Sea Of Japan in WW2 History | World War II Database

9 May 1945

Pacific Ocean

Submarine USS Tinosa sank the 2,300-ton cargo ship Wakatama Maru along the Korean coast off Donghae. ww2dbase [Tinosa | Sea of Japan | DS]

11 Jun 1945

Pacific Ocean

Submarine USS Bowfin, patrolling the east coast of the Korean peninsula, torpedoed and sank the 1,900-ton passenger-cargo ship No. 3 Shinto Maru off Wonsan Harbor. ww2dbase [Bowfin | Sea of Japan | DS]

20 Jun 1945

Pacific Ocean

Before dawn, submarine USS Tinosa torpedoed and sank the small merchantman Kaisei Maru and later that same day after dark she torpedoed and sank the larger cargo ship Taito Maru near the southern end of the Sea of Japan. These would be Tinosa’s last credited sinkings of the war. ww2dbase [Tinosa | Sea of Japan | DS]

Timeline Section Founder: Thomas Houlihan
Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
Special Thanks: Rory Curtis

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