18 Jun 1944
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
- Submarine USS Tinosa sank a 400-ton sailing vessel in the Tsushima Strait by tossing fuel oil and hand grenades onto the deck. ww2dbase [Tinosa | Tsushima Strait | DS]
10 Sep 1944
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
- USS Sunfish attacked a Japanese convoy in the Tsushima Strait, sinking Chihaya Maru and damaging two others, hitting them with 4 of 6 torpedoes fired. ww2dbase [Sunfish (Gato-class) | Tsushima Strait | CPC]
6 Jun 1945
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
- Submarines Flying Fish, Tinosa, and Bowfin, the Bob's Bobcats element of Hydeman's Hellcats, used FM sonar to transit the heavily mined Tsushima Strait to enter the previously inaccessible Sea of Japan. ww2dbase [Flying Fish | Tinosa | Bowfin | Tsushima Strait | DS]
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