make information
available from inquiries from around the world.